| Lin Yi-shih | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: ζηδΈ |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Office1: | Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan |
| Term Start1: | 6 February 2012 |
| Term End1: | 29 June 2012 |
| Predecessor1: | Lin Join-sane |
| Successor1: | Chen Shyh-kwei |
| Office2: | Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start2: | 1 December 2008 |
| Term End2: | 1 February 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | Tseng Yung-chuan |
| Successor2: | Lin Hung-chih |
| Office3: | Vice Chairperson of the Kuomintang |
| 1Blankname3: | Chairperson |
| 1Namedata3: | Ma Ying-jeou Wu Po-hsiung Chiang Pin-kung Wu Po-hsiung |
| Term Start3: | 2006 |
| Term End3: | 2008 |
| Office4: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Constituency4: | Kaohsiung 2 |
| Term Start4: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End4: | 31 January 2012 |
| Successor4: | Chiu Chih-wei |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Qieding, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Alma Mater: | Taipei Medical College National Sun Yat-sen University |
Lin Yi-shih (; born 19 August 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2012.[1] [2]
Lin studied dentistry at Taipei Medical College and later graduated from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).[3]
Lin served as a legislator from 1999 to 2012, and as vice chairperson of the Kuomintang from 2006 to 2008.
In January 2012, Lin was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, making him the youngest person to ever hold the position.[4] On 27 June 2012, local media reported that Lin had accepted a bribe of NT$63 million from Chen Chi-hsiang in exchange for helping his Dih Yeon Mineral Selection Company secure a contract from China Steel Corporation in 2010.[5] The Taipei District Court sentenced Lin to seven years and four months in prison, stripped him of civil rights for five years, and ordered him to pay a fine of NT$15.8 million.[6] Lin appealed the ruling to the Taiwan High Court, which lengthened his prison term to 13 years and six months.[7] A subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court found Lin guilty of "holding properties of unknown origin," for which he was issued a sentence of two years imprisonment. A second charge, of "receiving bribes in breach of official duties," regarded as a violation of the Anti-Corruption Act, was returned to the High Court for retrial.[8] The Taiwan High Court added six months to Lin's sentence in April 2019.[9]
Lin's father died in 2013.[10]