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Lin Chia-lung | |||||||||
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| 林佳龍 | |||||||||
 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||
| 28th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Joseph Wu | ||||||||
| 38th Secretary-General to the President | |||||||||
| In office 31 January 2023 – 20 May 2024 | |||||||||
| President | Tsai Ing-wen | ||||||||
| Deputy | Alex Huang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | David Lee | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pan Men-an | ||||||||
| 27th Minister of Transportation and Communications | |||||||||
| In office 14 January 2019 – 19 April 2021 | |||||||||
| Premier | Su Tseng-chang | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Kwo-tsai (acting) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Kwo-tsai | ||||||||
| 2nd Mayor of Taichung | |||||||||
| In office 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018 | |||||||||
| Deputy | Lin Ling-san Pan Wen-chung | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Jason Hu | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Shiow-yen | ||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||
| In office 1 February 2012 – 25 December 2014 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Daniel Huang | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Huang Kuo-shu | ||||||||
| Constituency | Taichung VI | ||||||||
| 11th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |||||||||
| In office 25 January 2006 – 15 October 2007 | |||||||||
| Chairman | Chen Shui-bian | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Lee I-yang | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cho Jung-tai | ||||||||
| 21st Director-General of the Government Information Office | |||||||||
| In office 20 May 2004 – 13 March 2005 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Huang Huei-zhen | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Pasuya Yao | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1964 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||
| Spouse | Liao Wan-ju | ||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan University (BA, MA) Yale University (MPhil, MA, PhD) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 林佳龍 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 林佳龙 | ||||||||
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Lin Chia-lung (Chinese: 林佳龍; pinyin: Lín Jiālóng; born 13 February 1964) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan since 20 May 2024. He previously served as Secretary General to the President of Taiwan from 2023 to 2024.
Before entering politics, Lin graduated from National Taiwan University, earned three degrees from Yale University, and became professor of political science at National Chung Cheng University. As a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he ran in the 2014 Taiwanese local elections and was elected as Mayor of Taichung, serving from 2014 to 2018.
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