Diane Lee
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Diane Lee Lee Ching-an MLY |
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| 李慶安 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 8 January 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Chiang Nai-shin |
| Constituency | Taipei 6th |
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In office 1 February 1993 – 31 January 2002 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1959 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Political party | Independent (2008–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
People First Party (2000–2006) Kuomintang (before 2000; 2006–2008) |
| Relations | Lee Ching-hua (brother) |
| Parents | Lee Huan (father) |
Diane Lee (Chinese: 李慶安; born 17 January 1959) is a Taiwanese former politician. She naturalised as a U.S. citizen in 1991, but later relinquished U.S. citizenship. Lee, a Kuomintang member, held elected public office in Taiwan from 1994 to 2009, first as a Taipei City Councilwoman and then for three terms as a legislator representing Da'an District, Taipei.
Lee is the youngest of four children born to Lee Huan and Pan Hsiang-ning. Her two brothers are Lee Ching-chung and Lee Ching-hua. Lee Ching-chu is her older sister.
On 28 March 2001, Lee was assaulted by notorious organised criminal and legislator Lo Fu-chu during a meeting of the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee, after she implied that he had attempted to interfere with the selection of board members for a public educational institution that was experiencing a corruption scandal and called him a "gangster". Lo originally denied that he had assaulted Lee, until a video of the incident (which Lo did not know existed) was shown on Taiwanese television. Lee was hospitalised following the incident with a slight concussion. The resulting scandal virtually ended Lo's political career. She charged him with assault, but later forgave Lo and reached a settlement.
The next year, she accused Twu Shiing-jer of assaulting a restaurateur. Lee apologized after the incident, but did not heed calls to resign.
In May 2008, opposition Democratic Progressive Party politicians accused Lee of holding United States citizenship while sitting in the Legislative Yuan after winning the 2008 Republic of China legislative election on 12 January 2008, in contravention of nationality and election laws. This sparked Taiwan's authorities to inquire with the United States Department of State regarding Lee's nationality status. Lee maintained that she had lost U.S. citizenship automatically upon being sworn in as a Taipei City Councilwoman in 1994. The U.S. Department of State issued a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in late December 2008 stating that Lee had been previously determined to be a U.S. citizen and issued with a passport and that no request for determination of loss of nationality had been made, but that a determination could be made on presentation of further evidence that an act causing loss of nationality had been performed. A finding of loss of nationality would be retroactive to the date of the aforesaid act. However, amidst rising controversy, Lee resigned in January 2009.
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