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
editIn 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
editThe 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
editDeath
editOn 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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