Early life
Born in Nantou County, Taiwan, Lin graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor of science degree.
Political career
He had been service in politics since the 1970s. He was a vice-chairman of the Kuomintang in 1990. In 1990, Lin was in the "non-mainstream faction" that aimed to be less confrontational with thePeople's Republic of China than Lee Teng-hui. He tried to replace Lee in the 1990 presidential election, with Chiang Wei-kuo as his running mate.[1]
He resigned his position as the head of the Judicial Yuan to become a presidential candidate in the 1996 elections. Since the Kuomintang did not nominate him, Lin ran as an independent. Though he originally considered Chen Li-an as his vice presidential running mate, finally he still picked former Premier Hau Pei-tsun, considering Hau's background might attract more mainlanders' votes for him. Chen was also run as an independent and both of them later expelled from KMT. However because of his pro-China and pro-reunification standpoints during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, they only finished third with 14.9% of the vote, did it poorly. He has since retired from political affairs and secluded himself in Taichung after this defeat. Lin backed to KMT in 2005.
| 1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President Candidate | Vice President Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Lee Teng-hui | Lien Chan |  Kuomintang | 5,813,699 | 54.0 |
| Peng Ming-min | Frank Hsieh |  Democratic Progressive Party | 2,274,586 | 21.1 |
| Lin Yang-kang | Hau Pei-tsun | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 1,603,790 | 14.9 |
| Chen Li-an | Wang Ching-feng | Independent | 1,074,044 | 9.9 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 117,160 | |||
| Total | 10,883,279 | 100 | ||
Personal life
Lin was married to Chen Ho (陳閤) with one son and 3 daughters.
Death
Lin died on 13 April 2013 due to intestinal obstruction and organ failure. He was 87
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