What is Lee Ying-yuan?
[[File:李應元 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Lee Ying-yuan in 2013]] '''Lee Ying-yuan''' ({{zh|t=李應元|s=李应元|first=t|w=Li<sup>3</sup> Ying<sup>4</sup>-yüen<sup>2</sup>|p=Lǐ Yìngyuán|poj=Lí Èng-goân}}; 16 March 1953 – 11 November 2021) was a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the [[Legislative Yuan]] in 1995 and resigned in 2000. In 2005, Lee was made the Minister of [[Ministry of Labor (Taiwan)|Council of Labor Affairs]], which he led until 2007. Lee has also was Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan and the [[Democratic Progressive Party]]. He was reelected to the Legislative Yuan in 2012. He was appointed the Minister of [[Environmental Protection Administration]] in 2016. He was Taiwan's representative to [[Thailand]] from 2020 to 2021. He was born in [[Yunlin County]], [[Taiwan]]. Lee died on 11 November 2021 in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] from a rare form of [[pancreatic cancer]], aged 68.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Taiwan's former top envoy to Thailand dies at 68|language=|agency=Central News Agency|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202111110023|access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=United Daily News|date=11 November 2021|title=駐泰前代表李應元病逝 享壽68歲|url=https://udn.com/news/story/6656/5884392}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Ying-yuan}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Taiwanese politicians]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Taiwan]] {{bio-stub}}