Lee Hung-chun explained

李鴻鈞
Lee Hung-chun
Office1:6th Vice President of the Control Yuan
Appointer1:Tsai Ing-wen
President1:Chen Chu
Term Start1:1 August 2022
Predecessor1:Paelabang Danapan
Order2:Secretary-General of People First Party
1Blankname2:Chairman
1Namedata2:James Soong
Term Start2:9 April 2019
Term End2:30 May 2022
Predecessor2:Fu Hsueh-peng (acting)
Successor2:Ma Chieh-ming
Office3:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start3:1 February 2002
Term End3:31 January 2020
Birth Date:11 May 1959
Nationality:Taiwan
Party:Independent (2022-)

Lee Hung-chun (; born 11 May 1959) is a Taiwanese politician who serves as the vice president of the Control Yuan since 1 August 2022. Before his vice-presidentship, he serves as the member of Legislative Yuan for eighteen years from 2002 to 2020.

Early life

Lee Hung-chun's father Lee Teng-hui was the former head of Taishan, New Taipei. His elder brother is politician Lee Hong-yuan.[1]

Lee Hung-chun was born in present-day New Taipei on 11 May 1959.[2] [3] After graduating from the Lee-Ming Institute of Technology, he earned a doctorate in structural engineering from Nihon University.

Political career

Lee won election to the Legislative Yuan in 2001 as a People First Party candidate for Taipei County's second district.[4] He retained the office in 2004.[5] Lee subsequently served two consecutive terms as legislator representing Taipei County's fourth district,[6] [7] followed by a single term on the PFP party list.[8] As the Ninth Legislative Yuan opened, Lee received four votes to serve as the body's speaker.[9] Though Lee ranked second on the party list during the 2020 legislative election,[3] the People First Party lost all of its seats and was supplanted as a third party by the Taiwan People's Party.

In May 2022, Tsai Ing-wen nominated Lee for the vacant vice presidency of the Control Yuan. Lee stated that he would resign his position as PFP secretary-general, which he had held since 2019,[10] as well as his party membership.[11] He was formally confirmed to the Control Yuan on 24 May 2022 by a 99–2 vote of the Legislative Yuan.[12]

Notes and References

  1. News: 陳 . 心瑜 . 前泰山鄉長 李鴻源父李騰輝逝世 . 9 May 2022 . China Times . 8 January 2017 . zh.
  2. News: 李鴻鈞 . 10 May 2022 . Liberty Times . 2016 . zh.
  3. News: 2號 李鴻鈞 . 10 May 2022 . Liberty Times . 2020 . zh.
  4. News: Lee Hung-chun (5) . 10 May 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  5. News: Lee Hung-chun (6) . 10 May 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  6. News: Lee Hung-chun (7) . 10 May 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  7. News: Lee Hung-chun (8) . 10 May 2022 . Legislative Yuan.
  8. News: Lee Hung-chun (9) . Legislative Yuan.
  9. News: Hsu . Stacy . First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su . 10 May 2022 . Taipei Times . 2 February 2016.
  10. News: Chen . Yun . Chung . Jake . PFP says media distorted Soong’s Xinhua interview . 10 May 2022 . Taipei Times . 1 May 2019.
  11. News: Wang . Flor . Wang . Cheng-chung . Lee Hung-chun nominated for Control Yuan vice president . 10 May 2022 . Central News Agency . 9 May 2022.
  12. News: Wang . Yang-yu . Kao . Evelyn . Lee Hung-chun confirmed as Control Yuan vice president . 25 May 2022 . Central News Agency . 24 May 2022.