Lee Wen-chung

Lee Wen-chung
李文忠
Lee in July 2014
Deputy Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2016
Minister	Lee Shying-jow
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1999 – 15 November 2006
Constituency	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 59) Nantou County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse(s)	Chen De-yu (陳德愉)
Alma mater	National 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.

Lee was born to a poor Nantou County family in 1958, and attended National Taiwan University, where he studied political science. Heavily influenced by the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident, he edited tangwai publications and pushed for the school to permit direct elections for student body president. University administration labelled Lee "excessively politically progressive" instead and expelled him in 1986, after which he became active in Taiwan's labor rights movement. Lee was also active in the Wild Lily student movement of 1990.

Within the Democratic Progressive Party, Lee is allied with the New Tide faction. 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. Shortly after the 1999 Jiji earthquake, Lee proposed a number of bills intended to aid rescue efforts. 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. 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. For a portion of his first term in the Legislative Yuan, Lee served as DPP caucus convenor.