Lee Chin-yung (; born 1 August 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected

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. Lee remained mayor until 2001. He served as acting Yunlin County magistrate in 2005, and later served a full term in the office between 2014 and 2018. Following an unsuccessful bid for reelection as Yunlin County magistrate, Lee was appointed chairperson of the Central Election Commission in 2019.

Education

Lee received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from

National Chung Hsing University National Chung Hsing University (NCHU; ) is a research-led comprehensive university in South District, Taichung, Republic of China. Currently, NCHU is among the four universities of the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a research-led ...

and

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, respectively.

Early political career

Lee was a judge on the Hualien, Yilan and Taichung district courts, prior to sitting on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997 as a representative of Keelung, followed by a single term as mayor of Keelung. Lee's victory in the 1997 Keelung mayoral election was later credited to a split in the

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2001 Keelung City mayoralty election

Lee ran for reelection as

in 2001 under the Democratic Progressive Party banner. However, he lost to

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candidate

Hsu Tsai-li Hsu Tsai-li (; 5 November 1947 – 19 February 2007) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Mayor of Keelung City from 2001 to 2007. Political career Hsu started his political career as a local borough chief. He served as a councilor at the Keel ...

. Subsequently, Lee served in successive vice ministerial posts within the

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and

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. This was followed by an appointment as acting Yunlin County Magistrate in 2005. Later, he returned to the Executive Yuan as vice minister within the

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, and Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Magistrate of Yunlin County

2014 Yunlin County magistrate election

Lin represented the Democratic Progressive Party and won the 2014 Yunlin County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.

2018 Yunlin County magistrate election

Later political career

Lee was nominated to the chairmanship of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in February 2019. Following his nomination, he left the Democratic Progressive Party in an effort to remain neutral while leading the CEC. The Legislative Yuan voted on 28 May 2019 to approve Lee's nomination to the Central Election Commission. Lee's nomination for a second term was approved in October 2021. Republished as:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Chin-yung 1951 births Living people Magistrates of Yunlin County National Taiwan University alumni Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Mayors of Keelung Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan Government ministers of Taiwan