Nonpartisan economist and DPP policy adviser who was Tsai Ing-wen's first premier
Born in 1951 in a navy dependants' village in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, to a waishengren naval officer from Jiangsu, he studied law at Fu Jen Catholic University and National Chengchi University, took a doctorate in economics at the University of Illinois and became a professor of economics. He headed the finance department of the Taipei city government under Mayor Chen Shui-bian and drafted Chen's economic platform for the 2000 presidential election, becoming known as the DPP's leading economic adviser, and served as head of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics from 2000 to 2002 and as finance minister from 2002 to 2006, introducing an alternative minimum tax. In May 2016 he became Tsai Ing-wen's first premier as a nonpartisan, pushing the ill-gotten party assets act and changes to working hours, and he resigned in September 2017.
Also known as: Lin Quan
Activities and affiliations
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2000–2002
Republic of China state institutionsMinister of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
Economy, finance and planning -
2002–2006
Republic of China state institutionsMinister of Finance
Economy, finance and planning -
2016–2017
Republic of China state institutionsPresident of the Executive YuanHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1984Ph.D. in economics, University of Illinois
- 1996–1998Commissioner of Finance, Taipei City Government
- 2000–2002Minister of the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
- 2002–2006Minister of Finance
- 2016.05.20–2017.09.08President of the Executive Yuan
- 2017.09–presentSenior adviser to the President