Lin Wan-i

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Wan-i (Chinese: 林萬億; pinyin: Lín Wànyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bān-ek) is a Taiwanese sociologist, academic, and minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan, having taken office on 20 May 2016.^[1]

Lin Wan-i
林萬億
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2016
In office 2006–2007
Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County
In office 1999–2002
Magistrate	Su Tseng-chang
Personal details
Born	1952 (1952) (age 73)
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Taiwan University (BA, MA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)

Education

Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from National Taiwan University in 1979 and 1981, respectively, and doctoral degree in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.^[2]

Career

Lin held multiple academic positions in the departments of sociology and social work at National Taiwan University from 1982 to the present. He served as a minister without portfolio under the Executive Yuan from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2016 to the present.^[2]