Li Yuan-tsu

Vice President of the Republic of China (1923–2017)

Li Yuan-tsu (Chinese: 李元簇; pinyin: Lǐ Yuáncù; September 24, 1923 – March 8, 2017) was a Chinese politician. He served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China.[1] Li is of Hakka ancestry.[2] He was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.

Lee Yuan-tsu
Vice President of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 1990 – 19 May 1996
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byLee Teng-hui
Succeeded byLien Chan
Secretary-General of the Presidential Office of the Republic of China
In office
18 October 1988 – 19 May 1990
PresidentLee Teng-hui
DeputyCheyne J. Y. Chiu
Preceded byShen Chang-huan
Succeeded byTsiang Yen-si
Personal details
Born(1923-09-24)24 September 1923
Pingjiang, Yueyang, Hunan, Republican China
Died8 March 2017(2017-03-08) (aged 93)
Toufen, Miaoli, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Spouse(s)Xu Manyun (c.1948— January 1998)
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Bonn

Li died of kidney failure on March 8, 2017 in Toufen, Taiwan, aged 93.[3]

References change

  1. "Li Yuan-tsu". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  2. "前副總統李元簇是湖南省平江縣的客家人". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  3. Kuan, Jui-ping; Chen, Christie (8 March 2017). "Former vice president Lee Yuan-tsu dies at 93". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.