Iván Yueh-Jung Lee | |
Office: | Executive Director of the Congressional Affairs Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China |
Office2: | Ambassador of the Republic of China to Nicaragua |
Predecessor2: | Jaime Chin-Mu Wu |
Successor2: | Office abolished[1] |
Office3: | Representative of the Republic of China to Peru |
Predecessor3: | Miguel Tsao |
Successor3: | Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang |
Alma Mater: | Wenzao University Tamkang University |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Li Yuerong, better known as Iván Yueh-Jung Lee,[2] is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He is the current Executive Director of the Congressional Affairs Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previously, He served as his country's final Ambassador to Nicaragua from November to December 2021, prior to the severence of relations between the countries.[3]
Lee graduated as a Bachelor of Spanish Literature/Master of European Studies from the Spanish Department of Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages and from Tamkang University. He served as Second Secretary of the, Chief of the Caribbean Section of the Central and South American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief of the Communication Section of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Counselor of the Embassy in Paraguay, deputy director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru, Ambassador to Nicaragua, etc.[2] [4] [5] He is currently the executive director of the Congressional Affairs Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6]
In 2019, Lee wrote an article in support of Taiwan's participation in that year's World Health Assembly organised by the World Health Organization, which was published in Peruvian newspapers on March 31 and April 1 of the same year.[7]
In November 2021, Lee was appointed as the ambassador to Nicaragua and presented a copy of his credentials to the country's Foreign Minister, . In December, Nicaragua broke off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China before Lee was able to submit the original letter of credentials to the country's president, Daniel Ortega.[8]