Lee Ching-hua
| Lee Ching-hua | |
|---|---|
| æŽæ…¶è¯ | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 1999 | |
| Constituency | Taipei 2 |
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In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Yu Tian |
| Constituency | Taipei County 3 |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Huang Kuo-chang |
| Constituency | New Taipei 12 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 December 1948 Hangzhou, Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang (until 1993; since 2005) |
| Other political affiliations |
New Party (1993–2000) People First Party (2000–2005) |
| Relations | Diane Lee (sister) |
| Parents | Lee Huan (father) |
| Alma mater |
National Chengchi University New York University |
Lee Ching-hua (Chinese: æŽæ…¶è¯; born 3 December 1948) is a Taiwanese politician.
Family and education
Lee Ching-hua was born on 3 December 1948, the second child to Lee Huan and Pan Hsiang-ning.[1] He had one older brother, Lee Ching-chung, and two younger sisters, Lee Ching-chu and Diane Lee. Lee Ching-hua earned a bachelor's degree in law from National Chengchi University before furthering his education in the United States, where he obtained a doctorate in history from New York University. Lee then returned to Taiwan and became an associate professor at NCCU.[2][3]
Political career
Lee was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1992. He, Chen Kuei-miao, and others broke away from the Kuomintang to found the New Party the next year.[3][4] He joined James Soong's People First Party in 2000 to support Soong's first presidential bid.[3] Lee left the PFP in May 2005 and rejoined the Kuomintang.[5][6] Lee lost his legislative seat to Huang Kuo-chang of the New Power Party in 2016.[7]
References
- ↑ "Lee Huan dies at 95". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 185. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 Hsu, Crystal (14 October 2002). "Diane Lee's fall from grace". Taipei Times. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ Liu, Weiling (27 February 1998). "'Chinese states' concept debated". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ Kang, Ruoye (26 May 2005). "A fading star in Taiwan". Asia Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ Hong, Caroline (21 May 2005). "PFP lawmaker looks ready to return to KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
- ↑ "NPP's Huang beats KMT in New Taipei's 12th district". China Post. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.