| Lee Yung-te | |
| Office1: | Chairman of the Central News Agency |
| Term Start1: | 1 July 2023 |
| 1Blankname1: | MOC Minister |
| 1Namedata1: | Shih Che |
| Office2: | Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan |
| Term Start2: | 31 January 2023 |
| Term End2: | 30 June 2023 |
| Premier2: | Chen Chien-jen |
| Office3: | Minister of Culture |
| Premier3: | Su Tseng-chang |
| Deputy3: | Hsiao Tsung-huang Peng Chun-heng |
| 1Blankname3: | Vice |
| 1Namedata3: | Lee Lien-chuan |
| Term Start3: | 20 May 2020 |
| Term End3: | 30 January 2023 |
| Predecessor3: | Cheng Li-chun |
| Successor3: | Shih Che |
| Office4: | Minister of Hakka Affairs Council |
| Premier4: | Lin Chuan William Lai Su Tseng-chang |
| Deputy4: | Yiong Con-ziin |
| Term Start4: | 20 May 2016 |
| Term End4: | 19 May 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | Chung Wan-mei |
| Successor4: | Yiong Cong-ziin |
| Term Start5: | 15 March 2005 |
| Term End5: | 19 May 2008 |
| Premier5: | Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Deputy5: | Chiu Yi-ying Peng Tien-fu |
| Predecessor5: | Luo Wen-jia |
| Successor5: | Huang Yu-cheng |
| Office6: | Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung City |
| 1Blankname6: | Mayor |
| 1Namedata6: | Chen Chu |
| Term Start6: | 2008 |
| Term End6: | 2014 |
| Office7: | Deputy Minister of Hakka Affairs Council |
| Minister7: | Luo Wen-jia |
| Term Start7: | 2004 |
| Term End7: | 2005 |
| Successor7: | Chiu Yi-ying |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese (ROC) |
| Party: | DPP |
| Alma Mater: | National Chengchi University Stanford University |
Lee Yung-te (; born 30 May 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council from March 2005 to March 2008 and was reappointed to the position in 2016, remaining in office until 2020. He subsequently served as culture minister from 2020 to 2023, then became chairman of the Central News Agency.
Lee obtained his bachelor's degree in politics from National Chengchi University in 1976 and master's degree in communication from Stanford University in the United States in 1991.[1]
In 1987, while working for the Independence Evening Post, Lee and colleague Hsu Lu became the first Taiwanese journalists to visit China after martial law in Taiwan had been lifted, and the Chinese Civil War had ended.[2] [3]
On 15 March 2005, Lee was appointed acting chairman of Hakka Affairs Council.[4] [5] During his tenure, he organized the first Hakka Language Certification Exam in Taiwan. He also composed the first Hakka musical, My Daughter's Wedding and filmed a Hakka movie, 1895. In terms of music, he brought Hakka music into the National Concert Hall in Taipei and organized the first Hakka Expo in Taiwan.[6]
He was reappointed to the Hakka Affairs Council in April 2016,[7] serving until May 2020, when he was named minister of culture.[8] Lee stepped down from the Ministry of Culture in January 2023, to assume a minister without portfolio post.[9] [10] In June 2023, Lee was named chairman of the Central News Agency.[11]
Lee is of Hakka ethnicity. He has two marriages. His second wife is the member of Legislative Yuan from Kaohsiung, Chiu Yi-ying. Lee and his second wife Chiu Yi-ying registered their marriage in April 2011 and held their wedding banquet on 5 January 2013 in Kaohsiung.[12] He and his first wife from previous marriage have a daughter born in 1988.