Tuan Yi-kang

Tuan Yi-kang
MLY
段宜康

Man in gray pinstriped shirt standing with right hand raised in front of a podium and microphone stand

Tuan in October 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Constituency Republic of China
In office
1 February 2002 – 1 February 2005
Constituency Taipei 2nd
Personal details
Born (1963-11-14) 14 November 1963
Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater National Taiwan University
Occupation Politician

Tuan Yi-kang (Chinese: 段宜康; born 14 November 1963) is Taiwanese politician. A former leader of the Democratic Progressive Party's now-abolished New Tide faction, he has served on the party's Central Standing Committee, the Taipei City Council and the Legislative Yuan.

Education

Tuan was born in Taipei, graduated from Ta-Chih Junior High School and Chung Kung Senior High School, before attending National Taiwan University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science.[1][2]

Political career

Tuan started his political career by working for legislators Lu Hsiu-yi, Hung Chi-chang and Yeh Chu-lan. He was Kao Chih-peng's campaign manager in Kao's 1993 run for Penghu County Magistrate.[2][3] In 1994, Tuan was elected to the Taipei City Council, and served until 2002. Tuan took office in the Legislative Yuan later that year, and stepped down in 2005.[1] He was the chief convener of the New Tide faction, before it was officially dissolved in 2006.[4][5] In 2008, Tuan served within the Democratic Progressive Party as deputy secretary-general.[6][7] He ran against Kuomintang incumbent Lin Yu-fang in the 2008 legislative elections and lost.[8] Tuan was elected to the DPP Central Standing Committee in 2010,[9] and rejoined the Legislative Yuan again in 2012, through the proportional representation ballot.[10] He was also reelected to the CSC.[11][12]

Tuan claimed in January 2015 that President Ma Ying-jeou illegally accepted NT$200 million from various businesspeople during his 2008 presidential campaign,[13] half of which was donated by one company. Later that month Ma filed a lawsuit against Tuan for NT$10 million.[14] In December of that year, Tuan accused Wang Ju-hsuan of improperly profiting in the real estate market by acquiring multiple properties intended to house military families.[15] Wang sued Tuan for defamation, but the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office dropped the case, and also found that none of Wang's real estate deals were illegal.[16]

Tuan was placed on the proportional representation list again for the 2016 elections, and won an at-large seat.[17]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tuan, Yi-kang (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Tuan, Yi-kang (5)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Diamond, Larry; Shin, Gi-Wook (2014). New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan. Stanford University Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780804789226.
  4. ↑ Huang, Jewel (7 July 2006). "Factions not key cause of DPP's problems: New Tide". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Young, David (1 April 2008). "Infighting continues among DPP leaders". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih; Ko, Shu-ling (7 March 2008). "Presidential election 2008: 15 days to go: Ma camp accuses rival of smear campaign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "UN referendums to accompany presidential poll". Taiwan Info. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "KMT wins two-thirds majority". Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Engbarth, Dennis (19 July 2010). "DPP campaign aims to bring people 'Happiness and Pride'". Taiwan News. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Soong, Grace (19 January 2012). "Former DPP official rallies against HTC". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Kuo, Adam Tyrsett (15 July 2012). "Key DPP members position themselves for committee election". China Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  12. ↑ Wang, Chris (16 July 2012). "DPP election ushers in new leadership". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (25 January 2015). "Ma pledges ‘defensive’ lawsuits". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (30 January 2015). "Ma files lawsuits against lawmaker, critic". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Chiao, Yuan-Ming (3 December 2015). "KMT vice-presidential candidate sues DPP lawmaker for defamation". China Post. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  16. ↑ Pan, Jason (30 January 2016). "Prosecutors drop Tuan Yi-kang defamation case". Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Wen, Kui-hsiang S.C.; Wang, Cheng-chung; Lu, Hsin-hui; Chang, S.C. (19 January 2016). "Incoming ruling party to discuss 'neutral' speaker issue". Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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