Lin Rong-te

Lin Rong-te
林榮德

Chairman of the Kuomintang Acting
In office 15 January 2020 – 9 March 2020
Preceded by	Wu Den-yih
Succeeded by	Johnny Chiang

Personal details
Born	(1959-10-06) 6 October 1959 (age 64) Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Lin Rong-te (Chinese: 林榮德; pinyin: Lín Róngdé; born 6 October 1959) is a Taiwanese politician.

Lin was born on 6 October 1959, in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of the West, then completed an executive master of business administration degree from National Chengchi University.^[1]

Lin was a member of the third National Assembly.^[1] Lin later served on the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang. He was supportive of Wang Jin-pyng during the September strife [zh] of 2013,^[2] during which party chair Ma Ying-jeou attempted to revoke Wang's party membership, and continued to back Wang as he pursued legal action.^[3]^[4] Lin was a candidate for the 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election,^[5] but dropped out before the vote took place.^[6] He became acting chair of the Kuomintang on 15 January 2020,^[7]^[8] after Wu Den-yih resigned the office on the same date,^[9]^[10] in an effort to take responsibility for Han Kuo-yu's loss in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election.^[11]

Lin's business ties in China include a period as leader of the Kunshan taishang business association,^[12] and as an adviser to the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland [zh] .^[13]

References

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^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (22 January 2015). "Eric Chu opens KMT assets probe". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Hsu, Stacy (17 February 2016). "Groups, public to quiz KMT chair hopefuls". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Hsu, Stacy (18 February 2016). "KMT's chairperson vote unfair: Lee Hsin". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Wang, Flor; Yu, Hsiang (17 January 2020). "KMT feeling urgency to chart new course, including on China". Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Maxon, Ann (17 January 2020). "Tseng pledges to deliver on KMT chair by-election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Shih, Hsiao-kung (16 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Wu quits over KMT election defeats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ Yu, Hsiang; Yeh, Chen; Chiang, Yi-ching (15 January 2020). "KMT chairman resigns amid heated calls for party reform". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ Wang, Cheng-chung; Hsu, Elizabeth (11 January 2020). "2020 ELECTIONS / KMT chairman announces resignation after election defeat". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (22 September 2005). "'Taishang' whine about business risks in China". Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Yang, Chun-hui; Lin, Liang-sheng (10 December 2019). "2020 Elections: Fewer China-based voters expected". Retrieved 17 January 2020.