Yao Li-ming | |
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姚立明 | |
![]() Official portrait, 1996 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 2000 | |
Constituency | Kaohsiung County |
Personal details | |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 15 January 1952
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations |
New Party (1993–1997) Home Party (2007–2014) |
Yao Li-ming ( Chinese: 姚立明; born 15 January 1952) is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator.
Yao is of Mainland Chinese descent. [1] He attended the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University before studying law at Fu Jen Catholic University, and subsequently earned a doctorate in the subject at Bielefeld University. [2] Prior to serving in the Third Legislative Yuan, Yao hosted a political talk show for the Public Television Service and was an adjunct instructor at National Sun Yat-sen University. [2] He represented Kaohsiung County in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 1999. [2] After Yao withdrew from the New Party during his legislative term, [3] he remained in office as a political independent. [2] Subsequently, Lin joined the Chinese Culture University faculty as a political scientist and professor of administrative management. [3] [4] Aside from academia, Yao resumed his media career as a political commentator. [4] Later, Yao served as secretary-general of the Home Party, [5] and was ranked second on the Home Party party list for the January 2008 legislative elections, but was not elected to the Legislative Yuan. [6] He was also on the board of the Congress Watch Foundation. [7] He later became chairman of the Congress Watch Foundation. [8] Yao and former legislative colleague Chien Ta led a commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre held at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in June 2009. [9] Yao was a founding board member of the Thinking Taiwan Foundation, established by Tsai Ing-wen in 2012. [10] Independent mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je offered Yao the position of campaign director before the 2014 Taipei mayoral election, [1] [11] which Yao accepted. [12] In his role as campaign manager, Yao filed a lawsuit against Lo Shu-lei for defamation, as Lo had claimed that Ko was involved in corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering while working as a physician at National Taiwan University Hospital. [13] Ko's campaign later alleged that opposing candidate Sean Lien's campaign had wiretapped Ko's campaign office. In response, Lien's campaign manager Alex Tsai filed a lawsuit against Yao and other members of Ko's campaign staff. [14] After Ko won the Taipei mayoralty, Yao again returned to political commentary. [15] [16] Yao later appeared alongside Ko in a February 2015 rally organized to support Tsai's recall as a legislator . [15] Prior to the 2018 Taipei City Council election, Yao opined that there were many swing voters in Taipei, negating the city as a Kuomintang stronghold. [17] Yao Li-ming split with Ko, and offered his support and services as a campaign manager to Pasuya Yao instead. [18] [19]
Yao Li-ming | |
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姚立明 | |
![]() Official portrait, 1996 | |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 1996 – 31 January 2000 | |
Constituency | Kaohsiung County |
Personal details | |
Born | Taipei, Taiwan | 15 January 1952
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations |
New Party (1993–1997) Home Party (2007–2014) |
Yao Li-ming ( Chinese: 姚立明; born 15 January 1952) is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator.
Yao is of Mainland Chinese descent. [1] He attended the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University before studying law at Fu Jen Catholic University, and subsequently earned a doctorate in the subject at Bielefeld University. [2] Prior to serving in the Third Legislative Yuan, Yao hosted a political talk show for the Public Television Service and was an adjunct instructor at National Sun Yat-sen University. [2] He represented Kaohsiung County in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 1999. [2] After Yao withdrew from the New Party during his legislative term, [3] he remained in office as a political independent. [2] Subsequently, Lin joined the Chinese Culture University faculty as a political scientist and professor of administrative management. [3] [4] Aside from academia, Yao resumed his media career as a political commentator. [4] Later, Yao served as secretary-general of the Home Party, [5] and was ranked second on the Home Party party list for the January 2008 legislative elections, but was not elected to the Legislative Yuan. [6] He was also on the board of the Congress Watch Foundation. [7] He later became chairman of the Congress Watch Foundation. [8] Yao and former legislative colleague Chien Ta led a commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre held at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in June 2009. [9] Yao was a founding board member of the Thinking Taiwan Foundation, established by Tsai Ing-wen in 2012. [10] Independent mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je offered Yao the position of campaign director before the 2014 Taipei mayoral election, [1] [11] which Yao accepted. [12] In his role as campaign manager, Yao filed a lawsuit against Lo Shu-lei for defamation, as Lo had claimed that Ko was involved in corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering while working as a physician at National Taiwan University Hospital. [13] Ko's campaign later alleged that opposing candidate Sean Lien's campaign had wiretapped Ko's campaign office. In response, Lien's campaign manager Alex Tsai filed a lawsuit against Yao and other members of Ko's campaign staff. [14] After Ko won the Taipei mayoralty, Yao again returned to political commentary. [15] [16] Yao later appeared alongside Ko in a February 2015 rally organized to support Tsai's recall as a legislator . [15] Prior to the 2018 Taipei City Council election, Yao opined that there were many swing voters in Taipei, negating the city as a Kuomintang stronghold. [17] Yao Li-ming split with Ko, and offered his support and services as a campaign manager to Pasuya Yao instead. [18] [19]