11 Facts About Edgar Lin

Edgar Lin Chun-yi is a Taiwanese biologist, environmentalist, diplomat and politician.

Edgar Lin remained in the United States for a time, working as a research fellow for the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

Edgar Lin began participating in Taiwan's environmental movement in the 1980s.

Edgar Lin became known as a "godfather" of the cause and was a noted anti-nuclear activist, later serving Greenpeace Taiwan as its president.

Edgar Lin ran in the 1989 legislative election for a Legislative Yuan seat in Taichung.

Edgar Lin was elected to the National Assembly in 1992.

Alongside fellow Democratic Progressive Party members Huang Hsin-chieh and Chen Yung-hsing, Edgar Lin walked out of the assembly on 4 May 1992, criticizing the body for procedural violations.

In September 1993, Edgar Lin accepted the DPP nomination as its candidate for the Taichung mayoralty.

Edgar Lin lost to Edgar Lin Po-jung, who secured a second consecutive term.

Chen was elected president in 2000, and Edgar Lin was appointed minister of the Environmental Protection Administration by Premier Tang Fei in April, taking office with the rest of the cabinet on 20 May Shortly after joining the EPA, Edgar Lin renounced his opposition to nuclear energy, stating that he had held that stance largely to combat totalitarianism.

Edgar Lin served until December 2004, when he was sworn in as Taiwan's representative to the United Kingdom.