Lee Chun-yee

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Lee (李).
Not to be confused with Lee Chun-yi.
Lee Chun-yee
MLY
李俊毅
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2012
Succeeded byMark Chen
ConstituencyTainan County (until 2008)
Tainan County 3rd (2008–2010)
Tainan 5th (2010–2012)
Personal details
Born (1959-03-20) 20 March 1959 (age 65)
Tainan County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
EducationNational Chengchi University (BA, MPA)

Lee Chun-yee (Chinese: 李俊毅; born 20 March 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2012 as a representative of Tainan.

Early life and education

Lee was born in Tainan County in 1959. He earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from National Chengchi University and then earned a master's degree in public administration from the university.[1]

Political career

Lee represented Tainan County as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2012.[2] Affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party's Welfare State Alliance,[3] he has also served as the DPP caucus whip. In 2009, Lee was named the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Tainan County magistracy.[4][5] The election was cancelled, as both Tainan City and Tainan County were consolidated into the special municipality of Tainan the next year.[2] Subsequently, Lee declared his candidacy for the mayoralty of Tainan, and he was challenged by Yeh Yi-jin, Su Huan-chih, and Hsu Tain-tsair.[6][7] A fifth Democratic Progressive Party candidate, William Lai, later received official party support and won the office. Lee lost to Wang Ting-yu in a contentious 2011 party primary and eventually yielded his legislative seat to Wang's replacement candidate Mark Chen.[8][9] Su Tseng-chang named Lee one of three deputy secretaries-general of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2012.[10] Lee resigned from the position in 2017 to prepare his second campaign for the Tainan mayoralty.[2] He was one of six candidates vying for the DPP mayoral nomination won by Huang Wei-cher.[11]

Controversy

Lee was accused of accepting bribes in 2007, charges that originally stemmed from 1998.[12] In 2010, the Taiwan High Court sentenced Lee to seven years and six months imprisonment.[13] Two years later, he was cleared of corruption.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Chen, Wei-han (16 March 2017). "DPP's Lee Chun-yi resigns to focus on Tainan mayor race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^ "DPP set to hold party-policy seminar next January". Taipei Times. 24 December 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ Hsu, Jenny W.; Mo, Yan-chih (3 April 2009). "DPP rift over Tainan poll grows". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. ^ Lu, Meggie (8 April 2009). "DPP infighting claims senior official". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ Chao, Vincent Y. (12 March 2010). "Chen Shih-meng calls for Su to run in Sinbei City". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  7. ^ Chao, Vincent Y. (9 March 2010). "DPP's Yeh Yi-jin joins Tainan race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  8. ^ Chao, Vincent Y. (31 May 2011). "Local DPP politicians pan party's handling of Tainan row". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  9. ^ Chao, Vincent Y. (16 June 2011). "Tearful Wang Ding-yu quits legislative race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. ^ Wang, Chris (5 June 2012). "Su Tseng-chang appoints personnel to key positions". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  11. ^ Chen, Wei-han (9 March 2018). "Huang wins DPP polls in Tainan mayoral primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  12. ^ Chang, Rich (21 June 2007). "Legislators quizzed over apothecary bribe allegations". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  13. ^ Chang, Rich (9 September 2010). "Lawmakers across party lines jailed over bribes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  14. ^ Wang, Chris (6 September 2012). "Government on verge of collapse: DPP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.