Lin Ying-meng

Lin Ying-meng (Chinese: 林穎孟; pinyin: Lín Yǐngmèng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Éng-bēng; born 20 October 1983) is a Taiwanese politician.

She obtained a bachelor's degree in humanities and sociology from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), situated in the neighbouring city of Hsinchu.

She started to know fellow activists Wu Cheng (吳崢) and Freddy Lim during the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement.

When the NPP won seats in the Legislative Yuan, the national parliament, Lin was motivated to take part in parliamentary work.

Lin hired her then-boyfriend, Yeh Yao-chang, as a political aide at the start of her term as councillor.

[12] On 20 January 2018, she announced during the NPP's anniversary that she would run for the seat of councillor representing Daan-Wenshan, becoming one of the first openly LGBT officials in Taiwan.