Lee Hong-yuan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Hong-yuan (Chinese: 李鴻源; pinyin: Lǐ Hóngyuán; born 21 June 1956) is a Taiwanese civil engineer, environmental engineer, and politician. He was the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014.^[3]

Lee Hong-yuan
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 Lin Tzu-ling Hsiao Chia-chi
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 (1956-06-21) (age 69) 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)

Early life and education

Lee Hong-yuan was born in Taishan, Taipei County, to a family of farmers. His father, Lee Teng-hui (no relation to president 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]

ROC Interior Ministry

Personal life

Lee is married to Hui Hsin Lee and has four children.^{[citation needed]}