Lin Ming-chen

Lin Ming-chen
Lin Ming-chen
林明溱
Magistrate of Nantou County
	In office; 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2022
Preceded by	Lee Chao-ching; Chen Chih-ching (acting)
Succeeded by	Hsu Shu-hua
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2008 – 25 December 2014
Succeeded by	Hsu Shu-hua
Constituency	Nantou 2
Personal details
Born	13 February 1951 (age 73); Nantou County, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	China Junior College of Technology (BArch); Chaoyang University of Technology (MS)

Lin Ming-chen (Chinese: 林明溱; pinyin: Lín Míngzhēn; Wade–Giles: Lin² Ming²-chên¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bêng-chin)^[1] is a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2014 and as magistrate of Nantou County from 2014 to 2022. In both offices, Lin was succeeded by Hsu Shu-hua.

Education

Lin earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from China Junior College of Technology and master's degree in leisure service management from Chaoyang University of Technology.^[2]

Lin led Jiji Township from 1994 to 2002, was subsequently elected to the Nantou County Council until 2006, and served on the Legislative Yuan between 2008 and 2014.^[3]

Lin was elected as the Magistrate of Nantou County after winning the 2014 Nantou County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.^[4]

2014 Nantou County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lee Wen-chung	DPP	143,719	49.04%
2	Lin Ming-chen	KMT	149,361	50.96%

In September 2016, Lin with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Chiu Ching-chun (Magistrate of Hsinchu County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang County), Yeh Hui-ching (Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City), Chen Chin-hu (Deputy Magistrate of Taitung County), Fu Kun-chi (Magistrate of Hualien County) and Wu Cherng-dean (Deputy Magistrate of Kinmen County). Their visit was aimed to reset and restart cross-strait relations after President Tsai Ing-wen took office on 20 May 2016. The eight local leaders reiterated their support of One-China policy under the 1992 consensus. They met with Taiwan Affairs Office Head Zhang Zhijun and Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The Kuomintang endorsed Lin for a second term as Nantou County magistrate in December 2017.^[8]

2018 Kuomintang Nantou County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Lin Ming-chen	Nominated	Walkover

2018 Nantou County mayoral results
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lin Ming-chen	Kuomintang	195,385	66.72%
2	Hung Kuo-hao (洪國浩)	Democratic Progressive Party	97,460	33.28%
Total voters			413,222
Valid votes			292,845
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			70.87%

Lin contested the 2023 Nantou legislative by-election, seeking Hsu Shu-hua's vacant seat.^[9] During the campaign, Lin was accused of plagiarizing his master's thesis.^[10]

Lin is married and has a son.^[11]^[12]

^ 林明溱議會爆粗口會後解釋:罵我自己－民視新聞. Formosa Television (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Event occurs at 0:02,0:05,0:20,0:25,0:37.
^ "Nantou County Government".
^ Pan, Jason (17 February 2023). "Nantou DPP candidate rejects 'parachute' label". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ "Lin Ming-chen elected magistrate of Nantou County (update)". Central News Agency.
^ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
^ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times". 18 September 2016.
^ "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.
^ Chung, Jake (21 December 2017). "KMT names candidates in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ Liu, Kay (4 March 2023). "Legislative by-election in Nantou County". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Pan, Jason (3 March 2023). "DPP, KMT leaders in Nantou for by-election campaign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Pan, Jason (23 February 2023). "Nantou should reject Lin Ming-chen: DPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Su, Mu-chun; Lu, Kuan-ting; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Yeh, Su-ping; We, Che-hao; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (5 March 2023). "Nantou by-election result offers lessons for DPP, KMT: Analysts". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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