David Lee (politician)

David Lee (politician)
Lee Ta-wei
4th Head of TECRO
In office
July 25, 2004 – April 10, 2007
Preceded by Chen Chien-jen
Succeeded by Joseph Wu
Personal details
Born October 15, 1949 (1949-10-15) (age 62)
Nationality  Republic of China (Taiwan)
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of Virginia
Occupation Diplomat

David Lee Ta-wei (李大維, pinyin: Lǐ Dàwéi) (born 1949) is the current head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Canada.[1] He is the former head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington, DC, and as such, was the de facto Republic of China (Taiwan) ambassador to the United States. The US and the ROC hold no official relations due to the U.S. adherence to the One-China policy.

Education

1986 PhD in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, USA

1980 M.A. in Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia

1973 B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, ROC(Taiwan)

Career

2007– Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada

2004–2007 Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

2001–2004 Representative, Taipei Representative Office in Belgium, also responsible for the European Union and Luxembourg

1998–2001 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC(Taiwan)

2000–2001 Adjunct Professor, National Taiwan University

1997–1998 Director-General, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan, and Government Spokesman (Cabinet rank), ROC(Taiwan)

1996 Directot-General, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC(Taiwan)

1993–1996 Associate in Research, Fairbank Centre for Esat Asian Research, Harvard University

1993–1996 Director-General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston

1990–1993 Deputy Director-General, Department of International Information Service, Government Information Office, Executive Yuan

1988–1993 Adjunct Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University

1988–1989 Principal Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

1982–1988 Staff Consultant, Coordination Council for North American Affairs, Office in Washington, D.C.

1976–1977 Managing Editor, Asia and the World Forum, Taipei, Taiwan

Publications

1. The Making of the Taiwan Relations Act: Twenty Years in Retropect. Oxford University Press, 2000

2. Taiwan in a Transformed World. (co-edited with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.) Brassey's Inc., 1995

3. The Legislative Process of the Taiwan Relations Act. Taipei, Feng Yuen Publication, 1988

References

  1. ^ "Dr. David Tawei Lee, Taiwan's Representative in Canada was voted one of the savviest diplomats in Ottawa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/fp.asp?xItem=44723&ctnode=1905. 
Government offices
Preceded by
Chien-jen Chen		 Head of TECRO
2004–2007		 Succeeded by
Joseph Wu


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