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Lin Chuan

林全　/　りん・ぜん

Politician from Taiwan

December 13, 1951 (age 74)　・　Kaohsiung, Taiwan

politician
economist

My Take

Lin Chuan reads to me as the kind of leader who matters most in the engine room rather than the spotlight. An economist and lawyer from Kaohsiung who became the first premier under Tsai Ing-wen, he carried the unglamorous but decisive job of standing up a new government's machinery. I find that profile quietly impressive: technocrats who can translate policy ambition into working administration are rare, and the Order of Propitious Clouds suggests genuine recognition. The English data mislabels him as American, which is an import slip; he is unmistakably Taiwanese. To me he embodies competence over charisma, and I respect that.

Overview

Lin Chuan (Chinese: 林全; pinyin: Lín Quán; Wade–Giles: Lin² Chʻüan²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Choân; born 13 December 1951) is a Taiwanese economist, lawyer, and politician who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2017. He was the first cabinet head under the Tsai Ing-wen government.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Lin Chuan
Name (Japanese): 林全
Reading: りん・ぜん
Born: December 13, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rabbit
Origin: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / economist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Fu Jen Catholic University

Awards & achievements

Order of Propitious Clouds

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E5%85%A8

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