Lee Shying-jow

Lee Hsiang-chou
Lee Hsiang-chou
李翔宙
	Lee in 2011
9th Representative of Taiwan to Denmark
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 January 2019
President	Tsai Ing-wen; William Lai
Preceded by	Chuang Heng-sheng
2nd Minister of the Veteran Affairs Council
	In office; 20 May 2016 – 25 February 2018
Prime Minister	Lin Chuan; William Lai
Deputy	Liu Shu-lin; Lee Wen-chung
Preceded by	Tung Hsiang-lung
Succeeded by	Chiu Kuo-cheng
National Policy Advisor to the President
	In office; 24 July 2015 – 19 May 2016
President	Ma Ying-jeou
15th Director-General of the National Security Bureau
	In office; 5 May 2014 – 23 July 2015
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Deputy	Yen Meng-han; Kuo Chung-hsin; Wang Te-lin; Chou Mei-wu
Preceded by	Tsai De-sheng
Succeeded by	Yang Kuo-chiang
8th Armaments Deputy Minister of National Defense
	In office; 16 January 2014 – 4 May 2014
Minister	Yen Ming
Preceded by	Yen Teh-fa
Succeeded by	Chiu Kuo-cheng
4th Commander of the ROC Army
	In office; 16 August 2011 – 15 January 2014
Deputy	Huang Yi-ping; Hsun Chueh-hsin; Chu Yu-shu; Wu Yo-ming; Wang Hsing-wei
Preceded by	Yang Tien-hsiao
Succeeded by	Yen Teh-fa
Vice Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces
	In office; 16 May 2011 – 15 August 2011
Preceded by	Wu Ta-peng
Succeeded by	Yen Teh-fa
25th Commander of the ROC Military Police
	In office; 1 June 2009 – 15 May 2011
Deputy	Kao Yao-bing
Preceded by	Ho Yung-chien
Succeeded by	Chang Ching-hsiang
5th Vice President of the National Defense University
	In office; 1 March 2008 – 31 May 2009
President	Tseng Jing-ling; King Nai-chieh
Preceded by	Lu Hsiao-jung
Succeeded by	Wang Chuen-chiang
Personal details
Born	2 August 1952 (age 72); Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Alma mater	Republic of China Military Academy; Tri-service University; National Taiwan University; National Chung Hsing University
Nickname	"Brother Chou"
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China
Branch/service	Republic of China Army (1974–2009, 2011–2015); Republic of China Military Police (2009–2011)
Years of service	1974–2015
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

Lee Shying-jow or Lee Hsiang-chou (Chinese: 李翔宙; pinyin: Li Xiángzhòu; born 2 August 1952) is a Taiwanese general and diplomat. He is the incumbent Representative to Denmark, and was formerly the 4th Commanding General of the Republic of China Army (ROCA), 8th Deputy Minister of National Defense (MND), the 15th Director-General of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the 2nd Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council (VAC).^[1]^[2]

Early life

Lee Hsiang-chou was born in a Military dependents' village of the Republic of China Air Force called the Republican New Village (共和新村) at Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan, there was his home. His ancestral home was in Xinxiang, Henan.

Lee later entered the Republic of China Army Preparatory School right after his completion of junior high school at age 15. He then later graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy in 1974 as a Missile Officer.

Lee also obtained his master's degree from the National Taiwan University, National Chung Hsing University of Taiwan and Georgetown University of the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Military career

Early military position

Lee served as the Commander of Military Police (ROCMP) from 1 June 2009 to 16 May 2011. He was promoted to General of the ROC Army on 16 May 2011 and appointed as the Vice Chief of the General Staff under Admiral Lin Chen-yi, the then Chief of the General Staff.

Army Commanding General

General Lee was appointed to success General Yang Tien-hsiao as the Commanding General of the ROC Army on 16 August 2011.

On 16 July and 8 August 2013, General Lee tendered his resignation from his chief position and from the Ministry of National Defense due to the poor handling of the minister on the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu, but was rejected by Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu and Yen Ming. Both Kao and Yen asked him to stay in his post.^[3]

Deputy Minister of National Defense

In early April 2014, speaking to the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan, Lee said that if the People's Liberation Army (PLA) were to invade Taiwan, they need at least four months for assault preparation, thus translated to the amount of advance warning Taiwan needs in such scenario. In the event of cross-strait war, the command has to come from Zhongnanhai, the headquarter of the Chinese Communist Party, by the task force formation at the Central Military Commission. The next step would be recalling all of the Chinese envoys in Taiwan, execute economic preparations and tighten control of Taiwanese business people in mainland China. He added that Taiwan has already prepared relevant measures with other countries and military reserve would be called in such attack scenario. Military confidence building measure can only be built between ROC Armed Forces and PLA only if the government of China renounces the use of force to achieve Chinese unification. The ROC Ministry of National Defense however would always remain neutral in any cross-strait issues, he added.^[4]

Political career

Veterans minister for the Tsai Administration

On 28 April 2016, Lee Hsiang-chou was designated to be the new Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council. He then took office on 20 May 2016. Prior to assuming the position, Lee registered as a political independent, ending his affiliation with the Kuomintang, which he had joined in 1969.^[5]

In December 2016, on his way to visit Thailand from Taiwan, Lee was denied stopover entry into Singapore for the purpose of visiting veterans of the Republic of China Armed Forces residing in the small island nation.^[6]

Ambassador to Denmark

Lee left the Veterans Affairs Council in February 2018,^[7] and was appointed Taiwan's representative to Denmark that October.^[8]

References

^ "Army Command Headquarters,MND >>Introduction". army.mnd.gov.tw. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
^ "Taiwan News Quick Take". Taipei Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "Army commander's resignation rejected". The China Post. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ "China can invade in months: MND". Taipei Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
^ Ku, Chuan; Lu, Hsin-hui; Kao, Evelyn (12 October 2017). "Premier rejects veteran affairs minister's resignation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Tu, Aaron; Chin, Jonathan (23 December 2016). "Former defense official denied Singapore entry: report". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Hsu, Stacy (24 February 2018). "Reshuffle targets security, diplomacy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Flor (19 October 2018). "Lee Shying-jow appointed new envoy to Denmark". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

External links

Media related to Lee Shying-jow at Wikimedia Commons

[mnd-1] "Army Command Headquarters,MND >>Introduction". army.mnd.gov.tw. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

[2] "Taiwan News Quick Take". Taipei Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[3] "Army commander's resignation rejected". The China Post. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[4] "China can invade in months: MND". Taipei Times. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[5] Ku, Chuan; Lu, Hsin-hui; Kao, Evelyn (12 October 2017). "Premier rejects veteran affairs minister's resignation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[6] Tu, Aaron; Chin, Jonathan (23 December 2016). "Former defense official denied Singapore entry: report". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[7] Hsu, Stacy (24 February 2018). "Reshuffle targets security, diplomacy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[8] Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Flor (19 October 2018). "Lee Shying-jow appointed new envoy to Denmark". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

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