Lin Kuo-hua (; 19 September 1935 – 27 July 2016) was a Taiwanese politician.
Lin was born in Gukeng, Yunlin,[1] in 1935.[2] He attended Taichung Municipal Taichung First Senior High School and completed a degree in civil engineering at National Taiwan University.[3] [4]
Lin was active in the farmers' rights movement, and headed the,[5] as well as a similar protest in 1993.[3] [4] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a representative of Yunlin County affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party for the first time in 1998,[6] and won a second term in 2001.[7] During his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2004, Lin was investigated for bribery, as were fellow candidates Ho Chin-sung and Chen Chiang-sun.[8] In 2005, Lin lost a party primary for the Yunlin County magistracy election to Su Chih-fen.[9] He was later appointed vice chairman of the Council of Agriculture (COA). While serving within the COA, Lin was named a trustee of the Straits Exchange Foundation in September 2006.[10]
Lin was married to Huang Fu-mei, who was a member of the National Assembly. Their daughter Lin Hui-ju served as mayor of Gukeng and on the Yunlin County Council.[1] In January 2007, Lin Kuo-hua underwent surgery to remove blood clots from his brain.[11] Lin died on 27 July 2016.[12] [13]