Lin Cheng-chieh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lin Cheng-chieh
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1952(1952-11-08)
Age	72
Birthplace	Yunlin
Country	Taiwan
Horoscope	Scorpio

Lin Cheng-chieh Biography

Lin Cheng-chieh is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 8, 1952 in Yunlin, Taiwan.

Lin’s father Lin Kwun-rung was a Kuomintang spy. The government sent him to China in 1956, where he was jailed until 1980. Following his release, Lin Kwan-rung spent three years at his ancestral home in Fujian until, with the help of his wife, he returned to Taiwan in 1983. Lin Cheng-chieh studied political science at Tunghai University, and attended graduate school at National Chengchi University.

Lin was known as one of “three musketeers” of the tangwai movement, alongside Chen Shui-bian and Frank Hsieh. He ran as a tangwai candidate and won a seat on the Taipei City Council in 1981. Lin won reelection in 1985. The next year, the defendants involved in the Kaohsiung Incident began serving their prison sentences. Lin was credited with leading a protest calling for democratization, an action that became a catalyst for the establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party, of which Lin is a founding member. Months after the protest, Lin was stripped of his office upon being imprisoned in September on charges of libel. Lin accused Hu Yi-shou of financial impropriety. Alongside libel charges, Hu filed a second lawsuit against Lin, claiming that Lin had violated election law in his 1985 campaign. In February 1987, Lin’s sentence was extended by eight months. Within the DPP, he led the Progress faction, a collective opposed to Taiwan independence. Lin left the DPP in June 1991, shortly after Fei Hsi-ping and Ju Gau-jeng, leading the party to radicalize and openly support Taiwan independence. After leaving the DPP, Lin told Alan M. Wachman in July 1991 that “[I]t is not necessarily the case that those who identify themselves as Taiwanese support Taiwan independence… I know a lot of socialists who support reunification. But they speak Taiwanese. They are not willing to speak Mandarin.” Lin, who had been elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1989 under the DPP banner, served most of his first term and all of his second term as an independent, stepping down in 1996. In September 1993 Lin founded the New Parliament Magazine, a newsletter-like publication with a Pan-Blue editorial line. Despite having left the Democratic Progressive Party, Lin served as deputy mayor of Hsinchu under fellow DPP founder James Tsai. Lin later became the chairman of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party.

Lin Cheng-chieh Net Worth

Lin Cheng-chieh is one of the richest Politician from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lin Cheng-chieh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lin Cheng-chieh (Chinese: 林正杰 ; pinyin: Lín Zhèngjié ; born 8 November 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. A tangwai activist for Taiwan’s democratization, he helped found the Democratic Progressive Party. After leaving the DPP in 1991, he began supporting Pan-Blue Coalition political endeavors.

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Liu Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Lin Cheng-chieh celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.