Lin Tai-hua
Lin Tai-hua | |
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| 林岱樺 | |
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office March 11, 2011 | |
| In office February 1, 2002 – January 31, 2008 | |
| Chair of the Youth Development Administration | |
| In office March 3, 2008 – May 20, 2008 | |
| Premier | Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Preceded by | Cheng Li-chun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 4, 1972 Niaosong District, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Fu Jen Catholic University (BA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA) University of Kassel (MA) National Taipei University (PhD) |
Lin Tai-hua (Chinese: 林岱樺; pinyin: Lín Dàihuà; born August 4, 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the daughter of Lin Sanlang, the former mayor of Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County, and a senior legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party. After losing the election in 2008, she briefly served as the chairman of the Youth Counseling Committee of the Executive Yuan. She first was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2002. In 2012 and 2016, she was re-elected with the highest number of votes in Kaohsiung City.[1]
Education
[edit]After graduating from Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree in German language and culture, Lin earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States. She then completed graduate studies in Germany at the University of Kassel, where she earned a master's degree in the German language, and returned to Taiwan and earned a Ph.D. in business administration at National Taipei University.
Politics
[edit]In the 2001 Taiwanese legislative election, she represented the Democratic Progressive Party in the Kaohsiung County Legislative Council for the first time. She was elected with the second-highest number of votes in the constituency. The number of votes was even higher than that of Wang Jin-pyng, the former president of the Legislative Yuan in the same constituency. She was known as the fresh image because of her fresh image. In the 2004 Taiwanese legislative election, she was re-elected with a high vote.[2]
In the 2008 Taiwanese legislative election, she represented the DPP in the Kaohsiung County Fourth Electoral District (Fengshan City) Legislator, and lost by more than 2,000 votes to the Chinese Kuomintang Legislative Candidate Jiang Lingjun, who had been reelected as a Kaohsiung County Councilor for two terms; After leaving office, she briefly took over as chairman of the Youth Development Administration of the Executive Yuan until the handover of the government on May 20, 2008.
On September 4, 2008, Lin announced her candidacy for the list of county magistrates of Kaohsiung.[3] At the same time, Chen Chi-yu, Yu Jane-daw, Cho Chun-ying and others also expressed their intention to compete for the nomination of County Magistrate. Lin ranked first in the party's primary voter survey.[4]
On January 21, 2009, the DPP nominated Lin to run for the Kaohsiung County magistrate election.[5] However, at the end of June 2009, after the Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) approved the merger of Kaohsiung County and City, the Kaohsiung County Magistrate election was cancelled, originally scheduled to be held on December 5, 2009.
In 2011, Chen Qiyu was transferred to the first deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City and participated in the seventh legislative by-election. His opponent was Hsu Ching-huang, the son of former DPP legislator Hsu Chih-ming (formerly a member of the DPP).
On March 5, 2011, she was elected as the legislator of the 2012 Taiwanese legislative election of Kaohsiung City.
In the 2012 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with 64.82% of the vote.
In the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in the Fourth Electoral District of Kaohsiung City with 75.53% of the vote.
At the end of 2016, she expressed her intention to seek the DPP's primary nomination for mayor of Kaohsiung City.[6]
In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with a vote rate of 60.03%.
In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, Lin was re-elected in Kaohsiung City with 65.31% of the city’s second-highest votes.
In 2025, Lin was detained on corruption charges involving misuse of her position as a politician and a senior board member in a Kaohsiung temple to seek sponsorship from around 20 companies operating in the Linyuan Industrial Park.[7][8] She was later released after posting NT$1 million (US$30,526) in bail.[9]
Election record
[edit]| Year | Number of election terms | Electoral district | Political party to which | Number of votes | Vote rate | selected mark | Remark |
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| 2001 | 2001 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung County electoral district | DPP | 72,609 | 12.55% | .svg){kind=small}
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| 2004 | 2004 Taiwanese legislative election | 51,083 | 9.37% | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | 71,450 | 48.45% | Changes to the current selection system | ||
| 2011 | 2011 Taiwanese legislative election | Kaohsiung City Fourth Electoral District | 53,833 | 69.69% |
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| 2012 | 2012 Taiwanese legislative election | 111,188 | 64.82% | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 Taiwanese legislative election | 122,722 | 75.53% | ||||
| 2020 | 2020 Taiwanese legislative election | 118,219 | 60.03% | ||||
| 2024 | 2024 Taiwanese legislative election | 121,011 | 65.31% |
References
[edit]- ^ 立法院 (2013-07-23). "立法院" [Legislative Yuan]. 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2020-05-06.
- ^ "林岱樺 · 民主進步黨籍 · 臺灣選舉資料庫" [Lin Tai-hua · Democratic Progressive Party Membership · Taiwan Election Database]. votetw.com.
- ^ Zhou, Youling. "前立委林岱樺 表態參選縣長" [Former legislator Lin Tai-hua expressed her intention to run for county magistrate]. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Wang, Rongxiang. "王荣祥. 綠縣長提名 林岱樺民調奪冠" [Green County Magistrate Nominated, Lin Tai-hua Wins the Poll]. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Zhu, Youling (2024-02-28). "徵召林岱樺選縣長 民進黨拍板 - 地方 - 自由時報電子報" [The DPP made the decision to recruit Lin Tai-hua as county magistrate.]. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "影／市長初選！林岱樺推城鄉共榮：讓「高雄囝仔」有出路" [Lin Tai-hua promotes co-prosperity between urban and rural areas]. ETtoday (in Traditional Chinese). 2018-02-22. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Wang, Yang-yu; Hung, Hsueh-kuang; Mazzetta, Matthew. "Prosecutors search offices of DPP lawmaker Lin Tai-hua in fraud probe". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ Huang, Chia-lin; Younger, Hollie (22 February 2025). "DPP lawmaker under probe over expense fraud". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ Chang, Yi-lien; Lo, James. "DPP lawmaker released on NT$1 million bail in fraud probe". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025. Republished as: "DPP's Lin Tai-hua released on NT$1 million bail". Taipei Times. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
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