Lee Ching-hua (; born 3 December 1948) is a Taiwanese politician.

Family and education

Lee Ching-hua was born on 3 December 1948, the second child to

Lee Huan Lee Huan (; 8 February 19172 December 2010) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Premier of the Republic of China from 1989 to 1990, serving for one year under former President Lee Teng-hui. He was the father of Lee Ching-hua and Diane Lee. H ...

and Pan Hsiang-ning. He had one older brother, Lee Ching-chung, and two younger sisters, Lee Ching-chu and

Diane Lee Diane Lee Ching-an (; Lee Ching-an; born 17 January 1959) is a Taiwanese former politician. She naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1991, but later relinquished U.S. citizenship. Lee, a Kuomintang member, held elected public office in Taiwan fr ...

. Lee Ching-hua earned a bachelor's degree in law from

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

before furthering his education in the United States, where he obtained a doctorate in history from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

. Lee then returned to Taiwan and became an associate professor at NCCU.

Political career

Lee was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1992. He, Chen Kuei-miao, and others broke away from the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

to found the New Party the next year. He joined

James Soong James Soong Chu-yu (born 16 March 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party. Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a secretary to ...

's People First Party in 2000 to support Soong's first presidential bid, but continued serving as the leader of the New Party's national election and development committee during the 2000 election. Lee left the PFP in May 2005 and rejoined the Kuomintang. Lee lost his legislative seat to Huang Kuo-chang of the

New Power Party The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan indepe ...

in 2016. The next year,

Wu Den-yih Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county i ...

named Lee a spokesman for Wu's KMT chairmanship bid.

Controversy

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.

References

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