Jonathan Lin

Lin Pei-hsiang (Chinese: 林沛祥; born 14 May 1977), also known by his English name Jonathan Lin, is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the Keelung City Council from 2018 to 2024, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.

Lin Pei-hsiang
林沛祥
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2024
Preceded by	Tsai Shih-ying [zh]
Constituency	Keelung
Deputy Speaker of the Keelung City Council
In office 25 December 2018 – 25 December 2022
Speaker	Tsai Wang-lien
Preceded by	Tsai Wang-lien
Succeeded by	Yang Hsiu-yu [zh]
Keelung City Councilor
In office 25 December 2018 – 31 January 2024
Constituency	District 5 (Anle)
Personal details
Born	(1977-05-14) 14 May 1977 (age 48) Keelung, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	Loyola Marymount University (MBA) University of Southern California (MPA) University of La Verne (DPA)

Early life and education

Jonathan Lin was born to politicians Lin Shui-mu [zh] and Hsu Shao-ping [zh],^[1][2] and attended Er Xin High School [zh] in Keelung.^[3]

Lin completed graduate and doctoral studies in the United States. He earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Loyola Marymount University, a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) from the University of Southern California, and his Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) from the University of La Verne in La Verne, California, in 2009.^[4] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Revitalizing Keelung Harbor: A study to improve competitiveness of an international port," and was completed under professor Susan Lomeli.^[5][6] After obtaining his doctorate, he conducted postdoctoral research at National Tsing Hua University.

Political career

In 2013, Lin considered running for mayor in Keelung,^[7][8] and backed a bid by the Port of Keelung for a Rubber Duck display.^[9] After George Hsieh rejected the Kuomintang nomination for the Keelung mayoralty in 2014,^[10] Lin supported the eventual nominee Hsieh Li-kung.^[11] Lin contested a Kuomintang party primary against Hau Lung-pin prior to the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, necessitated after George Hsieh additionally declined to run for reelection to the Legislative Yuan.^[12] Lin was elected to the Keelung City Council in 2018, with the largest vote share in his district,^[3][2] and contested the body's deputy speakership election,^[13][14][15] winning the office due to a Kuomintang majority in the council.^[16] He won reelection in 2022, again leading his district in vote share.^[17][18] In July 2023, Lin accepted the Kuomintang's nomination in the Legislative Yuan's Keelung City Constituency, and faced Democratic Progressive Party candidate Cheng Wen-ting in the January 2024 Taiwanese legislative election.^[19] Lin replaced Tsai Shih-ying [zh] in the office.

In his first year as a legislator, Lin has commented on climate change policies,^[20] criticized the Constitutional Court for its 2024 ruling on the death penalty,^[21] urged reform of Taiwan's ship insurance system,^[22] proposed amendments to the All-out Defense Mobilization Readiness Act and the Public Officials Election and Recall Act,^[23][24] and supported a legislative motion stating the Republic of China's opposition to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758.^[25]

In 2025, Lin faced recall for, amongst multiple reasons, inciting parliamentary violence, lambasting civil servants and undermining national security, defaming civil groups that initiated the unseating campaign, and misogynistic behaviour.^[26] In May, Lin controversially said in an online political talk show that he believes the civic groups leading the 2025 Taiwanese mass electoral recall campaigns were "a collection of socially marginalized individuals."^[27] The bid was defeated by a majority of votes against and without reaching the necessary threshold of 75,995.