Lee Ching-hua

Lee Ching-hua
李慶華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1993  31 January 1999
Constituency Taipei 2
In office
1 February 1999  31 January 2008
Succeeded by Yu Tian
Constituency Taipei County 3
In office
1 February 2008  31 January 2016
Succeeded by Huang Kuo-chang
Constituency New Taipei 12
Personal details
Born (1948-12-03) 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: 李慶華; 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

  1. "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.
  2. "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 185. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Hsu, Crystal (14 October 2002). "Diane Lee's fall from grace". Taipei Times. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. Liu, Weiling (27 February 1998). "'Chinese states' concept debated". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  5. Kang, Ruoye (26 May 2005). "A fading star in Taiwan". Asia Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  6. Hong, Caroline (21 May 2005). "PFP lawmaker looks ready to return to KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  7. "NPP's Huang beats KMT in New Taipei's 12th district". China Post. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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