林佳龙 (LínJiālóng): Lin Chia-lung (b. 1964), Taiwanese DPP politician; served as Mayor of Taichung (2014–2018), Minister of Transportation (2019–2021), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (from 2024)

Meanings

1 Lin Chia-lung (b. 1964), Taiwanese DPP politician; served as Mayor of Taichung (2014–2018), Minister of Transportation (2019–2021), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (from 2024)

Characters

林

Lín

Lin (surname); forest

Examples

林佳龙曾担任台中市市长。

Lín Jiālóng céng dānrèn Táizhōng shì shìzhǎng.

Lin Chia-lung formerly served as mayor of Taichung.

外交部长林佳龙会见了来访的欧洲议员。

Wàijiāo bùzhǎng Lín Jiālóng huìjiàn le láifǎng de Ōuzhōu yìyuán.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung met with visiting European parliamentarians.

Tips

culture

Lin earned a PhD in political science from Yale and is considered a rising 'strategist' figure in the DPP (民进党). His 2018 loss of the Taichung mayoralty was widely seen as an inflection point in cross-strait political messaging.