Lin I-chin (; born 25 August 1969) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Lin was born in

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and commonly called the "Taiwan Prefecture, ...

on 25 August 1969. After graduating from the , Lin enrolled in the Department of Sociology within Soochow University. She later earned a master's degree in political economy at

National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a Public university, public research university located in the East District, Tainan, East District of Tainan, Taiwan. Founded in 1931 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as an engineering ...

Political career

Lin participated in the

Wild Lily student movement Taiwan's Wild Lily student movement () or March student movement was a six-day student demonstration in 1990 for democracy. The sit-in at Memorial Square in Taipei (since rededicated as Liberty Square in commemoration of the movement) was in ...

and successively worked with political figures associated with the

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, such as

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, and

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. Between 1998 and 2010, Lin served on the Tainan County Council. From 2010 to 2020, she was a member of the succeeding body, the

Tainan City Council The Tainan City Council (TNCC; ) is the elected municipal council of Tainan City, Republic of China that the council is composed of 57 councilors elected from Single non-transferable vote for four-year terms to oversees the Tainan City Govern ...

. In January 2020, Lin was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan, representing Tainan's fourth constituency. In November 2020, Lin commented on

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disseminated by

CTi News CTi News () was a Taiwanese 24-hour online news outlet and, until December 2020, cable television channel, operated by Chung T'ien Television. CTi News was known for its support of Kuomintang politician Han Kuo-yu, who attracted a huge wave of ...

. In July 2022, she discussed the nuances of euthanasia in Taiwan. In August 2022, Lin visited legislative counterparts in Germany.

References

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