Hau Pei-tsun

Hau Pei-tsun
郝柏村
Official portrait, 1990
13th Premier of Taiwan
In office
1 June 1990 – 27 February 1993
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Vice PremierShih Chi-yang
Preceded byLee Huan
Succeeded byLien Chan
Other offices
Minister of National Defense
In office
5 December 1989 – 31 May 1990
PremierLee Huan
DeputyKuo Tsung-ching
Preceded byCheng Wei-yuan
Succeeded byChen Li-an
Chief of General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces
In office
1 December 1981 – 4 December 1989
PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-hui
DeputyWu Yueh (Air Force)
Tsou Chien (Navy)
Kuo Ju-lin (Air Force)
Chiang Chung-ling (Army)
Preceded bySoong Chang-chi (Navy)
Succeeded byChen Sheng-lin (Air Force)
16th Commander-in-Chief of the ROC Army
In office
March 1978 – November 1981
PresidentYen Chia-kan
Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded byMa An-lan
Succeeded byChiang Chung-ling
Vice Chairman of Kuomintang
In office
18 August 1993 – 14 December 1995
ChairmanLee Teng-hui
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born(1919-08-08)8 August 1919
Yancheng, Jiangsu, Republic of China
Died30 March 2020(2020-03-30) (aged 100)
Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Resting placeWuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery
Political partyKuomintang (1938–1995, 2005–2020)
Spouse
Kuo Wan-hua
(m. 1950; died 2018)
Children2 sons
3 daughters
Military service
Branch/serviceRepublic of China Army
Years of service1938–1989
RankSenior General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Chinese Civil War
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Chinese name
Chinese郝柏村
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎo Bócūn
Wade–Gileshao3 po2 tsʻun1
courtesy name
Chinese伯春
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBóchūn
Wade–Gilespo2 chʻun1

Hau Pei-tsun (Chinese: 郝柏村; pinyin: Hǎo Bócūn, 8 August 1919 – 30 March 2020) was a Chinese politician and military officer who was the Premier of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1 June 1990 to 27 February 1993, and the longest-serving Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 1 December 1981 to 4 December 1989. On 6 July 2017, Hau attended an academic meeting in Nanjing about the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War, making him the first former ROC premier to visit Mainland China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.[1] He died in March 2020 at age 100.

  1. ^ Miao, Tzung-han; Chang, S.C. (6 July 2017). "Ex-premier's presence in China alarms Taiwan's current government". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 7 July 2017.