Lee Chun-yee

In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Lee (李).

Not to be confused with Lee Chun-yi.

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.

Lee Chun-yee MLY
李俊毅
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 2012
Succeeded by	Mark Chen
Constituency	Tainan 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 party	Democratic Progressive Party
Education	National Chengchi University (BA, MPA)

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.

Political career

Lee represented Tainan County as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2012.^[1] Affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party's Welfare State Alliance,^[2] he has also served as the DPP caucus whip. In 2009, Lee was named the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Tainan County magistracy.^[3][4] The election was cancelled, as both Tainan City and Tainan County were consolidated into the special municipality of Tainan the next year.^[1] 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.^[5][6] 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.^[7][8] Su Tseng-chang named Lee one of three deputy secretaries-general of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2012.^[9] Lee resigned from the position in 2017 to prepare his second campaign for the Tainan mayoralty.^[1] He was one of six candidates vying for the DPP mayoral nomination won by Huang Wei-cher.^[10]

Controversy

Lee was accused of accepting bribes in 2007, charges that originally stemmed from 1998.^[11] In 2010, the Taiwan High Court sentenced Lee to seven years and six months imprisonment.^[12] Two years later, he was cleared of corruption.^[13]

References

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