Wei Tao-ming
Wei Tao-ming | |
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魏道明 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1966–1971 | |
1st Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government | |
In office 16 May 1947 – 5 January 1949 | |
Preceded by | Chen Yi (as Chief Executive of Taiwan Province |
Succeeded by | Chen Cheng |
ROC Ambassador to United States | |
In office 1942–1946 | |
Preceded by | Hu Shih |
Succeeded by | Wellington Koo |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 October 1899 Dehua, Jiujiang, Republic of China |
Wei Tao-ming (
Wei enlisted USA help to support Taiwan and oppose the Chinese communists.
Early life
Wei Tao-ming was born in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province in 1899. His father, Wei Tiao-yuan, was an educator and member of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary movement. Wei Tao-ming's early schooling was at a missionary school, though he graduated from Kiangsi (Jiangxi) First Middle School in 1918. He then studied French in Beijing for a year before moving to France in 1919. He obtained his doctorate in law from the University of Paris in 1926 and returned to China to pursue a legal career in Shanghai.[1]
He was married to
Political career
He became involved with the Kuomintang. At the age of 29, Wei became president of the Judicial Yuan. From 1930 to 1931, Wei served as mayor of special municipality of Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China.
Wei was among the Nationalist government insiders implicated in corruption during the 1942-1943 American Dollar Bond scandal.
As Ambassador to the
Wei's wife Zheng Yuxiu
During his tenure as Governor of
After the Chinese Communist Revolution, Wei spent some time in Hong Kong, then made his way back to Taiwan.
Wei served as foreign minister of the
He died in Taipei on May 18, 1978, at the age 79.
References
- ^ "Vice President Yen Asked to Carry on as Premier - Taiwan Info". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-009-29761-5.