Lai Chin-lin
Taiwanese politician
Lai Chin-lin (Chinese: 賴勁麟; born 27 January 1962) is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1991 and served until 1999, when he took office as a member of the Legislative Yuan. He left the Legislative Yuan in 2004 and became vice minister of the Council of Labor Affairs.
Education
Lai earned a bachelor's degree in political science from National Taiwan University, where he met Liu Yi-te and Lee Wen-chung. The trio advocated for direct elections for student body president and the end of censorship in school publications, forming a student association that was later suspended by administrators. After graduating from NTU, Lai contributed to the labor and tangwai movements.
Political career
In interviews, Lin credited the end of official relations between Taiwan and the United States and the Kaohsiung Incident, both of which occurred in 1979, for increasing his interest in politics. Lee was elected to the National Assembly twice in 1991 and 1996, representing the Democratic Progressive Party. He subsequently ran for a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 1998, and won. During his first term on the Legislative Yuan, Lai took an active role in proposing relief measures following the 1999 Jiji earthquake, and called for attention to the mental health of earthquake survivors.
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