| Lai Shyh-bao | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
| Order: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2008 |
| Constituency: | Taipei 8 |
| Office1: | Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 2016 |
| Term End1: | 7 July 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Ker Chien-ming |
| Successor1: | Liao Kuo-tung |
| Term Start2: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End2: | 1 February 2002 |
| Office3: | Majority Leader of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start3: | 7 February 2015 |
| Term End3: | 1 February 2016 |
| Predecessor3: | Alex Fai |
| Successor3: | Ker Chien-ming |
| Birth Date: | 1951 6, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Otherparty: | New Party |
| Alma Mater: | National Cheng Kung University, National Chengchi University, University of Southern California |
| Occupation: | Politician |
Lai Shyh-bao (; born 20 June 1951) is a Taiwanese politician currently serving as a member of the Legislative Yuan. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee and in the National Assembly.[1]
He received a bachelor's degree in engineering from National Cheng Kung University, before studying business administration at the National Chengchi University. Lai taught the subject and eventually chaired the Graduate Institute of Business Administration at NCCU. He returned to engineering while as a master's and doctoral student at the University of Southern California.[1]
From 1999 to 2002, Lai was a New Party legislator.[2] [3] Despite a declaration that he would leave the New Party at the end of 2001 but not join another party,[4] Lai switched affiliations to the Kuomintang in his legislative second term and secured the continued endorsement of the New Party.[5]
Lai was also promoted to increasingly important KMT caucus positions. In April 2005 he was deputy secretary of the caucus.[6] By July, Lai had become caucus whip,[7] a position he held until February 2016.[8] Lai was nominated as the Kuomintang candidate for speaker of the ninth Legislative Yuan.[9] The Democratic Progressive Party held a majority in the legislature, and elected Su Jia-chyuan as President of the Legislative Yuan. In 2020, Lai was again nominated for the speakership, losing for a second time, to Yu Shyi-kun.[10]
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Ratio | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei Fong (梅峰) | Independent | 171 | 0.12% | ||
| 2 | Ren Li Min (任立民) | Home Party | 234 | 0.16% | ||
| 3 | Chou Po-ya (周柏雅) | Democratic Progressive Party | 38,261 | 26.36% | ||
| 4 | Lai Shyh-bao | Kuomintang (New Party Endorsement) | 104,257 | 71.81% | ||
| 5 | Shih Mei Yan (史美延) | Third Society Party | 492 | 0.34% | ||
| 6 | Fang Ying Jyun (方景鈞) | Independent | 277 | 0.19% | ||
| 7 | Peng Yan Wun (彭渰雯) | Green Party Taiwan | 1,481 | 1.02% |
In July 2024, Lai hit and injured two pedestrians with his car. The incident came about a year after he had made a Facebook post criticizing a Ministry of Transportation policy to fine drivers who do not keep a distance of 3 meters from pedestrians in the crosswalk.[11]