Lee Hsin

Lee Hsin (Chinese: 李新; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician. He has served on the Taipei City Council since 1998. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian.^[1] In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected.^[2] The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes.^[3]

Lee Hsin
李新
Lee in August 2015
Member of the Taipei City Council
In office 25 December 1998 – 28 September 2017
Constituency	Taipei 6th (Da-an District & Wenshan)
9th Deputy Speaker of Taipei City Council
In office 25 December 2002 – 24 December 2006
Preceded by	Alex Fai
Succeeded by	Chen Jinxiang
Member of the National Assembly
In office 1996–1998
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-16)16 July 1953 Taipei County, Taiwan
Died	28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 64) Taipei City, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	New Party (~2001) People First Party (2001~2008) Kuomintang (2008 ~ )
Alma mater	National Chung Hsing University School of Law and Business National Chengchi University National Taiwan University
Occupation	Politician

Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building on 28 September 2017, aged 64.