Lee Teng-hui

1923 – 2020 Taiwan

agricultural economistpolitician

Who was Lee Teng-hui?

Lee Teng-hui was Taiwan's first democratically elected president and is known as "Mr. Democracy" for leading Taiwan's transition from military rule to democracy in the 1990s. His presidency (1988-2000) established Taiwan as a multi-party democratic state.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Lee Teng-hui (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

January 15, 1923

Sanshi village

Died

2020

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Nationality

Taiwan

Zodiac Sign

Capricorn