Lee Jye

Lee Jye
Lee Jye
李傑
	Admiral Lee Jye
24th Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China
	In office; 20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
Deputy	Lee Chung-wei (administrative)
Preceded by	Tang Yao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Tien-yu
Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces
	In office; 1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004
Preceded by	Tang Yao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Tien-yu
Personal details
Born	6 June 1940 (age 84); Tientsin, Republic of China
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang (?-2007)

Lee Jye (Chinese: 李傑; pinyin: Lǐ Jié; born 6 June 1940) is a former defense minister of the Republic of China.

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 an admiral in the Republic of China Navy when he retired.

References

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

Preceded by Tang Yao-ming	ROC Minister of National Defense 2004-2007	Succeeded by Lee Tien-yu

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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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