Lin Yu-fang (; born 15 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. Lin was a

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the

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's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.

Education

Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature and American Studies, respectively, from

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English literature. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,00 ...

and doctoral degree in international politics from

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in the

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Political career

Lin was elected to the

for the first time in 1995, via the

Chinese New Party The New Party (NP) (; Hakka: ''Sîn Tóng''), formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP), is a Chinese nationalist political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The New Party was formed on 22 August 1993 out of a split from the th ...

's party list. He represented Taipei 2, for two terms from 2002 to 2008, first for the People First Party, before switching to the

. Lin then won two elections from the single-member Taipei 5 constituency, serving through 2016.

2008 legislative election

2016 legislative election

References

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