Lin Hung-chih
{{short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Lin|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lin Hung-chih
| native_name = {{nobold|林鴻池}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
| image =
| imagesize =
| smallimage = Hung-Chih Lin from VOA.jpg
| caption = Lin in 2013
| office = Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start = 1 February 2012
| term_end = 31 July 2014
| predecessor = Lin Yi-shih
| successor = Alex Fai
| order1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start1 = 1 February 2005
| term_end1 = 31 January 2016
| predecessor1 = Wang Shu-hui
| successor1 = Chang Hung-lu
| constituency1 = New Taipei 6
| office2 = Mayor of Banqiao
| term_start2 = 1 March 1998
| term_end2 = 1 February 2005
| predecessor2 = Wu Chin-chih
| successor2 = Chang Hung-lu
| office3 = Member of the National Assembly
| term_start3 = 1992
| term_end3 = 2000
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1955|8|22}}
| birth_place = Pingxi, Taipei County, Taiwan
| party = Kuomintang
| otherparty =
| profession =
| education = National Cheng Kung University (BA)
National Chengchi University (MA)
}}
Lin Hung-chih ({{zh|t=林鴻池|p=Lín Hóngchí}}; born 22 August 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.
Education
Lin earned a bachelor's degree in transportation and communications management from National Cheng Kung University, before obtaining his master's in political science at National Chengchi University.{{cite news|title=Who's Who in the ROC|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf|accessdate=5 May 2016|agency=Executive Yuan|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf|archivedate=20 October 2016}}
Political career
Lin launched a bid for a seat on the National Assembly in 1991 and served until 2000. While a member of the assembly, he was elected mayor of Banqiao and reelected in 2001. Lin stepped down in 2005 at the end of that second term to run for the Legislative Yuan. He was twice reelected to the Legislative Yuan, in 2008 and 2012, but refused to stand in the 2016 election, because his party, the Kuomintang, had suffered heavy losses in the November 2014 local elections.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Yen-ting|last2=Chen|first2=Wei-tsung|title=Lin Hung-chih says not running for re-election|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/15/2003613600|accessdate=5 May 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=15 March 2015}}
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Category:New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Category:Mayors of places in Taiwan
Category:Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan
Category:Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan
Category:National Cheng Kung University alumni
Category:National Chengchi University alumni
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