Liu Yi-te joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union upon its establishment in 2001, and served as party chairman from 2016 to 2024.
13 Facts About Liu Yi-te
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Liu Yi-te later met Lee Wen-chung and Lai Chin-lin at National Taiwan University, where he led a club advocating for Taiwan independence.
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Liu Yi-te ran in the December 1991 National Assembly elections and took office in 1992 as a representative of Taipei.
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Liu Yi-te won reelection in 1996, and was named Democratic Progressive Party caucus leader.
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From this position, Liu Yi-te worked with senior Kuomintang members of the National Assembly and passed a resolution to extend the term of the National Assembly while reducing its membership by mandating that the next assembly election take place under a system of proportional representation.
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The Judicial Yuan ruled against the term extension in 2000, but Liu Yi-te subsequently supported an initiative to postpone the election date of 6 May mandated by the Judicial Yuan.
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Liu Yi-te later chastised members of the Judicial Yuan and worked with Kuomintang assembly delegates to remove the justices' lifetime stipend, though he refused to endorse abolition of the Judicial Yuan itself.
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Liu Yi-te formed an electoral coalition in January 2001 with Chen Chin-te, Chen Tsiao-long, Chiu Kuo-chang, Kang Tai-shan, and Lan Shih-tsung, but did not win election to the Legislative Yuan that December.
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Liu Yi-te was named president of the Independence Evening Post in July 2001, shortly before the publication released its last issue in October.
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Liu Yi-te represented the Taiwan Solidarity Union in the 2004 legislative elections, but did not win.
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Liu Yi-te again challenged the Democratic Progressive Party in 2007, contesting the legislative seat won by Yu Tian.
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From this position, Liu Yi-te helped the party deliver petitions to the Control Yuan and the judicial branch.
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Liu Yi-te defeated Chen Chien-ming in an April 2016 leadership election, and succeeded Lin Chih-chia, who was serving as acting chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union at the time.