Freddy Lim

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Freddy Lim MLY
林昶佐
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2024
Preceded by	Lin Yu-fang
Succeeded by	Wu Pei-yi
Constituency	Taipei City V
1st Leader of the New Power Party
In office 25 January 2015 – 2 July 2015
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Huang Kuo-chang
Personal details
Born	(1976-02-01) 1 February 1976 (age 48) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party (since 2023)
Other political affiliations	New Power Party (2015–2019) Independent (2019–2023)
Spouse	Doris Yeh
Education	National Taipei University (BA)
Musical career
Genres	Blackened death metal melodic death metal[1] symphonic black metal[2] folk metal Oriental metal
Instruments	Vocals erhu
Labels	Spinefarm (Universal Music)
Member of	Chthonic

Freddy Lim Tshiong-tso (Chinese: 林昶佐; pinyin: Lín Chǎngzuǒ; Tâi-lô: Lîm Tshióng-tsò; born 1 February 1976) is a Taiwanese politician, musician, and independence activist. He is the lead vocalist of the Taiwanese heavy-metal band Chthonic. and the lead vocalist of the band Metal Clone X [zh] started by him and American guitarist Marty Friedman. Lim served as chair of Amnesty International Taiwan from 2010 to 2014. He was one of the founding leaders of the New Power Party (NPP) in Taiwan and represented the party in the Legislative Yuan until 2019. Lim won a second legislative term as an independent in 2020.