Background
Lin was born in Changhua County on 17 March 1962.
林錫山
Lin was born in Changhua County on 17 March 1962.
He was the Secretary-General of Legislative Yuan from 1 March 1999 until 31 January 2016. Lin was elected as legislator for three consecutive terms in 1990-1999 during 1st to 3rd legislatures. Secretary General
Lin was arrested in January 2016 and charged with corruption, as the Taipei Prosecutors Office suspected that the Legislative Yuan was favoring a certain computer company in negotiation for supply contracts.
During the term, he had been the convener for the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, Economic Affairs Committee and Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee. The member of Procedure Committee. The chairperson of the Judiciary and Economics Coordination Committees at the Legislative Yuan of Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party).
The senior deputy clerk of Chinese Nationalist Party (caucus) at Legislative Yuan. And deputy chief of Chinese Nationalist Party Coordination Committee at Legislative Yuan.
