David Lee (politician)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee.

David Lee Ta-wei 李大維
ROC Representative to Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2015
Preceded by	Katharine Chang
ROC Representative to United States
In office 25 July 2004 – 10 April 2007
Preceded by	Chen Chien-jen
Succeeded by	Joseph Wu
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-15) 15 October 1949
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	National Taiwan University University of Virginia
Occupation	Diplomat

David Lee Ta-wei (Chinese: 李大維; pinyin: Lǐ Dàwéi) (born 15 October 1949) is the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Canada. He was the former head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Washington, DC, and, as such, was the de facto Taiwan ambassador to the United States.

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 timeline

• 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
• 1996 director-general, Department of North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC
• 1993–1996 associate in Research, Fairbank Centre for East 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

• The Making of the Taiwan Relations Act: Twenty Years in Retropect. Oxford University Press, 2000
• Taiwan in a Transformed World. (co-edited with Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.) Brassey's Inc., 1995
• The Legislative Process of the Taiwan Relations Act. Taipei, Feng Yuen Publication, 1988

References

Government offices
Preceded by Chien-jen Chen	Head of TECRO 2004–2007	Succeeded by Joseph Wu