Lin Yi-hsiung

Lin Yi-hsiung
林義雄
7th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
18 July 1998 – 20 April 2000
Preceded byHsu Hsin-liang
Succeeded byFrank Hsieh
Personal details
Born (1941-08-24) 24 August 1941 (age 83)
Goketsu Village, Ratō District, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (1989-2006)
Independent (2006-present)
SpouseFang Su-min
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB)
Harvard University (MPA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Lin Yi-hsiung
Traditional Chinese林義雄
Simplified Chinese林义雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Yìxióng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLîm Gī-hiông

Lin Yi-hsiung (Chinese: 林義雄; born 24 August 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a major leader of the democratization movement in Taiwan. He graduated from the Department of Law of National Taiwan University. He was first exposed to politics in 1976 while serving as attorney for Kuo Yu-hsin [zh] (1908–1985) who sued the ruling KMT party for electoral fraud. Lin was elected a member of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council in Kuo's old electorate in 1977.