Fan Yun was elected executive vice president of the "International Freedom Alliance" with the highest number of votes, the second person from Taiwan after Hsiao Meiqin

The general membership meeting of the International Liberal International returned to Asia after 15 years. It was held across Thailand and Taiwan for the first time this year and moved from Bangkok to Taipei on the 4th. Fan Yunjin, a legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was elected executive vice chairman of the alliance with the highest number of votes (on the 6th), becoming the second Taiwanese to enter the LI leadership after Vice President Hsiao Meiqin was elected in 2005.

Fan Yun first talked about the support given to her by political parties and members of Congress from various countries. She said that for Taiwan, being able to enter the leadership core of LI not only represents Taiwan's connection with transnational political forces to protect freedom, but also has the opportunity to further expand Taiwan's international space through LI's existing UN initiative channels.

Fan Yun pointed out that the DPP has joined LI for more than 30 years and has established deep friendship with international liberal parties. This year, LI held its conference in Taiwan for the first time. Despite pressure from China through multiple channels, the LI Board of Directors still showed a fearless attitude and held multiple meetings to establish a counterbalance mechanism so that the conference could be held smoothly.

Fan Yun emphasized that the adoption of three Taiwan-related resolutions at this conference not only affirmed Taiwan's democratic resilience, but also pointed out that democratic Taiwan and authoritarian China are not subordinate to each other. From insisting on holding the conference in Taiwan to passing the resolution in support of Taiwan without objection, this shows the firm support of international allies for Taiwan.

Fan Yun has served as the non-permanent vice chairman of LI since 2024, and has attended conferences in Santiago, Chile, and The Hague, the Netherlands. This time, she entered the fiercely competitive election of executive vice president. In order to win the support of various countries, she actively conducted dialogues on the political context of different countries, emphasizing that both Taiwan and Asia can make more contributions. Many representatives also took the initiative to tell her that they would vote for her in the first place.

Fan Yun pointed out that this support represents the trust of various countries in Taiwan's long-term promotion of democracy and human rights. She is very happy that Taiwan has once again entered the leadership core of LI after Xiao Meiqin. In the next two years, she will work with members of the leadership team from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Lebanon, and the Ivory Coast, looking forward to transforming the support received from this election into more concrete transnational human rights initiatives and political cooperation, so that Taiwan can make more contributions to safeguarding global freedom and democracy.

The International Freedom League was founded in 1947 and currently has participation from more than 100 political parties from more than 60 countries. It is the oldest and most important liberal democratic camp alliance in the world. LI has long been gathering international forces to promote democracy and freedom, including supporting democratization in Eastern Europe and democratic opposition parties in Latin America, and using the United Nations human rights mechanisms to promote initiatives.