Joanna Lei Explained

C. Joanna Lei
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Smallimage:JoannaLei.jpg
Order:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Constituency:Taipei County 3
Term Start:1 February 2005
Term End:1 January 2008
Birth Name:Lei Chien (Chinese: 雷倩)
Birth Date:1958 11, df=y
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Spouse:Peter Lee (Chinese: 李宏志) (divorced)
Nationality:Republic of China
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MA / PhD)
Occupation:Politician

Chien Joanna Lei (; born 28 November 1958) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life

Lei's father is, a Republic of China Navy vice admiral who played a prominent role in the La Fayette-class frigate scandal.[1] [2] Joanna Lei studied at National Taiwan University before earning a master's degree and doctorate from Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania in the United States.[3]

Political career

Lei, a member of the New Party, was co-nominated by the Kuomintang in the 2004 legislative elections, and won.[4] [5] As a legislator, Lei took an interest in domestic labor and migrant workers.[6] [7] She lost an October 2007 Kuomintang primary, and formally left the party in November.[8] Lei was named a New Party candidate, and lost reelection.[9] [10]

Later career

After stepping down from the Legislative Yuan, Lei became the chair of Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor.[11] [12] She launched an unsuccessful independent bid for the legislature in 2012.[13] [14] In 2015, Lei co-founded the Faith And Hope League,[15] and declared opposition to same-sex marriage in Taiwan.[16] Lei has organized petitions to consider the issue of "family protection" via referendum, while opposing the use of referendums to determine support for same-sex marriage.[17] [18] She stated in 2017 that same-sex marriage would "destroy marriage as we know it. Some places are waiting for Taiwan to set the example. If Taiwan falls, then the rest of Asia will fall."[19] In December 2017, Lei succeeded as chair of the National Women's League.[20]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jou. Ying-cheng. Nine former navy officers are indicted. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 6 July 2001.
  2. News: Chuang. Jimmy. Former navy officers deny Lafayette charges at hearing. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 25 April 2002.
  3. News: Lei, C. Joanna (6). 17 July 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  4. News: Hong. Caroline. Surrogate New Party candidates named for election. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 28 September 2004.
  5. News: Hong. Caroline. Costumed and bemedaled candidates sign up for polls. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 9 October 2004.
  6. News: Coalition calls for laws to protect domestic help. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 21 May 2005.
  7. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Migrant workers relate stories of abusive system. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 18 October 2006.
  8. News: Joanna Lei leaves the KMT. 17 July 2017. The China Post. 13 November 2007.
  9. News: Ko. Shu-ling. Loa. Iok-sin. Cabinet warns local election personnel. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 20 December 2007.
  10. News: Loa. Iok-sin. Reform the legislature, forum advises. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 21 January 2008.
  11. News: Shan. Shelley. Lawmakers pass MOTC resolution. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 7 March 2008.
  12. News: Huang. Joyce. FAT could end money woes soon. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 5 April 2008.
  13. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Deep-blue daughter runs as Zhonghe independent. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 28 July 2011.
  14. News: Shan. Shelley. 2012 ELECTIONS: Pan-greens make gains in legislature. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 15 January 2012.
  15. News: LGBT activists declare an 'all-out war' against 'homophobic' hopefuls. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921201328/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201509200009.aspx. 17 July 2017. The China Post. 21 September 2015. 20 September 2015. Christie. Chen. Alt URL
  16. News: Gerber. Abraham. Party pushes marriage referendum. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 14 November 2015.
  17. News: Hsiao. Alison. 'Family protection' drive proponents claim success. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 23 December 2015.
  18. News: Gerber. Abraham. Activists spar over same-sex marriage referendum. 17 July 2017. Taipei Times. 5 February 2016.
  19. News: Jennings. Ralph. As Taiwan debates gay marriage, advocates eye influence abroad. 17 July 2017. Christian Science Monitor. 23 May 2017.
  20. News: Hsieh. Chia-chen. Yen. William. Ex-legislator to take helm of National Women's League. 24 December 2017. Central News Agency. 24 December 2017.

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