Lin Fei-fan

Lin Fei-fan (Chinese: 林飛帆; pinyin: Lín Fēifán; born 19 May 1988) is a Taiwanese activist who led the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, against the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement. He joined the Democratic Progressive Party as the party's deputy secretary-general in 2019.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.
Lin Fei-fan
林飛帆
Democratic Progressive Party
22nd Deputy Secretary-General
In office
15 July 2019 – 18 January 2023
Personal details
Born (1988-05-19) 19 May 1988
East, Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationLondon School of Economics National Taiwan University
Alma materNational Cheng Kung University
Known forThe Sunflower Student Movement

Biography

Lin was born on 19 May 1988 in Tainan, Taiwan. After graduating from the Department of Political Science at National Cheng Kung University, Lin received his master's degree in political science from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2017.[1]

Court proceedings against 21 protesters began in June 2016. First to be charged with various offenses included Chen Wei-ting, Huang Kuo-chang, and Lin Fei-fan.[2] In a March 2017 Taipei District Court decision, Chen, Huang and Lin were acquitted of incitement charges.[3]

After Lin obtained his master's degree in comparative politics at the London School of Economics in 2018,[4] he joined the Democratic Progressive Party in July 2019, and was appointed a deputy secretary-general.[5][6] The DPP endorsed Lin's legislative candidacy in May 2023, for Taipei 3.[7] Lin dropped two out weeks later, as media reported on a sexual assault allegation from 2022 that was mishandled by Lin's former subordinate Hsu Chia-tien.[8][9]

Personal life

Lin married Lin Ya-Ping in June 2017.[10]

References
  1. Who is Lin Fei-fan/林飛帆? A brief bio of the student leader behind Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement
  2. Pan, Jason (15 June 2016). "Sunflower leaders to face justice system 'head-on'". Taipei Times. p. 1. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. Hou, Elaine; Wang, Yang-yu; Liu, Shih-yi (31 March 2017). "Sunflower movement leaders acquitted over legislature occupation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. "Sunflower Leader Lin Fei-fan Joins DPP as Deputy Secretary General". 15 July 2019.
  5. Lee, Hsin-fang; Chung, Jake (14 July 2019). "Sunflower student leader to be DPP deputy: source". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. Yeh, Su-ping; Kao, Evelyn (15 July 2019). "Former student movement leader appointed DPP deputy secretary-general". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. Pan, Jason (1 June 2023). "William Lai touts young candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  8. Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Cheng-chung; Chao, Yen-hsiang (13 June 2023). "DPP legislative nominee Lin Fei-fan withdraws amid sexual misconduct claims". Central News Agency. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. "Lin Fei-fan drops out of race amid assault response controversy". Taipei Times. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  10. Chen, Kuan-pei; Tang, Shih-ming (12 June 2017). "CUPP protesters, police show up for Sunflower wedding". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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