Lee Ming-liang

Lee Ming-liang
李明亮
Minister of Department of Health of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 2000 – 31 August 2002
Preceded bySteve Chan
Succeeded byTwu Shiing-jer
Personal details
Born (1936-06-26) 26 June 1936 (age 88)
Kizin, Niitoyo, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Gueiren, Tainan, Taiwan)
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyIndependent
Alma materNational Taiwan University
University of Rochester
OccupationGeneticist

Lee Ming-liang (Chinese: 李明亮; pinyin: Lǐ Míngliàng; born 26 June 1936) is a Taiwanese geneticist who led the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002. After Lee left office, Taiwan was hit by the 2003 SARS outbreak, and he was named to a committee convened to research the disease.