About Lee Jye
Born 1940. Lee Jye is a Taiwanese and Chinese politician and naval officer.
Lee Jye (; 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.
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Lee Jye was born on 6 June 1940 in Tianjin.
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Lee Jye is a politician and naval officer.
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