16 Facts About Tuan Yi-kang

Tuan Yi-kang then attended National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science.

Tuan Yi-kang started his political career by working for legislators Lu Hsiu-yi, Hung Chi-chang and Yeh Chu-lan.

Tuan Yi-kang was Kao Chih-peng's campaign manager in Kao's 1993 run for Penghu County Magistrate.

In 1994, Tuan Yi-kang was elected to the Taipei City Council, and served until 2002.

Tuan Yi-kang took office in the Legislative Yuan later that year, and was defeated in his 2005 reelection campaign.

Tuan Yi-kang was the chief convener of the New Tide faction, before it was officially dissolved in 2006.

In 2008, Tuan Yi-kang served within the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general, resigning in March.

Tuan Yi-kang won a primary against David Huang, losing to Kuomintang incumbent Lin Yu-fang in the 2008 legislative elections.

Tuan Yi-kang was elected to the DPP Central Standing Committee in 2010.

Tuan Yi-kang contested the 2012 legislative elections as a candidate for Taipei's second district, but later withdrew from the district party primary.

Tuan Yi-kang won a seat in the Legislative Yuan through the proportional representation ballot.

Tuan Yi-kang was placed on the proportional representation list again for the 2016 elections, and won an at-large seat.

In June, Tuan Yi-kang stated that he would retire from politics at the end of his term in 2020, as he expected reforms he supported over the course of his legislature tenure to have been implemented by that time.

Tuan Yi-kang claimed in January 2015 that President Ma Ying-jeou illegally accepted NT$200 million from various businesspeople during his 2008 presidential campaign.

In February 2016, the Taipei District Court ordered Tuan Yi-kang to pay Ma NT$600,000.

In December 2015, Tuan Yi-kang accused Wang Ju-hsuan of improperly profiting in the real estate market by acquiring multiple properties intended to house military families.