Lee Chun-yee (; born 20 March 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

, he served in the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

from 1996 to 2012 as a representative of Tainan.

Political career

Born in Tainan County, Lee represented the area as a member of the

from 1996 to 2012. Affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party's Welfare State Alliance, he has also served as the DPP caucus whip. In 2009, Lee was named the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Tainan County magistracy. The election was cancelled as both Tainan City and Tainan County were consolidated into the special municipality of Tainan the next year. Subsequently, Lee declared his candidacy for the mayoralty of Tainan, and was challenged by

Yeh Yi-jin Ye () is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text '' Hundred Family Surnames'', and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Ye is usually romanized a ...

Su Huan-chih Su Huan-chih (; born July 20, 1956) was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the b ...

, and

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. A fifth Democratic Progressive Party candidate, William Lai, later received official party support and won the office. Lee lost to Wang Ting-yu in a contentious 2011 party primary and eventually yielded his legislative seat to Wang's replacement candidate

Mark Chen Mark Tang-shan/Tan-sun Chen (), born September 16, 1935, in Tainan Prefecture (now part of Tainan City), Taiwan, is a Taiwanese politician, former Secretary-General of the Office of the President of Taiwan under former President Chen Shui-bian. ...

. Su Tseng-chang named Lee one of three deputy secretary-generals of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2012. Lee resigned from the position in 2017 to prepare his second campaign for the Tainan mayoralty. He was one of six candidates vying for the DPP mayoral nomination won by Huang Wei-cher.

Controversy

Lee was accused of accepting bribes in 2007, charges that originally stemmed from 1998. In 2010, the Taiwan High Court sentenced Lee to seven years and six months imprisonment. Two years later, he was cleared of corruption.

References

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