Lin Tsung-hsien

Lin Tsung-hsien
林聰賢


Magistrate of Yilan County
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 December 2009
Deputy	Wu Ze-cheng
Preceded by	Lu Kuo-hua
Personal details
Born	22 February 1962 (1962-02-22) (age 54) Luodong, Yilan County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	Chiayi Agricultural College Fo Guang University

Lin Tsung-hsien or Lin Tsong-shyan (Chinese: 林聰賢; pinyin: Lín Cōngxián) is a politician in the Republic of China. He currently serves as the Magistrate of Yilan County since 20 December 2009.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Lin did his bachelor's degree from Chiayi Agricultural College and master's degree from Fo Guang University.^[3]

Yilan County Magistrate

2009 Yilan County Magistrate election

Lin assumed the position of Magistrate of Yilan County starting 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 Republic of China local election on 5 December 2009 under the Democratic Progressive Party.

2009 Yilan County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lin Tsung-hsien	DPP	133,394	54.26%
2	Lu Kuo-hua	KMT	112,469	45.74%

County Magistrate

During his term as the county magistrate, Lin had done several achievements for the county. Upon his election, he made several urgent adjustments to save the county financial situation. He also restored the annual Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival which was suspended by his predecessor Lu Kuo-hua. Lin had also pushed several policies on banning chemical herbicides in farms and ending the use of unprocessed manure as fertilizer. In terms of housing development, he had created regulation on regulating farmhouses and cutting down the number of houses on farmland.^[4]

2014 Yilan County Magistrate election

On 29 November 2014, Lin joined the Yilan County magistrate election as DPP candidate and won the election.

2014 Yilan County Magistrate Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lin Tsung-hsien	DPP	160,253	63.95%
2	Chiou Shu-ti (邱淑媞)	KMT	90,320	36.05%

References

↑ "Yilan County Hall". Enwww.e-land.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
↑ "Tsai praises Yilan development, Thailand democracy". The China Post. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
↑ http://enwww.e-land.gov.tw/
↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/09/03/2003598908

Heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan

Mayors of special municipalities	Mayors of provincial cities	Magistrates of counties

Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chu (DPP) New Taipei (list): Eric Chu (KMT) Taichung (list): Lin Chia-lung (DPP) Tainan (list): William Lai (DPP) Taipei (list): Ko Wen-je (Ind.) Taoyuan (list): Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP)	Chiayi (list): Twu Shiing-jer (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Lin Chih-chien (DPP) Keelung (list): Lin Yu-chang (DPP)	Changhua (list): Wei Ming-ku (DPP) Chiayi (list): Helen Chang (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Chiu Ching-chun (KMT) Hualien (list): Fu Kun-chi (Ind.) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (Ind.) Lienchiang (list): Liu Cheng-ying (KMT) Miaoli (list): Hsu Yao-chang (KMT) Nantou (list): Lin Ming-chen (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Pingtung (list): Pan Men-an (DPP) Taitung (list): Justin Huang (KMT) Yilan (list): Lin Tsung-hsien (DPP) Yunlin (list): Lee Chin-yung (DPP)

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