Lee Jye Explained

Lee Jye
Native Name:Chinese: 李傑
Office:24th Minister of National Defense
President:Chen Shui-bian
Primeminister:Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
Deputy:Lee Chung-wei (administrative)
Term Start:20 May 2004
Term End:21 May 2007
Predecessor:Tang Yao-ming
Successor:Lee Tien-yu
Office1:Executive Yuan Minister without Portfolio
Term Start1:20 May 2004
Term End1:21 May 2007
Primeminister1:Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
Office2:Chief of the General Staff of ROC Armed Forces
Term Start2:1 February 2002
Term End2:19 May 2004
1Blankname2:President
1Namedata2:Chen Shui-bian
Predecessor2:Tang Yao-ming
Successor2:Lee Tien-yu
Birth Date:1940 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Tientsin, Republic of China
Party:Independent (since 2007)
Otherparty:Kuomintang (1958-2007)
Spouse:Cheng Hui-chin

Lee Jye (; 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 and References

  1. News: KMT expels Lee Jye for obeying DPP . Taipei Times . 10 Mar 2007. 18 Mar 2007 . 1.
  2. Web site: Taiwanese party expels minister. BBC News. 10 Mar 2007. 18 Mar 2007.