| Lin Li-chan | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
| Smallimage: | Lin Li-Chan - by Liao Chen-Tao 02 (cropped).jpg |
| Constituency: | Party-list (Kuomintang) |
| Order: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2016 |
| Term End: | 31 January 2020 |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese |
| Alma Mater: | National Chi Nan University |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Lin Li-chan (; Khmer: លីន លីចាន់; born 2 October 1977) is a Taiwanese politician of Cambodian descent. She was the first to be elected a member of the Legislative Yuan, on which she served one term, from 2016 to 2020.
Lin was born in Cambodia to an ethnic Chinese family of Teochew descent. She is a naturalized citizen of Taiwan. Her father died in a traffic collision, and, when she was 20, her mother married Lin to a Taiwanese man, Hsieh Shui-chin, for money.[1] [2] They had two children. She learned Taiwanese Hokkien and Taiwanese Mandarin both around the house and while working at a factory. However, Lin became less able to help her children with schoolwork as they grew older. To improve her fluency in Mandarin, she obtained a master's degree in non-profit organization management at National Chi Nan University.[3] Prior to her political career, Lin was engaged in volunteer work for many causes,[4] including the Taiwan New Immigrant Development and Exchange Association.[5] She has also worked in radio.[6]
Lin was named as a candidate for the 2016 legislative election in November 2015.[7] [8] Listed fourth on the Kuomintang proportional representation ballot, she became the first immigrant to win a seat in the Legislative Yuan.[4] [3]
Near the end of her term in the Ninth Legislative Yuan, Lin was offered an advisory position to the Kaohsiung City Government led by mayor Han Kuo-yu.[9]