Kao Kuang-chi
Kao Kuang-chi (traditional Chinese: 高廣圻; simplified Chinese: 高广圻; pinyin: Gāo Guǎngqí; born 9 March 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a retired admiral of the Republic of China Navy, and later entered the cabinet as Minister of National Defense from 2015 to 2016.
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| 高廣圻 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31st Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 31 January 2015 – 20 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Liu Chen-wu, Cheng Te-mei, Chen Yeong-kang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yen Ming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Feng Shih-kuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23rd Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 August 2013 – 30 January 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yen Ming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yen Teh-fa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 March 1950 Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | US Naval War College, Florida Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch/service | Republic of China Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1972–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Admiral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Third Taiwan Strait Crisis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was the acting Minister of National Defense from 7 August 2013 after the sudden resignation of Defense Minister Andrew Yang, just six days after taking his office after the previous Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu's resignation due to the controversial death of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu.
Kao Kuang-chi was succeeded by Yen Ming after his official appointment by the Executive Yuan on 8 August 2013. Kao Kuang-chi replaced Yen as the ROC Chief of the General Staff on 8 August 2013.[3]
Kao submitted his resignation on 8 April due to the Boeing AH-64 Apache scandal[4] in Taiwan. However, his resignation was rejected by President Ma Ying-jeou.
Minister of National Defense edit
Kao was inaugurated as the Minister of National Defense on 30 January 2015 in a ceremony presided by Minister without Portfolio Lin Junq-tzer in Taipei. During the handover ceremony, Lin praised his predecessor accomplishments during Yen's tenure in pushing for complete military judicial system reforms and for better protecting human rights protection of military personnel.[5]
References edit
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- ^ "Ma appoints General Yen Ming as defense minister - Taipei Times". taipeitimes.com. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ "Apology after military officer in Taiwan allows friends to sit in Apache attack helicopter". Hong Kong: South China Morinig Post. 2015-04-09.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-22.