Lee Jye
李傑
Admiral Lee Jye
24th Minister of National Defense
In office
20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Prime MinisterYu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
DeputyLee Chung-wei (administrative)
Preceded byTang Yao-ming
Succeeded byLee Tien-yu
Executive Yuan Minister without Portfolio
In office
20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
Prime MinisterYu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
Chief of the General Staff of ROC Armed Forces
In office
1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004
President[lower-alpha 1]Chen Shui-bian
Preceded byTang Yao-ming
Succeeded byLee Tien-yu
Personal details
Born (1940-06-06) 6 June 1940
Tientsin, Republic of China
Nationality Republic of China (Taiwan)
Political partyIndependent (since 2007)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (1958－2007)
SpouseCheng Hui-chin

Lee Jye (Chinese: 李傑; pinyin: Lǐ Jié; born 6 June 1940) is a Taiwanese military member. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Taiwan during 2004 to 2007 under the Chen Shui-bian government.

Biography

He was born in Tianjin on 6 June 1940, and fled to Taiwan with family at the end of the Chinese Civil War.

He originally joined the then ruling Kuomintang in the early days of his military career, but was later expelled by the KMT, who lost power after the 2000 presidential election, for complying with President Chen Shui-bian's orders to remove all Chiang Kai-shek statues from military bases.[1][2] He was quoted saying "I'll obey the order of the party that is in power" and "if KMT holds power again, they can re-install the statues if they wish."

He was the minister of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China, and was a Senior Admiral in the Republic of China Navy when he retired.

Notes

  1. ↑ Commander-in-Chief of the national military

References

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  1. ↑ "KMT expels Lee Jye for obeying DPP". Taipei Times. 10 Mar 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 18 Mar 2007.
  2. ↑ "Taiwanese party expels minister". BBC News. 10 Mar 2007. Retrieved 18 Mar 2007.


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