Lee Shying-jow

In this article, the family name is Lee.

Lee Hsiang-chou 李翔宙
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9th Ambassador to Denmark of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2019
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Preceded by	Chuang Heng-sheng
2nd Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office 20 May 2016 – 25 February 2018
Premier	Lin Chuan William Lai
Deputy	Liu Shu-lin Lee Wen-chung
Preceded by	Tung Hsiang-lung
Succeeded by	Chiu Kuo-cheng
National Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of China
In office 24 July 2015 – 19 May 2016
President	Ma Ying-jeou
15th Director-General of the National Security Bureau of the Republic of China
In office 5 May 2014 – 23 July 2015
Deputy	Yen Meng-han Kuo Chung-hsin Wang Te-lin Chou Mei-wu
Preceded by	Tsai De-sheng
Succeeded by	Yang Kuo-chiang
8th Deputy Minister (Armaments) of National Defense of the Republic of China
In office 16 January 2014 – 4 May 2014
Minister	Yen Ming
Preceded by	Yen Teh-fa
Succeeded by	Chiu Kuo-cheng
4th Commander of the Republic of China Army
In office 16 August 2011 – 15 January 2014
Deputy	Huang Yi-ping Hsun Chueh-hsin Chu Yu-shu Wu Yo-ming Wang Hsing-wei
Preceded by	Yang Tien-hsiao
Succeeded by	Yen Teh-fa
Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces
In office 16 May 2011 – 15 August 2011
Preceded by	Wu Ta-peng
Succeeded by	Yen Teh-fa
25th Commander of the Republic of China Military Police
In office 1 June 2009 – 15 May 2011
Deputy	Kao Yao-bing
Preceded by	Ho Yung-chien
Succeeded by	Chang Ching-hsiang
5th Vice President of National Defense University
In office 1 March 2008 – 31 May 2009
President	Tseng Jing-ling King Nai-chieh
Preceded by	Lu Hsiao-jung
Succeeded by	Wang Chuen-chiang
Personal details
Born	2 August 1952 (1952-08-02) (age 72) Donggang Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Alma mater	Republic of China Military Academy Tri-service University National Taiwan University National Chung Hsing University
Military service
Nickname(s)	"Brother Chou"
Allegiance	Republic of China
Service/branch	Republic of China Army (1974–2009, 2011–2015) Republic of China Military Police (2009–2011)
Years of service	1974–2015
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

Lee Shying-jow or Lee Hsiang-chou (Chinese: 李翔宙; pinyin: Li Xiángzhòu; born 2 August 1952) is a Taiwanese general and diplomat. He is the incumbent Ambassador to Denmark, and was formerly the 4th Commanding General of the Republic of China Army (ROCA), 8th Deputy Minister of National Defense (MND), the 15th Director-General of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the 2nd Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council (VAC).

Early life

Lee Hsiang-chou was born in a Military dependents' village of the Republic of China Air Force called the Republican New Village (共和新村) at Donggang, Pingtung, Taiwan, there was his home. His ancestral home was in Xinxiang, Henan

Lee later entered the Republic of China Army Preparatory School right after his completion of junior high school at age 15. He then later graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy in 1974 as a Missile Officer.

Lee also obtained his master's degree from the National Taiwan University, National Chung Hsing University of Taiwan and Georgetown University of the United States.

Military career

Gen. Lee Shying-jow during his tenure as Commanding General of the Army (ROCA).

Early military position

Lee served as the Commander of Military Police (ROCMP) from 1 June 2009 to 16 May 2011. He was promoted to General of the ROC Army on 16 May 2011 and appointed as the Vice Chief of the General Staff under Admiral Lin Chen-yi, the then Chief of the General Staff.

Army Commanding General

General Lee was appointed to success General Yang Tien-hsiao as the Commanding General of the ROC Army on 16 August 2011.

On 16 July and 8 August 2013, General Lee tendered his resignation from his chief position and from the Ministry of National Defense due to the poor handling of the minister on the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu, but was rejected by Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu and Yen Ming. Both Kao and Yen asked him to stay in his post.

Deputy Minister of National Defense

In early April 2014, speaking to the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan, Lee said that if the People's Liberation Army (PLA) were to invade Taiwan, they need at least four months for assault preparation, thus translated to the amount of advance warning Taiwan needs in such scenario. In the event of cross-strait war, the command has to come from Zhongnanhai, the headquarter of the Communist Party of China, by the task force formation at the Central Military Commission. The next step would be recalling all of the Chinese envoys in Taiwan, execute economic preparations and tighten control of Taiwanese business people in Mainland China. He added that Taiwan has already prepared relevant measures with other countries and military reserve would be called in such attack scenario. Military confidence building measure can only be built between ROC Armed Forces and PLA only if Beijing renounces the use of force to achieve Chinese unification. The ROC Ministry of National Defense however would always remain neutral in any cross-strait issues, he added.

Political career

Veterans minister for the Tsai Administration

On 28 April 2016, Lee Hsiang-chou was designated to be the new Minister of the Veterans Affairs Council. He then took office on 20 May 2016. Prior to assuming the position, Lee registered as a political independent, ending his affiliation with the Kuomintang, which he had joined in 1969.

In December 2016, on his way to visit Thailand from Taiwan, Lee was denied stopover entry into Singapore for the purpose of visiting veterans of the Republic of China Armed Forces residing in the small island nation.

Ambassador to Denmark

Lee left the Veterans Affairs Council in February 2018, and was appointed Taiwan's representative to Denmark that October.