Lin Yun-sheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin(林).

Lin Yun-sheng (Chinese: 林耘生; pinyin: Lín Yúnshēng; born 1972) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2008.

Lin Yun-sheng MLY
林耘生
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Nantou County
Personal details
Born	1972 (age 52–53)
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Relations	Lin Tsung-nan (father)
Education	Tunghai University (BA, MA)
Occupation	politician

Education

Lin earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Tunghai University and later taught at I-Shou University and MingDao University.^[1]

Career

A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Lin was elected as a Nantou County representative to the Legislative Yuan in 2004. He attempted to aid his father Lin Tsung-nan's 2005 run for the magistracy of Nantou County, stating that, in 2002, competing candidate Tsai Huang-liang had meddled in the affairs of the Taiwan Railways Administration.^[2][3] In 2006, he accused Chinese companies of copyright infringement against Taiwanese brands.^[4][5] Lin sought to join the Legislative Yuan's Judiciary Committee, but was barred from doing so after the Democratic Progressive Party legislative caucus proposed a ban on committee membership for politicians whose family members were subject to current legal proceedings. This provision targeted Lin and his father, Lin Tsung-nan, who was facing corruption charges at the time.^[6] The next year, Lin Yun-sheng supported an amendment to Article 1059 of the Civil Law that permitted people use their maternal surname with the permission of both parents.^[7] He ran for reelection in 2008, and lost to Wu Den-yih.^[8][9] Lin has received media attention for his connections to convicted criminal Chiang Chin-liang.^[10][11]