Lee Ching-hua | |
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李慶華 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Huang Kuo-chang |
Constituency | New Taipei 12 |
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2008 | |
Succeeded by | Yu Tian |
Constituency | Taipei County 3 |
In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 1999 | |
Constituency | Taipei 2 |
Convenor of the New Party National Committee | |
In office January 1999 – March 2000 | |
Preceded by |
Chen Kuei-miao Feng Ting-kuo (acting) |
Succeeded by | Hau Lung-pin |
Personal details | |
Born | Hangzhou, Republic of China | 3 December 1948
Political party | Kuomintang (until 1993; since 2005) |
Other political affiliations |
New Party (1993–2000) People First Party (2000–2005) |
Relations | Diane Lee (sister) |
Parent | Lee Huan (father) |
Alma mater |
National Chengchi University New York University |
Lee Ching-hua ( Chinese: 李慶華; pinyin: Lǐ Qìnghuá; 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]
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