Lan Mei-chin (; born 7 September 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. She was elected to the Taipei City Council for the first time in 1985 and served until 2002, when she took office as a member of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

, where she served until 2008.

Political career

Lan served four terms on the Taipei City Council from 1985 to 2002. She formed an electoral coalition with Shen Fu-hsiung,

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, Chou Po-ya, and Julian Kuo in 2001, and won election to the

. Lan joined the same alliance, which had replaced Chou with

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, for her 2004 reelection bid.

Personal life

Lan is married to

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, the younger brother of

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. Their youngest son, , has served on the Taipei City Council. Huang Hsin-yi, their youngest child, hung herself in October 2004 in the home she shared with her eldest brother's family. Lan's brother, , was also a member of the Taipei City Council and Taipei's Department of Civil Affairs director.

References

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