Li Yuan-tsu

Lee Yuan-tsu (; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017) was a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the sixth vice president of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry and was a member of the Kuomintang.

Early life and education Lee was born in Pingjiang, Hunan, in 1923 to a Hakka Chinese family. His ancestral home was in Meixian, Guangdong.

Lee graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in law and political science in 1946. In 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, he migrated to Taiwan from mainland China during the Great Retreat with the National Revolutionary Army. In 1963, he earned a Ph.D. in law from the University of Bonn in Germany in 1963.

Retirement After retiring from politics in 1996, Lee resumed his teaching position at National Chengchi University. His wife died in 1998. Eventually, he moved to Toufen in Miaoli County, where he lived a low-profile life.

Death

In his later life, Lee started to develop kidney problems which he treated with dialysis. Weeks before his death, Lee had stopped eating and depended on nutritional injection only.

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