Lee Hong-yuan
Lee Hong-yuan | |
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| 李鴻源 | |
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| 29th Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 6 February 2012 – 25 February 2014[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah |
| Deputy | See list |
| Preceded by | Jiang Yi-huah |
| Succeeded by | Chen Wei-zen |
| Minister of the Public Construction Commission | |
| In office 1 April 2011 – 5 February 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Wu Den-yih |
| Preceded by | Fan Liang-shiow |
| Succeeded by | Jenn-Chuan Chern |
| Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County | |
| In office 20 December 2005 – 19 March 2009 Serving with Lee Shu-chuan | |
| Magistrate | Chou Hsi-wei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1956 (age 68) Taishan, Taipei County[2] |
| Political party | Kuomintang (since 2013) |
| Other political affiliations | People First Party (2000-2013) |
| Relatives | Lee Hung-chun (brother) |
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS) University of Iowa (MS, PhD) |
Lee Hong-yuan (Chinese: 李鴻源; pinyin: Lǐ Hóngyuán; born 21 June 1956) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He was the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Lee Hong-yuan was born in Taishan, Taipei County, to a family of farmers. His father, Lee Teng-hui, served as head of the district. His younger brother, Lee Hung-chun, is also an engineer and politician.[4]
Lee graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a bachelor's degree in hydraulic engineering in 1978. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in 1982 and his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Iowa in civil engineering and environmental engineering under professor A. Jacob Odgaard.[5] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Flow and Bed Characteristics in Alluvial Channel Bends."[6] He was later inducted as a member of the university's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy in 2008.[7]
Upon graduation, Lee worked in the United States for two years before returning to Taiwan in 1986 to teach at National Taiwan University. Lee has also been a visiting professor at five universities in China and in the Netherlands.[2]
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Personal life
[edit]Lee is married to Hui Hsin Lee and has four children.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Minister of Interior leaves the Cabinet - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ a b "【RTI】Interview with Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源), Interior Minister （2012.4.20） - YouTube". youtube.com. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials". ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ 陳, 心瑜 (8 January 2017). "前泰山鄉長 李鴻源父李騰輝逝世". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee". University of Iowa. June 10, 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "FLOW AND BED CHARACTERISTICS IN ALLUVIAL CHANNEL BENDS (NUMERICAL, ARMORING, SEDIMENT) - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ "Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee". The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
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