Lin Chun-te (; born 5 July 1947) is a Taiwanese

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politician who served in the

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from 1999 to 2008.

Early life and education

Lin was born in Nantou County and is of

descent. He attended

National Pingtung University of Education National Pingtung University of Education (NPUE; ) was an institution of higher learning in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan. It has now become part of National Pingtung University. Academics There were 14 departments at the univers ...

and completed further study in education at

National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Lin ...

. Lin then worked as a teacher.

Political career

Lin began his political career as mayor of

Ren'ai, Nantou Ren'ai Township () is a mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan. It has a population total of 15,850 and an area of 1,273.5312 km2, making it the second largest township by area in the county after Xinyi Township. The populations ...

and later served on the

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. He was first elected to the

in 1998. In 2000, Lin's

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membership was revoked after he was found to have breached party regulations during the 2000 presidential election. He was reelected in 2001 as a member of the People First Party and won a third term in 2004. That year, Lin and

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led a protest against Vice President

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, after she stated that aborigines were not the first people to live in Taiwan and that the group should move to Central America. Lin ran again in the legislative elections of 2008 and finished fourth in the Highland Aborigine district. In February, Lin was indicted for vote buying.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Chun-te 1947 births Living people Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Nantou County Aboriginal Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Atayal people National Pingtung University of Education alumni Taiwanese schoolteachers