Lin Yu-fang

Lin Yu-fang (Chinese: 林郁方; pinyin: Lín Yùfāng; born 15 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.[1][2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.
Lin Yu-fang
林郁方
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016
Preceded bymulti-member constituency
Succeeded byFreddy Lim
ConstituencyTaipei 5
In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Preceded bymulti-member constituency
Succeeded bymulti-member constituency
ConstituencyTaipei 2
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999
ConstituencyRepublic of China (New Party party-list)
Personal details
Born (1951-03-15) 15 March 1951
Shanlin, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang (since 2006)
Other political
affiliations		New Party (1993–2000)
People First Party (2000–2006)
EducationDoctoral degree
Alma materTamkang University
University of Virginia

Education

Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature and American Studies, respectively, from Tamkang University and doctoral degree in international politics from University of Virginia in the United States.[3]

Political career

Lin was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1995, via the Chinese New Party's party list.[4] He represented Taipei 2, for two terms from 2002 to 2008, first for the People First Party, before switching to the Kuomintang.[5][6] Lin then won two elections from the single-member Taipei 5 constituency, serving through 2016.[7][3]

2008 legislative election
No. Candidate Party Votes Ratio Elected
1 Ye Mei (葉玫) Home Party 324 0.22%
2 Wu Jian Yi (吳建毅) Taiwan Farmers' Party 251 0.17%
3 Wei Jhih Jhong (魏志中) Independent 284 0.19%
4 Lin Yu-fang Kuomintang 87,448 58.23%
5 Huang Ci Bin (黃啟彬) Taiwan Constitution Association 360 0.24%
6 Tuan Yi-kang Democratic Progressive Party 61,480 40.95%

2016 legislative election
Taipei 5th Constituency 2016 Legislative Yuan Election
Candidate Party Votes Percentage
Freddy Lim 林昶佐 New Power Party 82,650 49.52%
Lin Yu-fang 林郁方 Kuomintang 76,079 45.58%
You Jui-min 尤瑞敏 Trees Party 4,506 2.69%
Kung Wei-lun 龔偉綸 Independent 1,710 1.02%
Li Chia-hsin 李家幸 Taiwan Independence Party 885 0.53%
Huang Fu-liao 黃福卿 Independent 587 0.35%
Hung Hsien-cheng 洪顯政 Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan 478 0.28%
Source Total 166,895 100%

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2008-08-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Chen's lawyer rebuffs 'Next' story". taipeitimes.com. 14 August 2008.
  3. "Lin Yu-fang (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. "Lin Yu-fang (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. "Lin Yu-fang (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. "Lin Yu-fang (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. "Lin Yu-fang (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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