{{Short description|Taíwanese politician (born 1955)}} {{family name hatnote|Lee|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lee Yung-te | native_name = {{nobold|李永得}} | image = 行政院李永得政務委員肖像.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2023 | office1 = 10th Chairman of the Central News Agency | term_start1 = 1 July 2023 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Liu Ke-hsiang | office2 = Minister without Portfolio | term_start2 = 31 January 2023 | term_end2 = 30 June 2023 | premier2 = Chen Chien-jen | office3 = 4th Minister of Culture | premier3 = Su Tseng-chang | deputy3 = <small>Deputy Minister</small><br>Hsiao Tsung-huang<br>Peng Chun-heng<br><small>Vice Minister</small><br>Lee Lien-chuan | term_start3 = 20 May 2020 | term_end3 = 30 January 2023 | predecessor3 = Cheng Li-chun | successor3 = Shih Che | office4 = 4th & 9th Minister of Hakka Affairs | premier4 = Lin Chuan<br>William Lai<br>Su Tseng-chang | deputy4 = Yiong Con-ziin | term_start4 = 20 May 2016 | term_end4 = 19 May 2020 | predecessor4 = Chung Wan-mei | successor4 = Yiong Cong-ziin | term_start5 = 15 March 2005 | term_end5 = 19 May 2008 | premier5 = Frank Hsieh<br>Su Tseng-chang<br>Chang Chun-hsiung | deputy5 = Chiu Yi-ying<br>Peng Tien-fu | predecessor5 = Luo Wen-jia | successor5 = Huang Yu-cheng {{collapsed infobox section begin | cont = yes | Additional positions| titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey; }} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office6 = Deputy Mayor of Kaohsiung City | 1blankname6 = Mayor | 1namedata6 = Chen Chu | term_start6 = 2008 | term_end6 = 2014 | predecessor6 = | successor6 = | office7 = Deputy Minister of Hakka Affairs Council | minister7 = Luo Wen-jia | term_start7 = 2004 | term_end7 = 2005 | predecessor7 = | successor7 = Chiu Yi-ying {{collapsed infobox section end}}}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Meinong, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | party = DPP | spouse = {{marriage|Chiu Yi-ying|2011}} | children = 1 | signature = | education = National Chengchi University (BA)<br>Stanford University (MA) }}
'''Lee Yung-te''' ({{lang-zh|t=李永得|p=Lǐ Yǒngdé|s=}}; born 30 May 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of the Hakka Affairs Council from March 2005 to March 2008 and was reappointed to the position in 2016, remaining in office until 2020. He subsequently served as culture minister from 2020 to 2023, then became chairman of the Central News Agency.
==Education and early career== Lee graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1976. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, earning a master's degree in mass communication from Stanford University in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=C9F41B76CE5FB05D&s=D1176B6E728AF4FA|title=院會室-語音|date=21 March 2012|publisher=}}</ref>
In 1987, while working for the ''Independence Evening Post'', Lee and colleague Hsu Lu became the first Taiwanese journalists to visit China after martial law in Taiwan had been lifted, and the Chinese Civil War had ended.<ref name="cnaappt"/><ref name="freepress">{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Mei-chun|title=Dying newspaper headed battle for press freedom|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/06/16/0000090207|accessdate=26 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=16 June 2001}}</ref><ref name="taiintime">{{cite news|last1=Han|first1=Cheung|title=Taiwan in time: Freedom of the press, China style|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2016/09/11/2003654908|accessdate=26 April 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=11 September 2016}}</ref>
==Political career==
On 15 March 2005, Lee was appointed acting chairman of Hakka Affairs Council.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |title=Hakka flower festival kicks off |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/04/17/2003250794 |access-date=24 June 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 April 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mo |first1=Yan-chih |title=Tung Blossom Festival expected to flourish this year |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/04/13/2003250257 |access-date=24 June 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 April 2005}}</ref> During his tenure, he organized the first Hakka Language Certification Exam in Taiwan. He also composed the first Hakka musical, ''My Daughter's Wedding'' and filmed a Hakka movie, ''1895''. In terms of music, he brought Hakka music into the National Concert Hall in Taipei and organized the first Hakka Expo in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 May 2016|url=https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=463&PageID=34912&LanguageType=ENG|title=Lee Yung-te Appointed Minister of Hakka Affairs Council; Yiong Cong-ziin Deputy Minister|website=Hakka Affairs Council|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
He was reappointed to the Hakka Affairs Council in April 2016,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Elizabeth|title=Cabinet lineup for education, culture announced|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201604200018.aspx|accessdate=28 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=20 April 2016}}</ref> serving until May 2020, when he was named minister of culture.<ref>{{cite news |title=Minor Cabinet reshuffle announced ahead of Tsai's new term |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202005190012 |access-date=24 June 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=19 May 2020}}</ref> Lee stepped down from the Ministry of Culture in January 2023, to assume a minister without portfolio post.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Christie |last2=Hsu |first2=Elizabeth |title=Premier-designate names major Cabinet posts |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202301270014 |access-date=24 June 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=27 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Chun-hua |last2=Lin |first2=Ke-lun |last3=Shih |first3=Hsiu-chuan |last4=Ko |first4=Lin |title=Ex-Keelung mayor, Kaohsiung deputy mayor appointed to Cabinet |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202301280016 |access-date=24 June 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=28 January 2023}}</ref> In June 2023, Lee was named chairman of the Central News Agency.<ref name="cnaappt">{{cite news |last1=Lai |first1=Yu-chen |last2=Chiu |first2=Tsu-yin |last3=Chao |first3=Yen-hsiang |title=Minister without Portfolio Lee Yung-te named new CNA chair |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202306220007 |access-date=24 June 2023 |agency=Central News Agency |date=22 June 2023}} Republished in part as: {{cite news |title=Taiwan news quick take: New CNA head announced |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2023/06/23/2003802048 |access-date=24 June 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 June 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== Lee is of Hakka ethnicity. He has two marriages. His second wife is the member of Legislative Yuan from Kaohsiung, Chiu Yi-ying. Lee and his second wife Chiu Yi-ying registered their marriage in April 2011 and held their wedding banquet on 5 January 2013 in Kaohsiung.<ref name="chinapost.com.tw">{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/01/06/366466/Lawmaker-Chiu.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530140457/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/01/06/366466/Lawmaker-Chiu.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2016|title=Lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying hosts wedding banquet|publisher=}}</ref> He and his first wife from previous marriage have a daughter born in 1988.
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