Leland Yee
| Leland Yee | |
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Yee, in 2010
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| Member of the California State Senate from the 8th district |
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In office December 4, 2006 – March 28, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jackie Speier |
| Succeeded by | Tom Berryhill |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 12th district |
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In office December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Kevin Shelley |
| Succeeded by | Fiona Ma |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 4 |
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In office January 1997 – December 2, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | district created in 2000; prior terms were for city-wide seat |
| Succeeded by | Fiona Ma |
| Personal details | |
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Yu Yin Liang November 20, 1948 Taishan, Guangdong, China |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Maxine Yee |
| Residence | Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Worth, Texas |
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University of California, Berkeley San Francisco State University University of Hawai'i at Mānoa |
| Occupation | Politician, convicted felon, arms trafficker |
| Profession | Child psychologist |
| Website |
dist08.casen.govoffice.com http://www.lelandyee.com/ |
Leland Yin Yee (Chinese: 余胤良; pinyin: Yú Yìnliáng, born November 20, 1948) is a convicted felon and a former Democratic California State Senator for District 8, which when he was elected, covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.
Prior to becoming state senator, Yee was a California State Assemblyman, Supervisor of San Francisco's Sunset District, and was a member and President of the San Francisco School Board. In 2004 Yee became the first Asian American to be appointed Speaker pro Tempore, making him the second highest ranking Democrat of the California State Assembly.
Yee was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on March 26, 2014 on charges related to public corruption and gun trafficking — specifically buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, an Islamist extremist group located in the southern Philippines and attempting to re-sell those weapons to an undercover FBI agent, as well as accepting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover agent in exchange for placing a call to the California Department of Public Health regarding a contract at the organization.
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