Lee Ying-yuan
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Lee Ying-yuan MLY |
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| 李應元 | |
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| Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration | |
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Assumed office 20 May 2016 |
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| Deputy | Chang Tzi-chin, Thomas Chan |
| Preceded by | Wei Kuo-yen |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 2012 – 31 January 2016 |
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| Constituency | Republic of China |
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In office 1 February 1996 – August 2000 |
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| Constituency | Yunlin County |
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Deputy Yunlin County Magistrate (as acting from 5 November 2008 to 17 November 2008) |
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In office 2008–2009 |
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| Magistrate | Su Chih-fen |
| Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
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In office 15 January 2008 – 15 May 2008 |
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| Chairperson | Chen Shui-bian |
| Preceded by | Chuo Rung-tai |
| Succeeded by | Wang Tuoh |
| Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs | |
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In office 19 September 2005 – 20 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Chen Chu |
| Succeeded by | Lu Tien-ling |
| Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 2005 – 19 September 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Authur Iap |
| Succeeded by | Liu Yuh-san |
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In office 1 February 2002 – 1 July 2002 |
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| Deputy ROC Representative to the United States | |
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In office September 2000 – 21 January 2002 Serving with Shen Lyu-shun |
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| Representative |
Stephen S.F. Chen Chen Chien-jen |
| Succeeded by | Michael Tsai |
| Personal details | |
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16 March 1953 Yunlin County, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
National Taiwan University Harvard University University of North Carolina |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Health economist |
Lee Ying-yuan (Chinese: 李應元; pinyin: Lǐ Yìngyuán; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Èng-goân) is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 and stepped down in 2000. In 2005, Lee was appointed the Minister of Council of Labor Affairs, which he led until 2007. Lee has also served as Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and the Democratic Progressive Party, and was reelected to the Legislative Yuan in 2012. He was appointed the Minister of Environmental Protection Administration in 2016.
Lee Ying-yuan was born into a family of farmers in 1953. He studied public health at National Taiwan University and earned a master's degree in health policy from Harvard University before receiving his PhD in health economics in 1988 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon Lee's graduation, he was slated to teach at NTU, but was placed on a blacklist and barred from returning to Taiwan by the Kuomintang-led government, stemming from his pro-democracy activities in the Formosa Incident during Taiwan's martial law period. During Lee's time as a student in the United States, he was also an active member of the World United Formosans for Independence, which attracted more of the KMT's attention.
After returning to Taiwan through illegal channels and avoiding intelligence agents for fourteen months, Lee was arrested in September 1991, and charged with violation of Article 100 of the Criminal Code. He was released in May 1992, after would-be colleagues at National Taiwan University intervened on his behalf. Revisions to Article 100 were also passed that month, and meant that evidence of possible threats had to be submitted to the Commission of Violence prior to indictment or arrest.
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