Lin Yu-fang

Lin Yu-fang is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. Lin was a Kuomintang legislator from 2008 to 2016 and the chairman of the Legislative Yuan's Diplomacy and National Defense Committee.

Education

Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in English literature and American studies, respectively, from Tamkang University and earned a Ph.D. in international politics from the University of Virginia in the United States.

Political career

Lin was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1995, via the Chinese New Party's party list. He represented Taipei 2, for two terms from 2002 to 2008, first for the People First Party, before switching to the Kuomintang. Lin then won two elections from the single-member Taipei 5 constituency, serving through 2016.