Lee Hsin

Lee Hsin
Lee Hsin
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; Taipei County, Taiwan
Died	28 September 2017 (aged 64); Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Political party	New Party (~2001); People First Party (2001~2008); Kuomintang (2008 ~ );
Alma mater	National Chung Hsing University School of Law and Business; National Chengchi University; National Taiwan University;
Occupation	Politician

Lee Hsin (Chinese: 李新; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 to his death in 2017. He could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien.

Political career[edit]

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[edit]

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
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage	Result
1	Hung Hsiu-chu	Kuomintang	78,829	56.16%
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[edit]

Death[edit]

On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. He was 64.^[6]

References[edit]

^ Wang, Flora (8 January 2008). "Shih Ming-teh sues Chen, Cho". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
^ Liu, Claudia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Wu, Lilian (26 March 2016). "Victorious Hung Hsiu-chu vows to work for KMT's rebirth". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Ko, Shu-ling (22 February 2001). "Officials do nothing as temple rots". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Chang, Rich (4 August 2007). "Shih, 15 others indicted over Oct. 10 'siege'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
^ Chiu, Chun-fu; Kuo, An-chia; Chin, Jonsthan (29 September 2017). "Taipei councilor falls to his death". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

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[1] Wang, Flora (8 January 2008). "Shih Ming-teh sues Chen, Cho". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[2] Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

[3] Liu, Claudia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Wu, Lilian (26 March 2016). "Victorious Hung Hsiu-chu vows to work for KMT's rebirth". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[4] Ko, Shu-ling (22 February 2001). "Officials do nothing as temple rots". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[5] Chang, Rich (4 August 2007). "Shih, 15 others indicted over Oct. 10 'siege'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

[6] Chiu, Chun-fu; Kuo, An-chia; Chin, Jonsthan (29 September 2017). "Taipei councilor falls to his death". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

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