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Lee Yuan-tsu (Chinese: 李元簇; pinyin: Lǐ Yuáncù; Wade–Giles: Li3 Yüan2-tsʻu4; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017) was a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the sixth vice president of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry and was a member of the Kuomintang.

Early life and education
Lee was born in Pingjiang, Hunan, in 1923 to a Hakka Chinese family. His ancestral home was in Meixian, Guangdong. Lee graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in law and political science in 1946. In 1949, after the Chinese Civil War, he migrated to Taiwan from mainland China during the Great Retreat with the National Revolutionary Army. In 1963, he earned a Ph.D. in law from the University of Bonn in Germany in 1963. ==Political career==
Political career
Lee 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. ==Retirement==
Retirement
After retiring from politics in 1996, Lee resumed his teaching position at National Chengchi University. His wife died in 1998. Eventually, he moved to Toufen in Miaoli County, where he lived a low-profile life. ==Death==
Death
In his later life, Lee started to develop kidney problems which he treated with dialysis. Weeks before his death, Lee had stopped eating and depended on nutritional injection only. ==Honours==
Honours
• : • Grand Cross of the Order of Antonio José de Irisarri (August 1992) • : • Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope ==References==
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