Lin Yi-hsiung | |
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林義雄 | |
| 7th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
| In office 18 July 1998 – 20 April 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Hsu Hsin-liang |
| Succeeded by | Frank Hsieh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1941 Goketsu Village, Ratō District, Taihoku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Wujie Township, Yilan County, Taiwan) |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (1989-2006) Independent (2006-present) |
| Spouse | Fang Su-min |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) Harvard University (MPA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Lin Yi-hsiung | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 林義雄 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林义雄 | ||||||||||
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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 (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.