Lin Chin-hsing

Peter Lin or Lin Chin-hsing (Chinese: 林進興; born 12 May 1953) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008, and faced legal action throughout his time in office, which twice led to his expulsion from the Democratic Progressive Party. Lin was a DPP candidate for Kaohsiung City Council in the 2014 Taiwanese local elections, but was not elected.

Lin Chin-hsing
林進興
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2002  31 January 2008
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byChung Shao-ho
ConstituencyKaohsiung 1
Personal details
Born (1953-05-12) 12 May 1953
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyIndependent (2003; 2006–?; since 2014)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Progressive Party (until 2006; 2014)
Alma materKaohsiung Medical University
Yale University
Johns Hopkins University
Occupationpolitician
Professionphysician
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