Lin Kuo-hua (; 19 September 1935 – 27 July 2016) was a Taiwanese politician.

Early life

Lin was born in

Gukeng, Yunlin Gukeng Township () is a rural township in the easternmost part of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is the largest township in the county. Geography * Area: 116.61 km2 * Population: 32,686 people (2014) Administrative divisions Jipan, Xinzhuang ...

, in 1935. He attended

Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School The Taichung Municipal T̲aic̲hung F̲irst S̲enior H̲igh School (TCFSH; , simply as ) is a senior high school in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. TCFSH was the first high school founded by Taiwanese to educate their youngsters during th ...

and completed a degree in civil engineering at

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imper ...

Activism and political career

Lin was active in the farmers' rights movement, and headed the , as well as a similar protest in 1993. He was elected to 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 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel ...

as a representative of Yunlin County affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party for the first time in 1998, and won a second term in 2001. During his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2004, Lin was investigated for bribery, as were fellow candidates Ho Chin-sung and Chen Chiang-sun. In 2005, Lin lost a party primary for the Yunlin County magistracy election to

Su Chih-fen Su Chih-fen (; born 10 July 1953) is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Magistrate of Yunlin County from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014. Yunlin County Magistrate Yunlin County Magistrate election Su was elected as the Magistrate of ...

. He was later appointed vice chairman of the

Council of Agriculture The Council of Agriculture (COA, ) is the official government body in the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the Executive Yuan in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. CAO is a ...

(COA). While serving within the COA, Lin was named a trustee of the

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in September 2006.

Personal life

Lin was married to Huang Fu-mei, who was a member of the

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. Their daughter Lin Hui-ju served as mayor of Gukeng and on the

Yunlin County Council The Yunlin County Council (YLCC; ) is the elected county council of Yunlin County, Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the nort ...

. In January 2007, Lin Kuo-hua underwent surgery to remove blood clots from his brain. Lin died on 27 July 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Kuo-hua 1935 births 2016 deaths Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Yunlin County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Government ministers of Taiwan National Taiwan University alumni Taiwanese activists Farmers' rights activists