Lee Jye

For other people named Li Jie, see Li Jie (disambiguation).

Lee Jye
李傑
24th Minister of National Defense
In office 20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
Deputy	Lee Chung-wei (administrative)
Preceded by	Tang Yao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Tien-yu
Minister without Portfolio
In office 20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
18th Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces
In office 1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004
President	Chen Shui-bian
Preceded by	Tang Yao-ming
Succeeded by	Lee Tien-yu
Personal details
Born	(1940-06-06) 6 June 1940 Tientsin, Republic of China
Party	Kuomintang (1958–2007) Independent (since 2007)
Spouse	Cheng Hui-chin

Lee Jye (Chinese: 李傑; pinyin: Lǐ Jié; born 6 June 1940) is a Taiwanese former minister. He served as Minister of National Defense from 2004 to 2007 under the Chen Shui-bian government.

Biography

Lee was born in Tianjin, China, on 6 June 1940. After the Chinese Civil War, he fled to Taiwan with his family during the Kuomintang retreat.

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.

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.