Edgar Lin
| Edgar Lin | |
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| 林俊義 | |
| Director of the The Coordination Council for North American Affairs, TECRO | |
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In office 17 August 2007 – 20 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Lin Fang-mei |
| Succeeded by |
Chu Wen-hsiang (acting) Shao Yu-ming |
| ROC Representative to the United Kingdom | |
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In office December 2004 – August 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Tien Hung-mao |
| Succeeded by | Katharine Chang |
| ROC Ambassador to Gambia | |
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In office August 2001 – December 2004 |
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| Succeeded by | Patrick Chang |
| Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration | |
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In office 20 May 2000 – 6 March 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Tsai Hsun-hsiung |
| Succeeded by | Hau Lung-pin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 July 1938 Taihoku, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Occupation | Politician and diplomat |
| Profession | Environmentalist |
Edgar Lin (Chinese: 林俊義; born 23 July 1938) is a Taiwanese biologist, environmentalist, diplomat and politician.
Lin studied English at National Taiwan University and earned a Ph.D in ecology from the University of Indiana. He remained in the United States for a time, working as a research fellow for the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
After his return to Taiwan, Lin taught at Tunghai University. Lin began participating in Taiwan's environmental movement in the 1980s. He became known as a "godfather" of the cause and was a noted anti-nuclear activist, later serving Greenpeace Taiwan as its president.
Lin led Taipei's Bureau of Environmental Protection while Chen Shui-bian was mayor. Chen was elected president in 2000, and Lin was appointed minister of the Environmental Protection Administration by Premier Tang Fei in April, taking office with the rest of the cabinet on May 20. Shortly after joining the EPA, Lin renounced his opposition to nuclear energy, stating that he had held that stance largely to combat totalitarianism. In October, Lin made his first trip to the United States in an official capacity and became the first EPA executive to include environmentalists as part of his contingent abroad. The Amorgos oil spill occurred in January 2001, and the Executive Yuan was criticized for its delayed response. Subsequently, Lin resigned his position in March.
In August of that year, Lin was named ambassador to Gambia. He served until December 2004, when he was sworn in as Taiwan's representative to the United Kingdom. His first trip in the UK took place the next month. While in the UK, Lin has spoken out against the One China principle, Anti-Secession Law, and one country, two systems. Instead, Lin proposed that the European Union pass its own version of the United States' Taiwan Relations Act.
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