Lin Junq-tzer (Chinese: 林政則; pinyin: Lín Zhèngzé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Chèng-chek; born 1944) is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the appointed governor of Taiwan Provincial Government from 26 February 2010 to 20 May 2016.

Early life and education

A Hakka born in Hsinchu, Lin earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Soochow University in 1967 and a master's degree in educational administration in 1989.

Early career

After finishing his bachelor's degree from Soochow University, Lin taught as a teacher at Zhudong Junior High School in Hsinchu County in 1968-1969.

Early political career

On 23 December 1972, Lin joined the legislative election and won a member seat at Hsinchu County Council. In 1981, he became the delegate for National Assembly.

Hsinchu City Mayor

Lin was elected as the Mayor of Hsinchu City after winning the 2001 Republic of China local election under Kuomintang on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001.

2001 Hsinchu City Mayoral Election Result
No.PartyCandidateVotesRatio
1Democratic Progressive PartyTsai Jen-chien (蔡仁堅)69,16542.77%
2IndependentWang Shao-chuan (王少泉)8010.50%
3KuomintangLin Junq-tzer (林政則)90,58056.01%
4IndependentHuang Chung-mei (黃中媄)1,1710.72%

He was then re-elected by a near 40% margin as the mayor after winning the 2005 Republic of China local election on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

2005 Hsinchu City Mayoral Election Result
No.PartyCandidateVotesRatio
1Democratic Progressive PartyCheng Kuei-yuan (鄭貴元)49,77730.73%
2KuomintangLin Junq-tzer (林政則)112,22169.27%

Notes

Party political offices
Preceded byHung Hsiu-chuChairman of the Kuomintang Acting 2017Succeeded byWu Den-yih