Lee Wen-chung

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Lee Wen-chung
李文忠
Taipei County 1
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 February 1992 – 31 January 1999
Personal details
Born (1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 65)
Nantou County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseChen De-yu (陳德愉)
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Lee Wen-chung (Chinese: 李文忠; born 20 June 1958) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the National Assembly from 1992 to 1999, then in the Legislative Yuan until his resignation in 2006.

Early life

Lee was born to a poor

tangwai publications and pushed for the school to permit direct elections for student body president alongside Liu Yi-te and Lai Chin-lin. University administration labelled Lee "excessively politically progressive" instead and expelled him in 1986, after which he became active in Taiwan's labor rights movement.[1] Lee was also active in the Wild Lily student movement of 1990.[2]

Political career

Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Lee is allied with the New Tide faction.[3][4] Elected to the National Assembly in 1991 and again in 1996, Lee launched his first campaign for a seat on the Legislative Yuan in 1998.[1][5] Shortly after the 1999 Jiji earthquake, Lee proposed a number of bills intended to aid rescue efforts.[6][7] In his first term, Lee helped uncover a financial scandal involving Taiwan Pineapple Group and members of the Taiwanese judiciary dating back to November 1999.[8][9] That month, Lee and Michael Tsai were charged with libel by fellow legislator Lo Fu-chu. The pair had accused Lo of interference in a Yunlin County by-election in favor of Chang Jung-wei.[10] For a portion of his first term in the Legislative Yuan, Lee served as DPP caucus convenor.[11]

He won reelection to the legislature in 2001.

People First Party.[21] Lee and Lin Cho-shui resigned their legislative seats in November 2006 to protest the way a party-led investigation into Chen Shui-bian was being run.[22][23]

Despite his resignation, Lee declared his candidacy for the 2008 legislative election cycle.[24] He next represented the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2009 Nantou County magistracy election. During his campaign, Lee accused Kuomintang candidate Lee Chao-ching of working with Chiang Chin-liang, a convicted felon.[25][26] When DPP member Huang Wen-chun alleged that Lee Wen-chung had also sought the support of Chiang, the party moved to expel Huang.[27] Lee later became director of the party's Department of Organization.[28] He launched his second campaign for the Nantou County magistracy in June 2013 and was formally confirmed as DPP candidate in November.[29][30] Lee lost to Lin Ming-chen, and was named deputy minister of the Veterans Affairs Council in 2016.[31][32]

Political stances

Lee's writings for the Taipei Times have extensively covered military affairs and national defense.

Cross-Strait policies.[36][37][38][39]

Personal life

Lee is married to Chen De-yu.[29]

References

  1. ^ a b Lin, Mei-chun (31 March 2001). "Warriors of a new generation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ^ Yu, Sen-lun (13 March 2005). "Mapping the History of Taiwan's Student movements". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ Huang, Joyce (29 November 2004). "TSE chief not afraid to be seen as a ruthless boss". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ Huang, Joyce (3 November 2001). "Party official says Chen should serve as DPP chairman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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    . Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ^ Lin, Oliver (26 October 1999). "Necessity of emergency decree laws questioned". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. ^ Chen, Lauren (10 October 1999). "Lawmakers debate proactive quake policies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. ^ Lin, Irene (14 January 2000). "Taiwan Pineapple scandal widens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. ^ Lin, Irene (15 January 2000). "Top prosecutor to oversee Taiwan Pineapple inquiry". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Yunlin County candidate sues two DPP legislators". Taipei Times. 2 November 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  11. ^ Hung, Chen-ling (30 May 2000). "Hsieh considering DPP chairmanship bid". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (8 October 2001). "Candidates say criticism still a must". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  13. ^ Wu, Debby (16 May 2004). "'New Culture Discourse' displeases almost everyone". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  14. ^ Wu, Debby (13 May 2004). "Keep ROC tag, young DPP urge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  15. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (20 October 2004). "Blues quash special arms budget bill". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  16. ^ Wu, Debby (3 November 2004). "Arms bill bites the dust, for now". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  17. ^ Wu, Debby (1 November 2004). "Legislators debate over weapons deal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  18. ^ Chang, Rich (21 March 2005). "PAC-3s will protect Taiwan, MND says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  19. ^ Chang, Rich (26 March 2005). "AIP needed for subs: lawmakers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  20. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (10 November 2005). "DPP demands KMT explanation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  21. ^ Huang, Jewel (8 January 2005). "DPP criticizes Lee Wen-chung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  22. ^ Ko, Shu-ling; Chuang, Jimmy (15 November 2006). "President regrets DPP pair's resignations, aide says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  23. ^ Ko, Shu-ling; Chuang, Jimmy (16 November 2006). "Lin and Lee speak in their committees for the last time". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  24. ^ Wang, Flora (14 December 2007). "KMT legislators ask MND to change marine general". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  25. ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (6 November 2009). "DPP questions premier's links to felon". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  26. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Hsu, Jenny W. (7 November 2009). "Premier defiant on alleged felon links". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  27. ^ Wang, Flora (12 November 2009). "Political camps trade blows on gangster connections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  28. ^ Lee, Hsin-fang; Hsu, Stacy (6 April 2013). "DPP seeking to gain from KMT corruption scandals". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Lee Wen-chung to run for Nantou commissioner post". Taipei Times. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  30. ^ Wang, Chris (21 November 2013). "DPP aims to win half of election zones". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  31. ^ Tu, Aaron (1 October 2016). "VAC executives' salaries queried". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  32. ^ Chen, Wei-han (30 December 2016). "China blamed for VAC boss' Singapore snub". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  33. ^ Chang, Bill; Lee, Wen-chung (14 September 2004). "Taiwan needs weapons for safety". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  34. ^ Lee, Wen-chung (21 July 2002). "National defense is important to everyone". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  35. ^ Lee, Wen-chung; Su, Tzu-Yun (17 December 2002). "Jiang's proposal a lesson in realism". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  36. ^ Yang, Wei-chung; Lee, Wen-chung (13 October 2008). "The government's aloof policies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  37. ^ Lee, Wen-chung (15 September 2008). "Our biggest threat is our own Mr Teflon". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  38. ^ Lee, Wen-chung (10 September 2008). "Ma has abased himself for nought". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  39. ^ Lee, Wen-chung (18 April 2010). "Government acting more like a trade emissary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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