David Lee (politician)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee.

David Lee Ta-wei 李大維

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (designated)
Taking office 20 May 2016
Succeeding	David Lin
ROC Representative to Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2015
Preceded by	Katharine Chang
ROC Representative to United States
In office 25 July 2004 – 10 April 2007
Preceded by	Chen Chien-jen
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office 15 May 1997 – 5 February 1998
Preceded by	Su Chi
Succeeded by	Chien Chien-jen
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-15) 15 October 1949
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	National Taiwan University University of Virginia
Occupation	Diplomat

David Lee Ta-wei (Chinese: 李大維; pinyin: Lǐ Dàwéi) (born 15 October 1949) is the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia. He was erstwhile the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Canada.^[1]^[2] He was the former head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington, DC, and, as such, was the de facto Taiwan ambassador to the United States.

Education

1986 PhD in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, USA
1980 M.A. in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia
1973 B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, ROC (Taiwan)

Career timeline

2007–2014 representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada
2004–2007 representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
2001–2004 representative, Taipei Representative Office in Belgium, also responsible for the European Union and Luxembourg
1998–2001 deputy minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan)
2000–2001 adjunct professor, National Taiwan University
1997–1998 director-general, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan, and Government Spokesman (Cabinet rank), ROC
1996 director-general, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC
1993–1996 associate in Research, Fairbank Centre for East Asian Research, Harvard University
1993–1996 director-general, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston
1990–1993 deputy director-general, Department of International Information Service, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan
1988–1993 adjunct associate professor, National Taiwan Normal University
1988–1989 principal assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
1982–1988 staff consultant, Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Office in Washington, D.C.
1976–1977 managing editor, Asia and the World Forum, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications

The Making of the Taiwan Relations Act: Twenty Years in Retropect. Oxford University Press, 2000
Taiwan in a Transformed World. (co-edited with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.) Brassey's Inc., 1995
The Legislative Process of the Taiwan Relations Act. Taipei, Feng Yuen Publication, 1988

References

↑ Canada and Taiwan hold no official relations due to the Canadian adherence to the One-China policy.
↑ "Dr. David Tawei Lee, Taiwan's Representative in Canada was voted one of the savviest diplomats in Ottawa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

China's Ambassadors to the U.S.

Qing ministers to the U.S. 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Zheng Zaoru 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Ru 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12

ROC's envoys to the U.S. 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35

ROC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Wang Zhengting 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79

Taiwanese representatives to the U.S. 1979–present	Xia Gongquan 1979–81 Cai Weiping 1981–82 Frederick Chien 1982–88 Ding Maoshi 1988–94 Lu Zhaozhong 1994–96 Jason Hu 1996–97 Chen Xifan 1997–2000 Chen Chien-jen 2000–04 David Lee 2004–07 Joseph Wu 2007–08 Jason Yuan 2008–12 King Pu-tsung 2012–14 Shen Lyu-shun 2014–

Chiefs of the PRC Liaison Office in the U.S. 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79

PRC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–present

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36765385 LCCN: nr90006114 ISNI: 0000 0000 8442 2075 GND: 1074924363 SUDOC: 059312572

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