Lee Hsin (Chinese: 李新; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 to his death in 2017. He could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien.
Lee Hsin | |
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| 李新 | |
 Lee in August 2015 | |
| Member of the Taipei City Council | |
| In office 25 December 1998 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Constituency | Taipei 6th (Da-an District & Wenshan) |
| 9th Deputy Speaker of Taipei City Council | |
| In office 25 December 2002 – 24 December 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Alex Fai |
| Succeeded by | Chen Jinxiang |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1953 Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Died | 28 September 2017 (aged 64) Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Political career edit
In 1993, he followed Yok Mu-ming from the Kuomintang to the New Party. In 1996, Lee was elected to the National Assembly. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian.[1] In 2008, he rejoined to the Kuomintang.
In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected.[2]
2016 KMT chairmanship election edit
The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes.[3]
| 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election | ||||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | Result | |
| 1 | Hung Hsiu-chu |  Kuomintang |
78,829 | 56.16% | 
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| 2 | Huang Min-hui | Kuomintang |
46,341 | 33.02% | ||
| 3 | Lee Hsin | Kuomintang |
7,604 | 5.42% | ||
| 4 | Apollo Chen | Kuomintang |
6,784 | 4.83% | ||
| Total votes | 337,351 | |||||
| Turnout | 41.61% | |||||
He was a member of both the New Party and People First Party,[4][5] and later joined the Kuomintang.
Personal life edit
Death edit
On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. He was 64.[6]
References edit
- ^ Wang, Flora (8 January 2008). "Shih Ming-teh sues Chen, Cho". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Liu, Claudia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Wu, Lilian (26 March 2016). "Victorious Hung Hsiu-chu vows to work for KMT's rebirth". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Ko, Shu-ling (22 February 2001). "Officials do nothing as temple rots". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Chang, Rich (4 August 2007). "Shih, 15 others indicted over Oct. 10 'siege'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Chiu, Chun-fu; Kuo, An-chia; Chin, Jonsthan (29 September 2017). "Taipei councilor falls to his death". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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