Lin Yu-fang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Yu-fang (Chinese: 林郁方; pinyin: Lín Yùfāng; born 15 March 1951) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.^[1][2]

Lin Yu-fang
林郁方
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016
Preceded by	multi-member constituency
Succeeded by	Freddy Lim
Constituency	Taipei 5
In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Preceded by	multi-member constituency
Succeeded by	multi-member constituency
Constituency	Taipei 2
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 1999
Constituency	Republic of China (New Party party-list)
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 74) Shanlin, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang (since 2006) New Party (1993–2000) People First Party (2000–2006)
Education	Tamkang University (BA, MA) University of Virginia (PhD)

Education

Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature and American studies, respectively, from Tamkang University and earned a Ph.D. in international politics from the University of Virginia in the United States.^[3]

Political career

Lin was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1995, via the Chinese New Party's party list.^[4] He represented Taipei 2, for two terms from 2002 to 2008, first for the People First Party, before switching to the Kuomintang.^[5][6] Lin then won two elections from the single-member Taipei 5 constituency, serving through 2016.^[7][3]

2008 legislative election

No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Ratio	Elected
1	Ye Mei (葉玫)	Home Party	324	0.22%
2	Wu Jian Yi (吳建毅)	Taiwan Farmers' Party	251	0.17%
3	Wei Jhih Jhong (魏志中)	Independent	284	0.19%
4	Lin Yu-fang	Kuomintang	87,448	58.23%
5	Huang Ci Bin (黃啟彬)	Taiwan Constitution Association	360	0.24%
6	Tuan Yi-kang	Democratic Progressive Party	61,480	40.95%

2016 legislative election

Taipei 5th Constituency 2016 Legislative Yuan Election

Candidate		Party		Votes	Percentage
Freddy Lim	林昶佐		New Power Party	82,650	49.52%
Lin Yu-fang	林郁方		Kuomintang	76,079	45.58%
You Jui-min	尤瑞敏		Trees Party	4,506	2.69%
Kung Wei-lun	龔偉綸		Independent	1,710	1.02%
Li Chia-hsin	李家幸		Taiwan Independence Party	885	0.53%
Huang Fu-liao	黃福卿		Independent	587	0.35%
Hung Hsien-cheng	洪顯政		Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan	478	0.28%
Source		Total		166,895	100%