Lee Ching-hua

Lee Ching-hua (Chinese: 李慶華; pinyin: Lǐ Qìnghuá; born 3 December 1948) is a Taiwanese politician.

Lee Ching-hua
李慶華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1993 – 31 January 1999
ConstituencyTaipei 2
In office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008
Succeeded byYu Tian
ConstituencyTaipei County 3
In office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016
Succeeded byHuang Kuo-chang
ConstituencyNew Taipei 12
Personal details
Born (1948-12-03) 3 December 1948
Hangzhou, Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang (until 1993; since 2005)
Other political
affiliations		New Party (1993–2000)
People First Party (2000–2005)
RelationsDiane Lee (sister)
ParentsLee Huan (father)
Alma materNational Chengchi University
New York University

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] but continued serving as the leader of the New Party's national election and development committee during the 2000 election.[5] Lee left the PFP in May 2005 and rejoined the Kuomintang.[6][7] Lee lost his legislative seat to Huang Kuo-chang of the New Power Party in 2016.[8] The next year, Wu Den-yih named Lee a spokesman for Wu's KMT chairmanship bid.[9]

Controversy

In September 2018, Lee was indicted on charges of corruption by the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office, and accused of embezzling NT$5.23 million, an amount meant to pay for his legislative assistants' salaries.[10]

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  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. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  5. Low, Stephanie (21 January 2000). "Li Ao agrees to running mate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. Kang, Ruoye (26 May 2005). "A fading star in Taiwan". Asia Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  7. Hong, Caroline (21 May 2005). "PFP lawmaker looks ready to return to KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  8. "NPP's Huang beats KMT in New Taipei's 12th district". China Post. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Jake, Jake (16 January 2017). "Ex-vice president Wu Den-yih reveals campaign team for chairperson bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  10. Pan, Jason (8 September 2018). "Prosecutors indict former lawmaker for embezzlement". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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