Shih Yi-fang explained

Shih Yi-fang
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Honorific-Suffix:MLY
Office1:Member of the Legislative Yuan
Term Start1:26 May 2016
Term End1:31 January 2020
Predecessor1:Lee Ying-yuan
Constituency1:Party-list
Birth Date:10 February 1962
Birth Place:Changhua County, Taiwan
Party:Democratic Progressive Party
Nationality:Taiwanese
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
National Central University
Occupation:politician

Shih Yi-fang (; born 10 February 1962) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who had served as the member of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020.

Education and early career

He earned a bachelor's degree at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and obtained his master's of civil engineering from National Central University.[1] Shih has served as spokesman for a collective of civil engineering professional associations and represented the Farglory Group.[2] [3]

Political career

Shih was placed on the Democratic Progressive Party's party list for the first time in 2008, and was defeated. He again represented the DPP as a proportional representation candidate in 2012, and lost for a second time.[4] Shih ran for an at-large seat in 2016. Though he lost, Shih was selected to replace Lee Ying-yuan when Lee took office as minister of the Environmental Protection Administration.[5] Shih was sworn in as a member of the Ninth Legislative Yuan on 26 May 2016.[1] [6] He was listed on the Democratic Progressive party list again in 2020, but lost reelection.[7] Shih represented Taiwan at the 2023 World Engineers Convention.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Shih Yi-fang (9). 29 June 2017. Legislative Yuan.
  2. News: Mo. Yan-chih. Tower 16 must move: experts. 29 June 2017. Taipei Times. 13 December 2008.
  3. News: Gerber. Abraham. Universiade will not be held at Taipei Dome: Ko. 29 June 2017. Taipei Times. 23 June 2015.
  4. News: 2位不分區綠委入閣 施義芳、李麗芬將遞補. 29 June 2017. Storm Media Group. 20 April 2016. zh.
  5. News: 鄭麗君、李應元入閣 施義芳、李麗芬正式遞補立委. 29 June 2017. Nownews. 24 May 2016. zh.
  6. News: New faces . 29 October 2023 . Central News Agency . 26 May 2016.
  7. News: 2020 Elections: DPP legislator-at-large list shows diversity . 29 October 2023 . Central News Agency . 15 November 2019.
  8. News: Pan . Jason . Taiwan not part of China, engineer insists at WEC . 29 October 2023 . Taipei Times . 21 October 2023.