Lee Shih-tsung (; 1898 – 15 May 1972),

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Yinqiao (),

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Wuzhen (), was a Taiwanese politician who served as the 2nd President of the Control Yuan from 1964 to 1972 (acting from 1964 to 1965 due to the death of

Yu Youren Yu Youren (; April 11, 1879 – November 10, 1964) was a Chinese educator, scholar, calligrapher, and politician. Early life He was born on April 11, 1879, in the town of Hedaogang (), Sanyuan County (north of Xi'an), Shaanxi Province, Qing Chin ...

Biography

Lee Shih-tsung was born in 1898. In 1923, he graduated from the Department of Physics of

Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...

. Soon after, Lee joined the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

and handled party affairs in

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

. For example, in 1929, he served as the secretary-general of the second congress of the . In 1934, he became a member of the Control Yuan. In 1948, Lee was re-elected to the Control Yuan, and escaped to Taiwan the following year. In 1958, he became the vice-president of the Control Yuan, and in 1965, officially became the president of the Control Yuan. Lee died of a heart attack in 1972.

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1898 births 1972 deaths Republic of China politicians from Hebei Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Taiwanese presidents of the Control Yuan Peking University alumni {{Taiwan-politician-stub