Liu Yi-te

Liu Yi-te
劉一德
Chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union
Assumed office
16 April 2016
Preceded by Lin Chih-chia (acting)
Huang Kun-huei
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 February 1992 – 20 May 2000
Constituency Taipei
Personal details
Born (1960-04-15) 15 April 1960
Chiayi, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Taiwan Solidarity Union (since 2001)
Other political
affiliations		 Democratic Progressive Party (until 2001)
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Profession politician

Liu Yi-te (Chinese: 劉一德; born 15 April 1960) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and activism

Liu is of Mainland Chinese descent, and became active in the tangwai movement as a student. In a 2001 interview, Liu credited a classmate at Chiayi Senior High School with sparking his interest in politics by reporting Liu to administration for harboring anti-government views, after Liu had tried to start a discussion about a local politician. As Taiwan was then a one-party state led by the Kuomintang, Liu was slapped upon refusing to retract his comments about the politician in a written statement. Liu later met Lee Wen-chung and Lai Chin-lin at National Taiwan University, where he led a club advocating for Taiwan independence.[1][2]

Political career

Liu ran in the December 1991 National Assembly elections and took office in 1992 as a representative of Taipei.[3] He won reelection in 1996, and was named Democratic Progressive Party caucus leader.[4] From this position, Liu worked with senior Kuomintang members of the National Assembly and passed a resolution to extended the term of the National Assembly while also reducing its membership by mandating that the next assembly election take place under a system of proportional representation.[5][6] The passage of the resolution drew criticism from both the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party headquarters.[7][8] The Judicial Yuan ruled against the term extension in 2000,[9] but Liu subsequently supported an initiative to postpone the election date of 6 May mandated by the Judicial Yuan.[10] Liu later chastised members of the Judicial Yuan and worked with Kuomintang assembly delegates to remove the justices' lifetime stipend,[11] though he refused to endorse abolition of the Judicial Yuan itself.[12][13] Another vote on the fate of the National Assembly was taken in April 2000, in which Liu and Chen Chin-te of the DPP, as well as their KMT counterparts, agreed to end the National Assembly on 20 May 2000, passing many of its powers to the Legislative Yuan.[14] After stepping down from the National Assembly, Liu was named director of the DPP's organizational development department.[15][16]

He formed an electoral coalition in January 2001 with Chen Chin-te, Chen Tsiao-long, Chiu Kuo-chang, Kang Tai-shan, and Lan Shih-tsung, but did not win election to the Legislative Yuan that December.[17][18] By June of that year, Liu had been approached by a pro-Taiwan alliance that later became the Taiwan Solidarity Union, which Liu joined instead.[19][20] He was named president of the Independence Evening Post in July 2001, shortly before the publication released its last issue in October.[21][22]

Liu represented the Taiwan Solidarity Union in the 2004 legislative elections, but did not win.[23][24] Afterwards, Liu became director of the TSU's organization department.[25][26] In August 2005, Liu pushed the Democratic Progressive Party to rescind a mayoral nomination given to Wang Tuoh in Keelung, stating that if the DPP did not do so, Liu himself would enter the Chiayi mayoral contest to challenge the DPP.[27] Liu did register as a Chiayi mayoral candidate,[28] but withdrew when Wang did the same in Keelung.[29] Liu again challenged the Democratic Progressive Party in 2007, contesting the legislative seat won by Yu Tian.[30]

By 2007, Liu had became a deputy secretary-general of the TSU.[30] From this position, Liu helped the party deliver petitions to the Control Yuan and the judicial branch.[31][32] He also announced electoral strategy in 2011 and 2014.[33][34] Liu defeated Chen Chien-ming in an April 2016 leadership election, and succeeded Lin Chih-chia, who was serving as acting chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union at the time.[35]

References

  1. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (31 March 2001). "Warriors of a new generation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "DPP: weaknesses and tactical errors" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (53): 9. January 1992. ISSN 1027-3999.
  3. ↑ Holley, David (21 December 1991). "Taiwan to Rejuvenate Assembly". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "KMT moves to stop extension". Taipei Times. 3 September 1999. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Lin, Chieh-yu (7 September 1999). "DPP pushes for national conference on Constitution". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Chen, Lauren (20 September 1999). "`Reform' has become final refuge of political ruffians". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Chen, Lauren (9 September 1999). "Su ousted from KMT". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. ↑ Chen, Lauren (31 October 1999). "KMT confirms former Assembly Speaker must go". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Justices may rule term extension unconstitutional". Taipei Times. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Low, Stephanie (9 April 2000). "National Assembly votes to postpone election date". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Jou, Ying-chen (17 April 2000). "Assembly takes first jab at Justices". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Jou, Ying-cheng (18 April 2000). "`Self-fattening' not possible, says judiciary head". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Low, Stephanie (19 April 2000). "Assembly leaders oppose sidelining justices". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  14. ↑ Low, Stephanie (26 April 2000). "Deputies `atone' for past mistakes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Huang, Joyce (30 December 2000). "Hsieh plays down opposition talk". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  16. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (8 January 2001). "Two Cabinet members to resign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  17. ↑ Low, Stephanie (18 January 2001). "Ex-deputies set sights on legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  18. ↑ Huang, Joyce (20 January 2001). "Registration of possible DPP lawmakers ends". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  19. ↑ Huang, Joyce (19 June 2001). "Taiwan alliance starting drive for membership". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  20. ↑ Huang, Joyce (13 August 2001). "Parties assess shifting political scene". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  21. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (27 July 2001). "`Post' again rises out of the ashes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  22. ↑ Lin, Mei-chun (28 September 2001). "`Post' leadership hints at closure". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  23. ↑ Lin, Paul (2 December 2004). "Mainlanders, cast off your shackles". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  24. ↑ Huang, Jewel (17 December 2004). "Change of the guard for TSU as losers vie for jobs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  25. ↑ "TSU says year-end elections crucial to the party's survival". Taipei Times. 23 January 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  26. ↑ Huang, Jewel (26 May 2005). "TSU to focus on party goals at assembly". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  27. ↑ Huang, Jewel (31 August 2005). "DPP won't field candidates in several year-end races". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  28. ↑ Huang, Jewel (10 September 2005). "TSU urges election candidates to help save the party". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  29. ↑ Huang, Jewel (6 October 2005). "Year-end polls take shape for pan-greens". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  30. 1 2 "TSU challenges singer". Taipei Times. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  31. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Wang, Flora (18 March 2009). "Control Yuan to probe GIO over Kuo". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  32. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Chang, Rich (19 June 2010). "TSU takes petition to Control Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  33. ↑ Lin, Shu-hui (29 May 2011). "TSU candidates will not run for seats in districts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  34. ↑ Wang, Wen-hsuan; Chung, Jake (18 July 2014). "TSU gears up for fall races". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  35. ↑ Tu, Aaron (17 April 2017). "TSU elects new party chairman in landslide win". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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