Lee Jye

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

Lee Jye
李傑
Admiral Lee Jye
24th Minister of National Defense
In office 20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
President	Chen Shui-bian
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
Executive Yuan Minister without Portfolio
In office 20 May 2004 – 21 May 2007
Prime Minister	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
Chief of the General Staff of 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
Nationality	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Political party	Independent (since 2007)
Other political affiliations	Kuomintang (1958－2007)
Spouse	Cheng Hui-chin

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

Biography

He was born in Tianjin on 6 June 1940, and fled to Taiwan with family at the end of the Chinese Civil War.

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 quoted saying "I'll obey the order of the party that is in power" and "if KMT holds power again, they can re-install the statues if they wish."

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.