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In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin (林).
Not to be confused with Lin Cheng-chih.
Lin Cheng-chieh
MLY
林正杰
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1990 – 31 January 1996
ConstituencyTaipei 2
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office
25 December 1981 – September 1986
Personal details
Born(1952-11-08)8 November 1952
Died3 June 2025(2025-06-03) (aged 72)
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (1986–1991)
EducationTunghai University (BA)
National Chengchi University (MA)

Lin Cheng-chieh (Chinese: 林正杰; pinyin: Lín Zhèngjié; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Chèng-kia̍t; 8 November 1952 – 3 June 2025)[1] was a Taiwanese politician. A tangwai activist for Taiwan's democratization, he helped found the Democratic Progressive Party. After leaving the DPP in 1991, he began supporting Pan-Blue Coalition political endeavors.

Early life and education

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Lin's father Lin Kwun-rung was a Kuomintang spy. The government sent him to China in 1956, where he was jailed until 1980. Following his release, Lin Kwan-rung spent three years at his ancestral home in Fujian until, with the help of his wife, he returned to Taiwan in 1983.[2] Lin Cheng-chieh studied political science at Tunghai University, and attended graduate school at National Chengchi University.

Political career

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Lin was known as one of "three musketeers" of the tangwai movement, alongside Chen Shui-bian and Frank Hsieh.[3][4] He ran as a tangwai candidate and won a seat on the Taipei City Council in 1981.[5] Lin won reelection in 1985.[2] The next year, the defendants involved in the Kaohsiung Incident began serving their prison sentences. Lin was credited with leading a protest calling for democratization, an action that became a catalyst for the establishment of the Democratic Progressive Party, of which Lin was a founding member.[6][7] Months after the protest, Lin was stripped of his office upon being imprisoned in September on charges of libel.[8][9] Lin accused Hu Yi-shou of financial impropriety. Alongside libel charges, Hu filed a second lawsuit against Lin, claiming that Lin had violated election law in his 1985 campaign.[10] In February 1987, Lin's sentence was extended by eight months.[11] Within the DPP, he led the Progress faction, a collective opposed to Taiwan independence.[12] Lin left the DPP in June 1991,[13] shortly after Fei Hsi-ping and Ju Gau-jeng, leading the party to radicalize and openly support Taiwan independence.[14][15] After leaving the DPP, Lin told Alan M. Wachman in July 1991 that "[I]t is not necessarily the case that those who identify themselves as Taiwanese support Taiwan independence... I know a lot of socialists who support reunification. But they speak Taiwanese. They are not willing to speak Mandarin."[16] Lin, who had been elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1989 under the DPP banner,[17][18] served most of his first term and all of his second term as an independent, stepping down in 1996. In September 1993 Lin founded the New Parliament Magazine, a newsletter-like publication with a Pan-Blue editorial line.[19] In 1994, Lin began a hunger strike as part of a larger protest in support of retaining a statue of Guanyin on the grounds of Daan Forest Park.[20] Despite having left the Democratic Progressive Party, Lin served as deputy mayor of Hsinchu under fellow DPP founder James Tsai.[21] Lin later became the chairman of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party.[22]

In August 2006, Lin slapped and kicked Chin Heng-wei [zh], editor of the magazine Contemporary Monthly, during a joint appearance on Formosa TV.[23][24] He was widely criticized by Pan-Blue and Pan-Green political leaders.[25] The Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go campaign, a movement he had supported, forbid Lin from participating in a sit-in protest against Chen Shui-bian.[26] However, Lin was permitted to attend a protest outside the Presidential Office led by the group in September.[27] The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office charged Lin with inflicting bodily harm on Chin Heng-wei in October 2006,[28] and Lin was eventually sentenced to a 50-day prison term.[29] In August 2007, Lin and others were indicted for their actions during the Presidential Office protest.[30][31] Despite the indictment, Lin continued small protests against Chen by founding the Nine Nine Association.[32] In December, he led a gathering of thirty people to protest the renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.[33] When Chen stepped down from the presidency in 2008, Lin petitioned Chen's successor, Ma Ying-jeou, to bring corruption charges against Chen.[34]

During the 2016 presidential election, Lin supported Hung Hsiu-chu's campaign.[35][36]

Personal

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Lin was married to musician T. C. Yang.[10][37]

References

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  1. ^ 民进党创党元老林正杰逝世　享寿73岁 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ a b Baum, Julian (9 December 1985). "After 27 years in China, Taiwan spy came home to cool reception". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (30 January 2005). "Hsieh, Chen are friendly rivals". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  4. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (2 January 2002). "Newsmakers: Hsieh may have to choose between city and party". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. ^ Jacobs, J. Bruce (2012). Democratizing Taiwan. BRILL. p. 58. ISBN 9789004225909.
  6. ^ Cody, Edward (8 July 2007). "Interview With Chen Shui-bian, President of Taiwan". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  7. ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Huang, Shu-li; Chin, Jonathan (12 December 2016). "Japan Food Imports: KMT to protest Executive Yuan hearings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ^ Mann, Jim (3 December 1986). "Taiwan's Nationalists Face Dramatic Political Changes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  9. ^ Chiou, C. (1995). Democratizing Oriental Despotism: China from 4 May 1919 to 4 June 1989 and Taiwan from 28 February 1947 to 28 June 1990. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 9780230389687.
  10. ^ a b "Sentence of Progress publisher sparks demonstrations" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué. 27: 20–22. October 1986. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. ^ Cohen, Marc J. (May 1987). "Current Political Cases" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué. 30. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. ^ Rigger, Shelley (February 1999). The Evolution of the DPP and KMT's Policies of the National Identity Issue. Conference on War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait, Duke University, 26-27 February 1999.
  13. ^ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1998). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 9781349149513.
  14. ^ Tsang, Steve; Tien, Hung-Mao, eds. (1999). Democratisation in Taiwan: Implications for China. Springer. p. 71. ISBN 9781349272792.
  15. ^ Fell, Dafydd (2006). Party Politics in Taiwan. Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 9781134240203.
  16. ^ Wachman, Alan (1994). Taiwan: National Identity and Democratization. M. E. Sharpe. p. 118. ISBN 9781563243981.
  17. ^ "December Election Victory for DPP" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué. No. 43. ISSN 1027-3999. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  18. ^ Chen, Kathy (22 July 1990). "A doctor gives up parking his Mercedes-Benz near his..." United Press International. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ^ Wang, Fei-Yun (1 October 1994). "Political Mirrors". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  20. ^ Han Cheung. "Taiwan in Time: Religious strife in Daan Forest Park". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  21. ^ Huang, Joyce (4 January 2001). "DPP wrangles over Hsinchu mayor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  22. ^ Chang, Rich (18 September 2006). "Police under fire over scuffling". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ^ Lu, Chia-ying (4 October 2006). "Lin indicted for hitting commentator". Taiwan News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (29 July 2008). "FEATURE: Assault on Chen highlights vulnerability". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  25. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Mo, Yan-chih; Chuang, Jimmy (26 August 2006). "Politicians condemn talk show fight". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ^ "Anti-Chen group bars TV tussler". Taipei Times. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (16 September 2006). "Tens of thousands join protest 'siege'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  28. ^ "Lin charged over attack". Taipei Times. 4 October 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  29. ^ Chang, Rich (17 February 2007). "KMT Legislator Hung Hsiu-chu indicted for slander". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  30. ^ Chang, Rich (4 August 2007). "Shih, 15 others indicted over Oct. 10 'siege'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  31. ^ Wang, Flora (16 October 2007). "Shih says he's willing to do jail time". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  32. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (10 September 2007). "'Red army' marks anniversary of protests". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  33. ^ Loa, Iok-sin; Wang, Flora; Ko, Shu-ling (7 December 2007). "Cameraman injured at memorial clash". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  34. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (11 October 2008). "Nation celebrates amid tight security". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  35. ^ Hsiao, Alison (11 October 2015). "Hung says she 'will not back down'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  36. ^ Hsiao, Alison (18 October 2015). "Presidential Election: KMT's replacing of Hung lambasted". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  37. ^ Chen, David (26 May 2008). "Finding her voice again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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