Lin Kuang-hua (; born 25 October 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected to one term as Hsinchu County Magistrate. He chaired the

Taiwan Provincial Government Taiwan Provincial Government is the nominal government of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. Since 2018, its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council (Taiwan), National Development Council and other ministries ...

from 2003 to 2006. Lin, a

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

, is a member of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

and also leads a

Hsinchu County Hsinchu is a County (Taiwan), county in Regions of Taiwan, north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka people, Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county seat ...

political faction named for him. He ran for a seat in the

in 1992, and won again in 1995. However, he left the legislature in 1997 to run for the magistracy of Hsinchu County. The campaign against

Cheng Yung-chin Cheng Yung-chin (; born 8 October 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. Personal life and education Cheng is of Hakka descent, and is married to Song Li-hua. His brother is Cheng Yung-tang. He attended Chinese Culture University for graduate study in ...

was contentious, and Cheng filed charges of defamation against Lin. Lin was convicted in October 1998. Upon appeal, the ruling was upheld by the Taiwan High Court in July 2000. Lin lost reelection to Cheng in 2001, and thought to be a potential candidate to lead the

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after the resignation of Fan Chen-tsung in 2002. Instead, Lin was named governor of

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as ...

in 2003. He was the DPP candidate for the Hsinchu County magistracy in 2005, but again lost to Cheng in the local election. Following the loss, Lin left his position as

chairman in January 2006. The next year, he was questioned by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in an investigation of alleged bribery dating back to 1997. Though initially acquitted by the Taipei District Court in January 2009, Lin was sentenced to eight years imprisonment upon appeal to the Taiwan High Court in September 2010.

Personal life

Lin is married to Huang Yueh-hung.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Kuang-hua 1945 births Living people Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Chairpersons of the Taiwan Provincial Government Hsinchu County Members of the Legislative Yuan Magistrates of Hsinchu County Taiwanese politicians convicted of bribery Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent