Lee Hsin
Taiwanese politician (1953–2017)
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Lee Hsin (Chinese: 李新; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 until 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 |
| Died | 28 September 2017 (aged 64) Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
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Political career
In 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
The 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% | .svg){kind=small} | |
| 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
Death
On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. He was 64.[6]
