Lin Junq-tzer

Lin Junq-tzer

Taiwanese politician
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IntroTaiwanese politician
PlacesTaiwan
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
BirthHsinchu
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Biography

Lin Junq-tzer (Chinese: 林政則; pinyin: Lín Zhèngzé) (born 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. He had been serving as the Governor of Taiwan Province from 26 February 2010 to 20 May 2016.

Early life

A Hakka born in Hsinchu, Lin obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration from Soochow University in 1967 and master's degree in educational administration from the National University in the United States in 1989.

Early career

After finishing his bachelor's degree from Soochow University, Lin taught as a teacher at Zhudong Junior High School in Hsinchu County in 1968-1969.

Early political career

On 23 December 1972, Lin joined the legislative election and won a member seat at Hsinchu County Council. In 1981, he became the delegate for National Assembly.

Hsinchu City Mayor

Lin was elected as the Mayor of Hsinchu City after winning the 2001 Republic of China local election under Kuomintang on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001.

2001 Hsinchu City Mayoral Election Result
No.PartyCandidateVotesRatio
1Democratic Progressive PartyTsai Jen-chien (蔡仁堅)69,16542.77%
2IndependentWang Shao-chuan (王少泉)8010.50%
3KuomintangLin Junq-tzer (林政則)90,58056.01%
4IndependentHuang Chung-mei (黃中媄)1,1710.72%

He was then re-elected by a near 40% margin as the mayor after winning the 2005 Republic of China local election on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

2005 Hsinchu City Mayoral Election Result
No.PartyCandidateVotesRatio
1Democratic Progressive PartyCheng Kuei-yuan (鄭貴元)49,77730.73%
2KuomintangLin Junq-tzer (林政則)112,22169.27%

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