Lin Chih-chien

Lin Chih-chien
Lin Chih-chien
林智堅
	Lin in July 2020
Mayor of Hsinchu City
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2014
Preceded by	Hsu Ming-tsai
Personal details
Born	27 May 1975 (age 46); Xiangshan, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	master's degree
Alma mater	Chung Hua University

Lin Chih-chien^[1] (Chinese: 林智堅; pinyin: Lín Zhìjiān; Wade–Giles: Lin² Chih⁴-chien¹; born 27 May 1975) is a Taiwanese politician. He is currently the Mayor of Hsinchu City since 25 December 2014.^[2]

Early life[]

Lin did his bachelor's degree in business administration and master's degree in technology management from Chung Hua University.^[3]

Mayor of Hsinchu City[]

2014 Hsinchu City mayoralty election[]

Lin was elected as the Mayor of Hsinchu City after narrowly winning the 2014 Hsinchu City mayoralty election held on 29 November 2014.

2014 Hsinchu City Mayoralty Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	(劉正幸)	Independent	1,914	0.96%
2	Hsu Ming-tsai	KMT	75,564	37.85%
3	James Tsai	Independent	40,480	20.28%
4	Lin Chih-chien	DPP	76,578	38.36%
5	(吳淑敏)	Independent	5101	2.56%

2018 Hsinchu City mayoralty election[]

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Hsinchu City mayoral primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Lin Chih-chien	Nominated	Walkover

2018 Hsinchu City mayoral results^[4]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Hsieh Wen-chin (謝文進)	Independent	44,101	20.31%
2	Li Chi-qun (李驥羣)	Independent	705	0.32%
3	Huang Yuan-fu (黃源甫)	Independent	3,603	1.66%
4	Hsu Ming-tsai	Kuomintang	60,508	27.87%
5	Kuo Jung-jui (郭榮睿)	Independent	574	0.26%
6	Lin Chih-chien	Democratic Progressive Party	107,612	49.57%
Total voters			338,323
Valid votes			217,103
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			64.17%

References[]

^ Tiffany May (August 31, 2020). "Girl in Taiwan Is Swept High by a Kite". New York Times. The girl, who was identified by news outlets only by her last name, Lin, landed mostly unscathed at the Hsinchu International Kite Festival. She suffered abrasions around her neck and face, the mayor of Hsinchu, Lin Chih-chien, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. She was admitted to a hospital for a medical examination, he said.
^ "DPP's Lin Chih-chien claims win in Hsinchu mayoral election".
^ "Hsinchu City Government". Archived from the original on 2014-04-29.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)