Lee Ying-yuan | |
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李應元 | |
![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Representative of Taiwan to Thailand | |
In office 13 August 2020 – 31 August 2021 | |
President | Tsai Ing-wen |
MOFA Minister | Joseph Wu |
Preceded by | Tung Chen-yuan |
Succeeded by | Chuang Suo-hang |
12th Minister of Environmental Protection Administration | |
In office 20 May 2016 – 1 December 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Lin Chuan William Lai |
Deputy | See list |
Preceded by | Wei Kuo-yen |
Succeeded by | Tsai Hung-teh (acting) Chang Tzi-chin |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2012 – 20 May 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Shih Yi-fang |
Constituency | Party-list |
In office 1 February 1996 – August 2000 | |
Constituency | Taipei County |
Acting Magistrate of Yunlin | |
In office 5 November 2008 – 17 November 2008 | |
Preceded by | Su Chih-fen |
Succeeded by | Su Chih-fen |
Deputy Magistrate of Yunlin | |
In office July 2008 – July 2009 | |
Magistrate | See list
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11th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
In office 15 January 2008 – 15 May 2008 | |
Chairman | Chen Shui-bian |
Preceded by | Cho Jung-tai |
Succeeded by | Wang Tuoh |
7th Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs | |
In office 19 September 2005 – 20 May 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang |
Preceded by | Chen Chu |
Succeeded by | Lu Tien-ling |
21st and 24th Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2005 – 19 September 2005 | |
Prime Minister | Frank Hsieh |
Preceded by | Arthur Iap |
Succeeded by | Cho Jung-tai |
In office 1 February 2002 – 1 July 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Yu Shyi-kun |
Preceded by | Chiou I-jen |
Succeeded by | Liu Shyh-fang |
Deputy Representative of Taiwan to the United States | |
In office September 2000 – 21 January 2002 Serving with Shen Lyu-shun | |
Representative | See list |
Succeeded by | Michael Tsai |
Personal details | |
Born | Yunlin County, Taiwan | 16 March 1953
Died | 11 November 2021 Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan | (aged 68)
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse | Huang Yue-kui |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University Harvard University University of North Carolina |
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Lee Ying-yuan (Chinese: 李應元; pinyin: Lǐ Yìngyuán; Wade–Giles: Li3 Ying4-yüen2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Èng-goân; 16 March 1953 – 11 November 2021) was 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 (EPA) in 2016. He left the EPA in 2018, and subsequently served as Taiwan's representative to Thailand from 2020 to 2021.