Lin Kuang-hua

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1945)}}

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|name = Lin Kuang-hua

|native_name = {{nobold|林光華}}

|honorific-suffix = MLY

|image = 林光華前縣長.jpg

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|office = Governor of Taiwan Province

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|term_start = 13 October 2003

|term_end = 25 January 2006

|predecessor = Fan Kuang-chun

|successor = Jeng Peir-fuh {{small|(acting)}}
Lin Hsi-yao

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|office1 = Hsinchu County Magistrate

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|term_start1 = 20 December 1997

|term_end1 = 20 December 2001

|predecessor1 = Fan Chen-tsung

|successor1 = Cheng Yung-chin

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|office2 = Member of the Legislative Yuan

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|term_start2 = 1 February 1993

|term_end2 = 20 December 1997

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|successor2 = Fan Chen-tsung

|constituency2 = Hsinchu County

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1945|10|25}}

|birth_place = Hsinchu County, Taiwan

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|nationality = Taiwanese

|party = Democratic Progressive Party

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Lin Kuang-hua ({{zh|t=林光華|w=Lin2 Kuang1-hua2|p=Lín Guānghuá}}; born 25 October 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected to one term as Hsinchu County Magistrate. He chaired the Taiwan Provincial Government from 2003 to 2006.

Lin, a Hakka, is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and also leads a Hsinchu County political faction named for him.{{cite news|last1=Loa|first1=Iok-sin|title=ANALYSIS: Ethnicity not an important factor in elections|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/21/2003637710/2|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=21 January 2016}} He ran for a seat in the Legislative Yuan in 1992, and won again in 1995. However, he left the legislature in 1997 to run for the magistracy of Hsinchu County. The campaign against Cheng Yung-chin was contentious, and Cheng filed charges of defamation against Lin. Lin was convicted in October 1998. Upon appeal, the ruling was upheld by the Taiwan High Court in July 2000.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Irene|title=Hsinchu mayor convicted of libel, again|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2000/07/26/0000045203|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=26 July 2000}} Lin lost reelection to Cheng in 2001, and thought to be a potential candidate to lead the Council of Agriculture after the resignation of Fan Chen-tsung in 2002.{{cite news|last1=Tsai|first1=Ting-i|title=KMT's Hu fills vacuum left by bickering|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/special/archives/2001/12/02/0000114129|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=2 December 2001}}{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Premier asks for time to fill positions|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2002/11/26/0000184776|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=26 November 2002}} Instead, Lin was named governor of Taiwan Province in 2003.{{cite news|last1=Ko|first1=Shu-ling|title=Appointment designed to court Hakka|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/10/13/2003071491|accessdate=20 April 2017|date=13 October 2003|work=Taipei Times}} He was the DPP candidate for the Hsinchu County magistracy in 2005, but again lost to Cheng in the local election.{{cite news|last1=Loa|first1=Iok-sin|title=DPP draws flak for choice of candidate in Hsinchu|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/09/05/2003599056|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=5 September 2014}} Following the loss, Lin left his position as Taiwan Provincial Government chairman in January 2006. The next year, he was questioned by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in an investigation of alleged bribery dating back to 1997.{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Rich|title=Legislators quizzed over apothecary bribe allegations|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/06/21/2003366180|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=21 June 2007}} Though initially acquitted by the Taipei District Court in January 2009,{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=Two sentenced in herbal bribes case|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/01/24/2003434522|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=24 January 2009}} Lin was sentenced to eight years imprisonment upon appeal to the Taiwan High Court in September 2010.{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Rich|title=Lawmakers across party lines jailed over bribes|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/09/09/2003482475|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=9 September 2010}}