Lee Ching-hua explained

Lee Ching-hua
Native Name:李慶華
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Term Start:1 February 2008
Term End:31 January 2016
Term Start1:1 February 1999
Term End1:31 January 2008
Term Start2:1 February 1993
Term End2:31 January 1999
Office3:Convenor of the New Party National Committee
Term Start3:January 1999
Term End3:March 2000
Predecessor3:Chen Kuei-miao
Feng Ting-kuo (acting)
Birth Date:1948 12, df=yes
Parents:Lee Huan (father)
Relations:Diane Lee (sister)
Alma Mater:National Chengchi University
New York University

Lee Ching-hua (; 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lee Huan dies at 95. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821102218/http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201012020047.aspx?q=Former%20Premier%20Lee%20Huan%20dies%20at%2095. 27 March 2016. Taipei Times. 21 August 2016. Central News Agency. 2 December 2010. Alt URL
  2. News: Who's Who in the ROC. 27 March 2016. 185. Executive Yuan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020105104/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Upload/WebArchive/4695/Who's%20Who%20in%20the%20ROC.pdf. 20 October 2016.
  3. News: Hsu. Crystal. Diane Lee's fall from grace. 27 March 2016. Taipei Times. 14 October 2002. 2.
  4. News: Liu. Weiling. 'Chinese states' concept debated. 27 March 2016. Taiwan Today. 27 February 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416045036/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=16071&CtNode=122. 16 April 2016. dead.
  5. News: Low. Stephanie. Li Ao agrees to running mate. 8 October 2016. Taipei Times. 21 January 2000.
  6. News: Kang. Ruoye. A fading star in Taiwan. https://web.archive.org/web/20050527063154/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE26Ad01.html. unfit. 27 May 2005. 27 March 2016. Asia Times. 26 May 2005.
  7. News: Hong. Caroline. PFP lawmaker looks ready to return to KMT. 27 March 2016. Taipei Times. 21 May 2005.
  8. News: NPP's Huang beats KMT in New Taipei's 12th district. 26 March 2016. China Post. 17 January 2016.
  9. News: Shih. Hsiao-kuang. Jake. Jake. Ex-vice president Wu Den-yih reveals campaign team for chairperson bid. 16 January 2017. Taipei Times. 16 January 2017.
  10. News: Pan . Jason . Prosecutors indict former lawmaker for embezzlement . 6 September 2018 . Taipei Times . 8 September 2018.