"The resignation will take effect on Feb. 1, the [presidential] office said." https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202601270006 https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202601280012 https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202601280016 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/28/2003851348 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/28/2003851368 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/01/28/2003851366
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Lee won election to the [[Legislative Yuan]] in 2001 as a [[People First Party (Taiwan)|People First Party]] candidate for [[New Taipei City Constituency II|Taipei County’s second district]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (5) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11379 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> He retained the office in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (6) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11624 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> Lee subsequently served two consecutive terms as legislator representing [[New Taipei City Constituency IV|Taipei County’s fourth district]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (7) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11840 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (8) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11968 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> followed by a single term on the PFP party list.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (9) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=12091 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> As the [[Ninth Legislative Yuan]] opened, Lee received four votes to serve as the body’s speaker.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/02/02/2003638625 |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 February 2016}}</ref> Though Lee ranked second on the party list during the 2020 legislative election,<ref name=”ltn2020″/> the People First Party lost all of its seats and was supplanted as a third party by the [[Taiwan People’s Party]].
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Lee won election to the [[Legislative Yuan]] in 2001 as a [[People First Party (Taiwan)|People First Party]] candidate for [[New Taipei City Constituency II|Taipei County’s second district]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (5) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11379 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> He retained the office in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (6) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11624 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> Lee subsequently served two consecutive terms as legislator representing [[New Taipei City Constituency IV|Taipei County’s fourth district]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (7) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11840 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (8) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11968 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> followed by a single term on the PFP party list.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Hung-chun (9) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=12091 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref> As the [[Ninth Legislative Yuan]] opened, Lee received four votes to serve as the body’s speaker.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=First non-KMT legislative speaker is Su |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/02/02/2003638625 |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 February 2016}}</ref> Though Lee ranked second on the party list during the 2020 legislative election,<ref name=”ltn2020″/> the People First Party lost all of its seats and was supplanted as a third party by the [[Taiwan People’s Party]].
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In May 2022, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] nominated Lee for the vacant [[List of vice presidents of the Control Yuan|vice presidency of the Control Yuan]].<ref name=”cynom”/> Lee stated that he would resign his position as PFP secretary-general,<ref name=”cynom”/> which he had held since 2019,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yun |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |title=PFP says media distorted Soong’s Xinhua interview |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/01/2003714351 |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 May 2019}}</ref> as well as his party membership.<ref name=”cynom”>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |title=Lee Hung-chun nominated for Control Yuan vice president |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205090011 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=9 May 2022}}</ref> He was formally confirmed to the [[Control Yuan]] on 24 May 2022 by a 99–2 vote of the Legislative Yuan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yang-yu |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Lee Hung-chun confirmed as Control Yuan vice president |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205240014 |access-date=25 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=24 May 2022}}</ref>
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In May 2022, [[Tsai Ing-wen]] nominated Lee for the vacant [[List of vice presidents of the Control Yuan|vice presidency of the Control Yuan]].<ref name=”cynom”/> Lee stated that he would resign his position as PFP secretary-general,<ref name=”cynom”/> which he had held since 2019,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yun |last2=Chung |first2=Jake |title=PFP says media distorted Soong’s Xinhua interview |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/05/01/2003714351 |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 May 2019}}</ref> as well as his party membership.<ref name=”cynom”>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Flor |last2=Wang |first2=Cheng-chung |title=Lee Hung-chun nominated for Control Yuan vice president |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205090011 |access-date=10 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=9 May 2022}}</ref> He was formally confirmed to the [[Control Yuan]] on 24 May 2022 by a 99–2 vote of the Legislative Yuan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yang-yu |last2=Kao |first2=Evelyn |title=Lee Hung-chun confirmed as Control Yuan vice president |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205240014 |access-date=25 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=24 May 2022}}</ref>
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