| Lee Hsiang-chou | |
| Office: | 9th Representative of Taiwan to Denmark |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2019 |
| President: | Tsai Ing-wen William Lai |
| Predecessor: | Chuang Heng-sheng |
| Office1: | 2nd Minister of the Veteran Affairs Council |
| Primeminister1: | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| Deputy1: | Liu Shu-lin Lee Wen-chung |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2016 |
| Term End1: | 25 February 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Tung Hsiang-lung |
| Successor1: | Chiu Kuo-cheng |
| Office2: | National Policy Advisor to the President |
| Term Start2: | 24 July 2015 |
| Term End2: | 19 May 2016 |
| President2: | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Office3: | 15th Director-General of the National Security Bureau |
| President3: | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Deputy3: | Yen Meng-han Kuo Chung-hsin Wang Te-lin Chou Mei-wu |
| Term Start3: | 5 May 2014 |
| Term End3: | 23 July 2015 |
| Predecessor3: | Tsai De-sheng |
| Successor3: | Yang Kuo-chiang |
| Office4: | 8th Armaments Deputy Minister of National Defense |
| Minister4: | Yen Ming |
| Term Start4: | 16 January 2014 |
| Term End4: | 4 May 2014 |
| Predecessor4: | Yen Teh-fa |
| Successor4: | Chiu Kuo-cheng |
| Office5: | 4th Commander of the ROC Army |
| Deputy5: | Huang Yi-ping Hsun Chueh-hsin Chu Yu-shu Wu Yo-ming Wang Hsing-wei |
| Term Start5: | 16 August 2011 |
| Term End5: | 15 January 2014 |
| Predecessor5: | Yang Tien-hsiao |
| Successor5: | Yen Teh-fa |
| Office6: | Vice Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces |
| Chief6: | Lin Chen-yi |
| Term Start6: | 16 May 2011 |
| Term End6: | 15 August 2011 |
| Predecessor6: | Wu Ta-peng |
| Successor6: | Yen Teh-fa |
| Office7: | 25th Commander of the ROC Military Police |
| Deputy7: | Kao Yao-bing |
| Term Start7: | 1 June 2009 |
| Term End7: | 15 May 2011 |
| Predecessor7: | Ho Yung-chien |
| Successor7: | Chang Ching-hsiang |
| Office8: | 5th Vice President of the National Defense University |
| President8: | Tseng Jing-ling King Nai-chieh |
| Term Start8: | 1 March 2008 |
| Term End8: | 31 May 2009 |
| Predecessor8: | Lu Hsiao-jung |
| Successor8: | Wang Chuen-chiang |
| Birth Place: | 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" |
| Branch: | Republic of China Army (1974–2009, 2011–2015) Republic of China Military Police (2009–2011) |
| Serviceyears: | 1974–2015 |
| Rank: | General |
| Battles: | Third Taiwan Strait Crisis |
Lee Shying-jow or Lee Hsiang-chou (; 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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Lee left the Veterans Affairs Council in February 2018,[7] and was appointed Taiwan's representative to Denmark that October.[8]