Tang Fei

Tang Fei
唐飛
Official portrait, 2000
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
6 October 2000 – 20 May 2005
PresidentChen Shui-bian
16th Premier of Taiwan
In office
20 May 2000 – 6 October 2000
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Vice PremierYu Shyi-kun
Chang Chun-hsiung
Preceded byVincent Siew
Succeeded byChang Chun-hsiung
21st Minister of National Defense
In office
1 February 1999 – 19 May 2000
PremierHsiao Wan-chang
Vice MinisterWu Shih-wen
Preceded byChiang Chung-ling
Succeeded byWu Shih-wen
16th Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces
In office
5 March 1998 – 31 January 1999
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byLo Ben-li
Succeeded byTang Yao-ming
16th Executive Vice Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces
In office
1 July 1995 – 4 March 1998
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byLo Ben-li
Succeeded by
12th Commander-in-Chief of the ROC Air Forces
In office
1 September 1992 – 30 June 1995
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byLin Wen-li
Succeeded byHuang Hsien-jung
Personal details
Born15 March 1932 (1932-03-15) (age 92)
Taicang, Jiangsu, Republic of China
Political partyIndependent (2000–present)
Other political
affiliations
Kuomintang (1952–2000)
SpouseChang Ming-tsan[1]
EducationRepublic of China Air Force Academy
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China (Taiwan)
Branch/service Republic of China Air Force
Years of service1944–1999
RankSenior General
Battles/warsThird Taiwan Strait Crisis

Tang Fei (Chinese: 唐飛; pinyin: Táng Fēi; born 15 March 1932) is a retired ROC Air Force general. He served as the prime minister of Taiwan from May 20 to October 2000, under the Chen Shui-bian government of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). However, as a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he did not agree with Chen and the DPP's policies, he chose to step down five months after assuming premiership.

  1. ^ Joyce, Huang (11 August 2000). "Tang expected back at work in full form today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 June 2016.