Lin Kuo-cheng (born 1957)
Lin Kuo-cheng | |
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林國成 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | Republic of China |
| Member of the Taipei City Council | |
| In office 10 September 2008 – 25 December 2022 | |
| Constituency | District 4 (Zhongshan–Datong) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1957 Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Taiwan People's Party (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | People First Party (2001–2019) |
Lin Kuo-cheng (Chinese: 林國成; born 20 August 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Taipei City Council between 2008 and 2022. He ran for the Legislative Yuan twice, in 2020 and 2024, winning the latter election.
Early life and education[edit]
Lin was born in Pingtung County on 20 August 1957, and studied at TransWorld University.[1]
Political career[edit]
Lin served on the Taipei City Council from 2008 to 2022, and for most of his municipal tenure was affiliated with the People First Party.[1][2] In 2018, Lin joined a group of several PFP and independent municipal councilor candidates, which later became the Taipei Supervising Alliance.[3][4] Throughout that year, Ko Wen-je was seen at several of Lin's campaign events.[5] Lin retained his Taipei City Council seat as a People First Party candidate in the year-end election.[6][7]
Soon after Ko formally founded the Taiwan People's Party, Lin Kuo-cheng's daughter Lin Chen-yu was invited to serve as a party spokesperson.[8] Lin Kuo-cheng also joined the party, and ran in the 2020 legislative election as a TPP party list candidate. He was not seated to the 10th Legislative Yuan.[1] He ran again in the 2024 legislative election, and was elected as a TPP party list member of the 11th Legislative Yuan.[9]
After the 11th Legislative Yuan was convened, Lin was the only TPP legislator considered for a committee co-chair position.[10] However, the legislature's transportation committee selected Chen Hsueh-sheng and Lee Kun-tse.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "10號 林國成". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Lu, Yuan-Ching; Guo, An-jia (22 August 2016). "Councilors snub city forum banquet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Chou, Yan-yu; Hsiao, Ting-fang; Hsiao, Sherry (25 May 2018). "Mayor Ko mum on alliance with PFP and independents". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Lee, I-chia (21 August 2018). "Ko appearance at PFP event spurs speculation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Lee, I-chia (8 July 2018). "Ko appears at PFP event, hires first campaign aide". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "EDITORIAL: Too early to discuss Ko presidency". Taipei Times. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (1 April 2018). "People First Party names first councilor candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Lee, I-chia (14 November 2019). "Ko tells James Soong to 'stride fearlessly forward'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Huang, Ching-hsuan (15 January 2024). "2024 Elections Reporter's notebook: Questions on Ko, others' post-election roles in the TPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Legislative committees keep blue-green leadership". Taipei Times. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "DPP and KMT dominate legislative committee votes". Taipei Times. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.