Li Yuan-tsu
| Li Yuan-tsu | |
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| 李元簇 | |
| Vice President of the Republic of China | |
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In office 20 May 1990 – 19 May 1996 |
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| President | Lee Teng-hui |
| Preceded by | Lee Teng-hui |
| Succeeded by | Lien Chan |
| Secretary-General of the Presidential Office of the Republic of China | |
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In office 18 October 1988 – 19 May 1990 |
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| President | Lee Teng-hui |
| Deputy | Cheyne J. Y. Chiu |
| Preceded by | Shen Chang-huan |
| Succeeded by | Tsiang Yen-si |
| Minister of Justice of the Republic of China | |
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In office 30 May 1978 – 1 June 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Wang Daoyuan (汪道淵) |
| Succeeded by | Shih Chi-yang |
| Minister of Education of the Republic of China | |
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In office 19 April 1974 – 29 May 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Chiang Yen-si (蔣彥士) |
| Succeeded by | Chu Hui-sen (朱匯森) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 September 1923 Pingjiang, Yueyang, Hunan |
| Died | 8 March 2017 (aged 93) Toufen, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse(s) | Xu Manyun (c.1948— January 1998) |
| Alma mater |
National Chengchi University University of Bonn |
Li Yuan-tsu (Chinese: 李元簇; pinyin: Lǐ Yuáncù; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017), was a Kuomintang politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry.
Li obtained his bachelor's degree in law and politics from National Chengchi University in Nanking in 1946. He retreated to Taiwan from Mainland China in 1949 after the end of Chinese Civil War with the National Revolutionary Army. He obtained his doctoral degree from University of Bonn in Germany in 1963.
Li entered politics in 1969 when he became a legal consultant for the Ministry of National Defense. He 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.
He 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 stated that his vice president must be a Mainland Chinese. Eventually he was elected as the Vice President by the National Assembly on 21 March 1990, becoming the last Vice President to be elected by the National Assembly before the introduction of direct presidential and vice presidential elections in Taiwan afterwards. He took office on 20 May 1990 serving until 19 May 1996.
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