Lee Hung-chun
Lee Hung-chun | |
|---|---|
| 李鴻鈞 | |
Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Acting President of the Control Yuan | |
| Assumed office 10 February 2025 | |
| President | Lai Ching-te |
| Preceded by | Chen Chu |
| 6th Vice President of the Control Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| President | Chen Chu Himself (acting) |
| Preceded by | Paelabang Danapan |
| Secretary-General of People First Party | |
| In office 9 April 2019 – 30 May 2022 | |
| Chairman | James Soong |
| Preceded by | Fu Hsueh-peng (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ma Chieh-ming |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2020 | |
| Constituency | Taipei County II & IV New Taipei IV Party-list (PFP) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 11, 1959 New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Party | Independent (after 2022) People First Party (2000–2022) Kuomintang (2007–2015) |
| Relatives | Lee Hong-yuan (brother) |
| Education | Lee-Ming Institute of Technology (BS) Nihon University (ME, PhD) |
Lee Hung-chun (Chinese: 李鴻鈞; pinyin: Lǐ Hóngjūn; born 11 May 1959) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician who serves as the vice president of the Control Yuan since 1 August 2022. Before his vice-presidentship, he served as a member of the Legislative Yuan for eighteen years from 2002 to 2020.
Early life and education
Lee Hung-chun was born in what is now New Taipei City on 11 May 1959.[1][2] His father, Lee Teng-hui (no relation to former president Lee Teng-hui), was the former head official of Taishan, New Taipei. His elder brother is politician Lee Hong-yuan.[3]
After graduating from the Lee-Ming Institute of Technology, Lee earned an M.E. and Ph.D. in structural engineering from Nihon University in Japan. His doctoral dissertation, written in Japanese, was titled, "ダフィング型応力-ひずみ非線形を有するはり部材の力 学挙動に関する研究" (English: A study of nonlinear stress and strain phenomena of nonlinear duffing as applied to the mechanical behavior of beams).[4] After receiving his doctorate, Lee briefly taught engineering at Nihon University, then returned to Taiwan to work as an architect.[5]
Political career
Lee won election to the Legislative Yuan in 2001 as a People First Party candidate for Taipei County's second district.[6] He retained the office in 2004.[7] Lee subsequently served two consecutive terms as legislator representing Taipei County's fourth district,[8][9] followed by a single term on the PFP party list.[10] As the Ninth Legislative Yuan opened, Lee received four votes to serve as the body's speaker.[11] Though Lee ranked second on the party list during the 2020 legislative election,[2] the People First Party lost all of its seats and was supplanted as a third party by the Taiwan People's Party.
In May 2022, Tsai Ing-wen nominated Lee for the vacant vice presidency of the Control Yuan.[12] Lee stated that he would resign his position as PFP secretary-general,[12] which he had held since 2019,[13] as well as his party membership.[12] He was formally confirmed to the Control Yuan on 24 May 2022 by a 99–2 vote of the Legislative Yuan.[14]
References
- ^ "李鴻鈞". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ a b "2號 李鴻鈞". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ 陳, 心瑜 (8 January 2017). "前泰山鄉長 李鴻源父李騰輝逝世". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Record of the Vice President's Consent Power" (PDF) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Legislative Yuan. 2012. pp. 11–12. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
- ^ Chen, Weiting (2012-07-07). "The bittersweet experiences of Li Hongjun in the architecture industry" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
- ^ "Lee Hung-chun (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Lee Hung-chun (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Lee Hung-chun (7)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Lee Hung-chun (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Lee Hung-chun (9)". Legislative Yuan.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (2 February 2016). "First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ a b c Wang, Flor; Wang, Cheng-chung (9 May 2022). "Lee Hung-chun nominated for Control Yuan vice president". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Chen, Yun; Chung, Jake (1 May 2019). "PFP says media distorted Soong's Xinhua interview". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Wang, Yang-yu; Kao, Evelyn (24 May 2022). "Lee Hung-chun confirmed as Control Yuan vice president". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 May 2022.