Levi Ying

Member of the Legislative YuanIn office
1 February 1999 – 31 January 2002ConstituencyOverseas ChineseActing Convenor of the New Party National CommitteeIn office
December 2001 – January 2002Preceded byHsieh Chi-taSucceeded byYok Mu-mingMember of the National AssemblyIn office
1997–1998 Personal detailsBorn1949
Taipei, TaiwanDiedApril 29, 2013 (age 64)
California, United StatesNationalityTaiwanese
AmericanPolitical partyNew PartyOther political
affiliationsKuomintangAlma materNational Taiwan University
National Chengchi University
Whittier Law SchoolOccupationPoliticianProfessionLawyer

Levi Ying (Chinese: 營志宏; 1949–2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the National Assembly before serving on the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002. Ying relinquished American citizenship to seek political office in Taiwan, and regained American citizenship before his death in 2013.

Ying was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1949.^[1] He received a bachelor's degree in political science from National Taiwan University and obtained a master's degree in East Asian studies from National Chengchi University.^[2] Ying then moved to the United States, and earned a SJD from Whittier Law School in California, setting up a law practice there prior to launching a political career in his native Taiwan.^[3]

Ying served in the National Assembly as a member of the Kuomintang.^[4] He renounced U.S. citizenship to take up the position.^[5] He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1998 as a New Party politician, and lost reelection in 2001,^[6] as all New Party legislative incumbents failed to retain their legislative seats.^[7][8]

After Ying's term ended, he moved back to the U.S. on a green card sponsored by his wife, who had remained a U.S. citizen, and he eventually naturalized as a U.S. citizen once again.^[5] He died on April 29, 2013, aged 64.^[9] His funeral was held at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.^[10]