Lin Yi-hsiung
Lin Yi-hsiung | |||||||||||
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林義雄 | |||||||||||
Lin Yi-hsiung at the rally for direct presidential election in 1992 | |||||||||||
| 7th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||||
| In office 18 July 1998 – 20 April 2000 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hsu Hsin-liang | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Frank Hsieh | ||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||
| Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| 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 and lawyer. He was a major leader of the democratization movement in Taiwan. 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.