Lee Ching-hua

Lee Ching-hua
Lee Ching-hua
李慶華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016
Succeeded by	Huang Kuo-chang
Constituency	New Taipei 12
	In office; 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008
Succeeded by	Yu Tian
Constituency	Taipei County 3
	In office; 1 February 1993 – 31 January 1999
Constituency	Taipei 2
Convenor of the New Party National Committee
	In office; January 1999 – March 2000
Preceded by	Chen Kuei-miao; Feng Ting-kuo (acting)
Succeeded by	Hau Lung-pin
Personal details
Born	3 December 1948 (age 76); Hangzhou, Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang (until 1993; since 2005); New Party (1993–2000); People First Party (2000–2005)
Relations	Diane Lee (sister)
Parent	Lee Huan (father)
Education	National Chengchi University (LLB); New York University (PhD)

Lee Ching-hua (Chinese: 李慶華; pinyin: Lǐ Qìnghuá; 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] 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

^ "Lee Huan dies at 95". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016. Alt URL
^ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 185. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ Low, Stephanie (21 January 2000). "Li Ao agrees to running mate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Kang, Ruoye (26 May 2005). "A fading star in Taiwan". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 27 May 2005. 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.
^ 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.
^ Pan, Jason (8 September 2018). "Prosecutors indict former lawmaker for embezzlement". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[1] "Lee Huan dies at 95". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016. Alt URL

[eyww-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.

[ttfall-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. Archived from the original on 27 May 2005. 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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