Lee Ying-yuan

Lee Ying-yuan MLY
李應元
Official portrait, 2020
Representative of Taiwan to Thailand
In office 13 August 2020 – 31 August 2021
President	Tsai Ing-wen
MOFA Minister	Joseph Wu
Preceded by	Tung Chen-yuan [zh]
Succeeded by	Chuang Suo-hang
12th Minister of Environmental Protection Administration
In office 20 May 2016 – 1 December 2018
Prime Minister	Lin Chuan William Lai
Deputy	See list Chang Tzi-chin Thomas Chan[1]
Preceded by	Wei Kuo-yen
Succeeded by	Tsai Hung-teh (acting) Chang Tzi-chin
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2012 – 20 May 2016
Succeeded by	Shih Yi-fang
Constituency	Party-list
In office 1 February 1996 – August 2000
Constituency	Taipei County
Acting Magistrate of Yunlin
In office 5 November 2008 – 17 November 2008
Preceded by	Su Chih-fen
Succeeded by	Su Chih-fen
Deputy Magistrate of Yunlin
In office July 2008 – July 2009
Magistrate	See list Su Chih-fen Himself (acting) Su Chih-fen
11th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office 15 January 2008 – 15 May 2008
Chairman	Chen Shui-bian
Preceded by	Cho Jung-tai
Succeeded by	Wang Tuoh
7th Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs
In office 19 September 2005 – 20 May 2007
Prime Minister	Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
Preceded by	Chen Chu
Succeeded by	Lu Tien-ling
21st and 24th Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 19 September 2005
Prime Minister	Frank Hsieh
Preceded by	Arthur Iap
Succeeded by	Cho Jung-tai
In office 1 February 2002 – 1 July 2002
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun
Preceded by	Chiou I-jen
Succeeded by	Liu Shyh-fang
Deputy Representative of Taiwan to the United States
In office September 2000 – 21 January 2002 Serving with Shen Lyu-shun
Representative	See list Stephen S.F. Chen Chen Chien-jen
Succeeded by	Michael Tsai
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-16)16 March 1953 Yunlin County, Taiwan
Died	11 November 2021(2021-11-11) (aged 68) Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse	Huang Yue-kui
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Harvard University University of North Carolina
Occupation	Politician health economist

Lee Ying-yuan (Chinese: 李應元; pinyin: Lǐ Yìngyuán; Wade–Giles: Li³ Ying⁴-yüen²; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Èng-goân; 16 March 1953 – 11 November 2021) was a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 and stepped down in 2000. In 2005, Lee was appointed the Minister of Council of Labor Affairs, which he led until 2007. Lee has also served as Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and the Democratic Progressive Party, and was reelected to the Legislative Yuan in 2012. He was appointed the Minister of Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in 2016. He left the EPA in 2018, and subsequently served as Taiwan's representative to Thailand from 2020 to 2021.