Lin I-chin
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{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1969)}}
Lin I-chin ({{zh|t=林宜瑾}}; born 25 August 1969) is a Taiwanese politician.
Early life and education
Lin was born in Tainan on 25 August 1969.{{cite news |title=6號 林宜瑾 |url=https://election.ltn.com.tw/2020/legislator/candidates/Tainan/279 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Liberty Times |language=zh}} After graduating from the {{ill|National Tainan Chia-Chi Senior High School|zh|國立臺南家齊高級中等學校}}, Lin enrolled in the Department of Sociology within Soochow University. She later earned a master's degree in political economy at National Cheng Kung University.{{cite news |title=Lin I-chin (10) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=43539 |access-date=6 September 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}
Political career
Lin participated in the Wild Lily student movement and successively worked with political figures associated with the Democratic Progressive Party, such as Lin Yi-hsiung, William Lai, Chen Shui-bian, and Tsai Ing-wen. Between 1998 and 2010, Lin served on the Tainan County Council. From 2010 to 2020, she was a member of the succeeding body, the Tainan City Council. In January 2020, Lin was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan, representing Tainan's fourth constituency. In November 2020, Lin commented on fake news disseminated by CTi News.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Pan-green camp lauds NCC decision |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/11/19/2003747193 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 November 2020}} In July 2022, she discussed the nuances of euthanasia in Taiwan.{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Chun-chung |title=FEATURE: Euthanasia a marginalized topic in Taiwan |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/07/05/2003781172 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=5 July 2022}} In August 2022, Lin visited legislative counterparts in Germany.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Cheng-yu |last2=Lu |first2=Yi-hsuan |last3=Liu |first3=Tzu-hsuan |title=German delegation to visit Taiwan |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/08/10/2003783274 |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 August 2022}}
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Category:Women local politicians in Taiwan
Category:20th-century Taiwanese women politicians
Category:National Cheng Kung University alumni
Category:Tainan Members of the Legislative Yuan
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Category:Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan
Category:Tainan City Councilors