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.
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]
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]
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]