Lin Yu-fang

Taiwanese politician

林郁方

Member of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016Preceded bymulti-member constituencySucceeded byFreddy LimConstituencyTaipei 5In office
1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008Preceded bymulti-member constituencySucceeded bymulti-member constituencyConstituencyTaipei 2In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999ConstituencyRepublic of China (New Party party-list) Personal detailsBorn (1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 73)
Shanlin, Kaohsiung County, TaiwanNationalityRepublic of ChinaPolitical partyKuomintang (since 2006)Other political
affiliationsNew Party (1993–2000)
People First Party (2000–2006)EducationDoctoral degreeAlma materTamkang University
University of Virginia

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]

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
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

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^ "Chen's lawyer rebuffs 'Next' story". taipeitimes.com. 14 August 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Lin Yu-fang (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Lin Yu-fang (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Lin Yu-fang (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Lin Yu-fang (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Lin Yu-fang (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 August 2021.