12 Facts About Lee Yuan-tsu

Lee Yuan-tsu, was a Chinese lawyer and politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the sixth vice president of the Republic of China.

Lee Yuan-tsu was of Hakka ancestry and was a member of the Kuomintang.

Lee Yuan-tsu's family was Hakka, with origin in Meixian, Guangdong, but he was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.

Lee Yuan-tsu retreated to Taiwan from Mainland China in 1949 after the end of Chinese Civil War with the National Revolutionary Army.

Lee Yuan-tsu obtained his doctoral degree from University of Bonn in Germany in 1963.

Lee Yuan-tsu entered politics in 1969 when he became a legal consultant for the Ministry of National Defense.

Lee Yuan-tsu served as Minister of Education from 1974 to 1978, then Minister of Justice until 1984 and Secretary-General to the President between 1988 and 1990.

Lee Yuan-tsu was nominated by Lee Teng-hui to be the Vice President of the Republic of China after the death of President Chiang Ching-kuo in 1988.

In 1989, President Lee Yuan-tsu stated that his vice president must be a Mainland Chinese.

Lee Yuan-tsu took office on 20 May 1990 serving until 19 May 1996.

Weeks before his death, Lee Yuan-tsu had stopped eating and depended on nutritional injection only.

Lee Yuan-tsu told his medical team that he wished to die with dignity and rejected resuscitation.