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Before his premiership, he had also served as the Minister of Budget, Accounting and Statistics and Minister of Finance during Chen Shui-bian's presidency.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"13 December 1951","date":"1951-12-13"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Zuoying District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718014"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Taiwan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"independent politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327591"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Fu Jen Catholic University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q685664"},{"text":"University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457281"},{"text":"National Chengchi University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712849"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Premier of the Republic of China (20 May 2016 – 8 September 2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702650","start":"2016-05-20","end":"2017-09-08"},{"text":"Minister of Finance (2 December 2002 – 25 January 2006)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114894856","start":"2002-12-02","end":"2006-01-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of Propitious Clouds","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11044080"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chuan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Lin Chuan born?","a":"Lin Chuan was born on 13 December 1951 in Zuoying District."},{"q":"What positions has Lin Chuan held?","a":"Positions held by Lin Chuan include: Premier of the Republic of China (2016–2017); Minister of Finance (2002–2006)."},{"q":"Where did Lin Chuan study?","a":"Lin Chuan was educated at Fu Jen Catholic University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, National Chengchi University."}],"related":[{"name":"Chiang Kai-shek","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chiang-kai-shek"},{"name":"Wu Den-yih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih"},{"name":"Yen Chia-kan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yen-chia-kan"},{"name":"Frank Hsieh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frank-hsieh"},{"name":"Wang Jingwei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wang-jingwei"},{"name":"Lee Huan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lee-huan"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/lin-chuan-f0ef8e54d5.jpg","width":500,"height":626,"license":"Attribution","credit":"行政院全球資訊網站資料開放宣告","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E9%99%A2%E9%99%A2%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%85%A8_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Lin Chuan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Chuan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q8997373","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8997373","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 行政院院長林全 (cropped).jpg by 行政院全球資訊網站資料開放宣告 (Attribution)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E9%99%A2%E9%99%A2%E9%95%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%85%A8_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Lin Chuan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 行政院院長林全 (cropped).jpg — 行政院全球資訊網站資料開放宣告, Attribution.","cite":"\"Lin Chuan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/lin-chuan. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T08:56:28Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/lin-chuan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/lin-chuan","ne":null}}