| Lee I-yang | |
| Office1: | 13th Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan |
| Status1: | Designate |
| Term Start1: | September 2024 |
| President1: | Lai Ching-te |
| 1Blankname1: | Minister |
| Succeeding1: | Frank Hsieh |
| Office2: | 15th Vice President of the Examination Yuan |
| Appointer2: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| President2: | Wu Jin-lin |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 2017 |
| Term End2: | 1 September 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Kao Yuang-kuang |
| Successor2: | Chou Hung-hsien |
| Office3: | 6th Minister of the Civil Service Protection and Training Commission |
| Term Start3: | 20 May 2016 |
| Term End3: | 1 March 2017 |
| Appointer3: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| 1Blankname3: | President |
| 1Namedata3: | Wu Jin-lin |
| Predecessor3: | Tsai Bih-hwang |
| Successor3: | Kuo Fang-yu |
| Office4: | 26th Minister of the Interior |
| Primeminister4: | Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Deputy4: | Lin Mei-chu |
| Term Start4: | 25 January 2006 |
| Term End4: | 20 May 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | Su Chia-chyuan |
| Successor4: | Liao Liou-yi |
| Office5: | 10th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party |
| Term Start5: | 1 February 2005 |
| Term End5: | 25 January 2006 |
| 1Blankname5: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata5: | Chen Shui-bian |
| Predecessor5: | Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Successor5: | Lin Chia-lung |
| Office6: | 8th Minister of Personnel Administration |
| Term Start6: | 1 February 2002 |
| Term End6: | 1 February 2005 |
| Primeminister6: | Yu Shyi-kun |
| Predecessor6: | Chu Wu-hsien |
| Successor6: | Chang Chun-yen |
| Office7: | Deputy Minister of the Interior |
| Term Start7: | 20 May 2000 |
| Term End7: | 1 February 2002 |
| Minister7: | Chang Po-ya |
| Birth Date: | 1947 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Keelung City, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwan |
| Party: | DPP |
| Alma Mater: | National Taiwan Ocean University |
| Profession: | Politician |
Lee I-yang (; born 16 December 1947) is a Taiwanese politician and former Journalist of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He is the presumptive next Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan. He previously served as the Vice President of the Examination Yuan from 2017 to 2020.[1]
Lee was a reporter at the China Times from 1982 to 1983.
Lee first served as assistant to the legislator Wu Shu-chen, and then he served as the Director of Publicity of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from 1987 to 1988. He was then elected to the Taipei City Council since 1989 until his resignation to serve as the Director of Civil Affairs in the Taipei City Government under Mayor Chen Shui-bian's administration.
Later, Chen was elected president of Taiwan, ushering in the first time the DPP came into power. Lee first served as the Deputy Minister of the Interior and Minister of the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration for the first five years of Chen administration.
Lee served as the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party from 2005 to 2006 and returned to the central government in 2006 serving as the Minister of the Interior until the end of Chen administration in 2008.
In 2016, the DPP came into power the second time, Lee was appointed by President Tsai Ing-wen to the Examination Yuan serving as the Minister of the Civil Service Protection and Training Commission and Vice President of the Examination Yuan.
In 2024, the DPP remained in power, Lee was presumptive to be appointed by President William Lai as the Ambassador of Taiwan to Japan, succeeding Frank Hsieh.