Lee Hsin (; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 until his death in 2017. He could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien.
Political career In 1993, he followed Yok Mu-ming from the Kuomintang to the New Party. In 1996, Lee was elected to the National Assembly. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by Shih Ming-teh which attempted to force the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian. In 2008, he rejoined to the Kuomintang.
In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected.
2016 KMT chairmanship election The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes.
2016 Kuomintang chairmanship electionNo.CandidatePartyVotesPercentageResult 1 Hung Hsiu-chu Kuomintang 78,829 56.16% 2 Huang Min-hui Kuomintang 46,341 33.02% 3 Lee Hsin Kuomintang 7,604 5.42% 4 Apollo Chen Kuomintang 6,784 4.83% Total votes 337,351 Turnout 41.61%
He was a member of both the New Party and People First Party, and later joined the Kuomintang.
Personal life Death On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building in Daan District, Taipei City, Taiwan. He was 64.
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