| Lin Ming-chen | |
| Office1: | Magistrate of Nantou County |
| Term Start1: | 25 December 2014 |
| Term End1: | 25 December 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Lee Chao-ching Chen Chih-ching (acting) |
| Successor1: | Hsu Shu-hua |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start2: | 1 February 2008 |
| Term End2: | 25 December 2014 |
| Successor2: | Hsu Shu-hua |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Nantou County, Taiwan |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Alma Mater: | China Junior College of Technology Chaoyang University of Technology |
Lin Ming-chen [1] is a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2014 and as magistrate of Nantou County from 2014 to 2022. In both offices, Lin was succeeded by Hsu Shu-hua.
Lin earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from China Junior College of Technology and master's degree in leisure service management from Chaoyang University of Technology.[2]
Lin led Jiji Township from 1994 to 2002, was subsequently elected to the Nantou County Council until 2006, and served on the Legislative Yuan between 2008 and 2014.[3]
Lin was elected as the Magistrate of Nantou County after winning the 2014 Nantou County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.[4]
| 2014 Nantou County Magistrate Election Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | No. | width=180 | Candidate | width=120 | Party | width=75 | Votes | width=75 | Percentage | width=49 | |
| 1 | Lee Wen-chung | DPP | 143,719 | 49.04% | |||||||
| 2 | Lin Ming-chen | KMT | 149,361 | 50.96% | |||||||
In September 2016, Lin with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Chiu Ching-chun (Magistrate of Hsinchu County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang County), Yeh Hui-ching (Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City), Chen Chin-hu (Deputy Magistrate of Taitung County), Fu Kun-chi (Magistrate of Hualien County) and Wu Cherng-dean (Deputy Magistrate of Kinmen County). Their visit was aimed to reset and restart cross-strait relations after President Tsai Ing-wen took office on 20 May 2016. The eight local leaders reiterated their support of One-China policy under the 1992 consensus. They met with Taiwan Affairs Office Head Zhang Zhijun and Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.[5] [6] [7]
The Kuomintang endorsed Lin for a second term as Nantou County magistrate in December 2017.[8]
| 2018 Kuomintang Nantou County magistrate primary results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Candidates | width=80 | Place | width=80 | Result |
| Lin Ming-chen | Walkover | ||||
| 2018 Nantou County mayoral results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | No. | width=150 | Candidate | width=120 | Party | width=75 | Votes | width=75 | Percentage | width=49 | |
| 1 | Lin Ming-chen | Kuomintang | 195,385 | 66.72% | |||||||
| 2 | Hung Kuo-hao (洪國浩) | Democratic Progressive Party | 97,460 | 33.28% | |||||||
| Total voters | 413,222 | ||||||||||
| Valid votes | 292,845 | ||||||||||
| Invalid votes | |||||||||||
| Voter turnout | 70.87% | ||||||||||
Lin contested the 2023 Nantou legislative by-election, seeking Hsu Shu-hua's vacant seat.[9] During the campaign, Lin was accused of plagiarizing his master's thesis.[10]
Lin is married and has a son.[11] [12]