1. Lee Ying-yuan was a Taiwanese health economist and politician.
18 Facts About Lee Ying-yuan
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Lee Ying-yuan was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 and stepped down in 2000.
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In 2005, Lee was appointed the Minister of Council of Labor Affairs, which he led until 2007.
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Lee Ying-yuan has served as Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and the Democratic Progressive Party, and was reelected to the Legislative Yuan in 2012.
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Lee Ying-yuan was appointed the Minister of Environmental Protection Administration in 2016.
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Lee Ying-yuan left the EPA in 2018, and subsequently served as Taiwan's representative to Thailand from 2020 to 2021.
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Lee Ying-yuan was born into a Hakka family of farmers in Yunlin County in 1953.
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Lee Ying-yuan was released in May 1992, after would-be colleagues at National Taiwan University intervened on his behalf.
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Lee Ying-yuan then became the youngest convener of the Democratic Progressive Party caucus in the legislature.
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Lee Ying-yuan was then named the DPP candidate for Taipei City's 2002 mayoral election, losing to incumbent mayor Ma Ying-jeou in a landslide.
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Lee Ying-yuan was named the head of the Council of Labor Affairs in 2005, and stayed on in the Su Tseng-chang cabinet.
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In 2008, Lee Ying-yuan was named the Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party and deputy Yunlin County magistrate under Su Chih-fen.
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Lee Ying-yuan resigned the deputy magistracy to run in a legislative-by election caused by the annulment of Chang Sho-wen's election.
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Lee Ying-yuan was re-elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2012.
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Lee Ying-yuan was named Tsai's Environmental Protection Administration minister after she won the 2016 election.
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Lee Ying-yuan stated that his goal was to transform the EPA into a full-fledged ministry within 18 months of taking office.
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In June 2020, Lee Ying-yuan was appointed representative of Taiwan to Thailand, succeeding Tung Chen-yuan, and formally took office on 13 August 2020.
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Lee Ying-yuan died of pancreatic cancer on 11 November 2021, at the age of 68 in National Taiwan University Hospital.