John Lim
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| Member of the Oregon Senate from the 11th district |
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In office 1993–2001 |
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| Succeeded by | John Minnis |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 50th district |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Laurie Monnes Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Greg Matthews |
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December 23, 1935 Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Seoul Theological College Western Evangelical Seminary |
| John Lim | |
| Hangul | 임용근 |
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| Hanja | 林龍根 |
| Revised Romanization | Im Yonggeun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Im Yonggǔn |
John Lim (born December 23, 1935) is a Republican politician in the United States state of Oregon. He has served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and was the Oregon State Senate Majority Leader in 1995. He has unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate and for the Republican nomination for Governor of Oregon.
Lim was born in Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. As an adolescent, Lim suffered from tuberculosis for five years, from which he nearly died. He was married in 1963 and graduated from Seoul Theological College in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. He emigrated to the United States in 1966, penniless. When he first arrived in America, he had no resources and worked as a janitor. He later had plans to become a Catholic priest. He eventually decided against this, however, as it would have required him to abandon his Protestant heritage. As an adult, Lim started several businesses, including a house painting and gardening business, a vitamin distribution company, and a real estate business with his wife.
He continued his theological studies at Western Evangelical Seminary, where he received his Master of Divinity in 1970.
Lim was elected to the 11th district of the Oregon State Senate in 1992. He served as Majority Leader in 1995 and was re-elected in 1996. In April 1999, while serving as chairman of the Trade & Economic Development committee, Lim famously proposed installing signs at the state lines reading, "You are welcome to visit Oregon, but please don't stay." The signs were intended to discourage visitors from moving to Oregon, to preserve the state's economic and ecologic infrastructure as well as general "quality of life."
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