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Lee Chun-yi (; born 6 July 1965) is a Taiwanese politician who was elected to 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 ...
as a representative of Chiayi district in 2012. He is 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 ...
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Political career

Lee was deputy mayor of Chiayi between 2001 and 2004, when he left office to be appointed the vice minister of civil service. In 2005, he challenged
Chen Li-chen Chen Li-chen (; born 6 July 1958) is a Taiwanese politician. Chen graduated from Chinese Medicine University with a master's degree in environmental medicine. She began her political career working for the Chiayi City Environmental Protection Bu ...
in a mayoral primary, and lost. Lee contested the Chiayi district legislative seat in 2012, defeating incumbent
Chiang Yi-hsiung Chiang may mean: * a Chinese surname (蔣), alternatively spelt Jiang ** Chiang Kai-shek, former leader of the Republic of China * Chi'ang, variant spelling of the ancient Qiang (historical people) (羌) * Chi'ang, variant spelling of the modern ...
. Lee was elected co-convenor of the Internal Administration Committee alongside Wu Yu-sheng in 2014. The pair succeeded , who had, by forcibly passing the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement through the committee earlier that year, inadvertently caused the Sunflower Student Movement. Lee supported the creation of a committee to consider constitutional amendments in December. Lee won reelection in 2016. After stepping down at the end of his legislative term in 2020, Lee served as deputy secretary-general of the presidential office. In June 2022, Lee received the DPP nomination for the Chiayi mayoralty.


References

1965 births Living people Chiayi City Members of the Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Deputy mayors of Chiayi City {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub