Huang Chieh

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician and general (1902–1995)}}

{{about|the general|the 21st-century politician|Huang Jie (politician)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Huang Chieh

| native_name = {{nobold|黃杰}}

| image = Army (ROCA) General Huang Chieh 陸軍上將黃杰.jpg

| nationality =

| nickname = Su Wu on Sea

| order1 =

| office1 = Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China

| predecessor1 = Chiang Ching-Kuo

| successor1 = Chen Ta-ching

| term1 = 1 July 1969 – 31 May 1972

| order2 =

| office2 = 7th Governor of Taiwan Province

| predecessor2 = Chow Chih-jou

| successor2 = Chen Ta-ching

| term2 = 1 December 1962 – 5 July 1969

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|11|2|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|1|14|1902|11|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Changsha, Hunan, China

| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan

| party = Kuomintang

| allegiance = {{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}

| serviceyears =

| image_size = 200px

}}

Huang Chieh{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/vietnamchina19380000chen/|title=Vietnam and China, 1938-1954|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=1969|author=King C. Chen|pages=[https://archive.org/details/vietnamchina19380000chen/page/n15/ x], [https://archive.org/details/vietnamchina19380000chen/page/139/ 139], [https://archive.org/details/vietnamchina19380000chen/page/201/ 201], etc.|isbn=978-0-691-03078-4 |via=Internet Archive}} ({{zh|t=黃杰|w=Huang2 Chieh2|p=Huáng Jié}}; 2 November 1902 – 14 January 1995) was a Kuomintang Army General from Hunan[http://museum.mnd.gov.tw/Publish.aspx?cnid=1482&p=12186 黃杰（西元1902～1995）], Museum of Military, ROC Ministry of National Defense{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoplite.cn/templates/hpbxx10023.htm |title=黄埔军校一期学员-"海上苏武"黄杰将军 |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027080003/http://www.hoplite.cn/templates/hpbxx10023.htm |url-status=dead }} and was considered one of the best generals and administrators in Taiwan's Nationalist China leadership.

He was commissioned into the Cavalry Branch as a graduate of the first class{{cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/651887|title=Recent Leadership and Political Trends in Taiwan|author=J. Bruce Jacobs|author-link=J. Bruce Jacobs|journal=The China Quarterly|volume=45|year=1971|issue=45 |page=146|jstor=651887 }} of Whampoa Military Academy in 1922. As a young Major, he studied at the Prussian Military Academy in Germany between 1929 and 1930, qualifying the main General Staff Course. After mainland China fell under the control of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, General Huang led 30,000 Republic of China Army soldiers to Vietnam and they were stationed at Phu Quoc Island. Later, the army moved to Taiwan in June 1953. There is currently a small island in Chengcing Lake that was constructed in November 1955 and named Phu Quoc Island (富國島) in memory of the fleeing Chinese soldiers in 1949.2009年03月31日, [http://news.ifeng.com/history/1/jishi/200903/0331_2663_1084838.shtml 抗日名将黄杰与最后一支离开大陆的国民党部队], 凤凰资讯{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: Stranded in paradise |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906065928/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2019/06/30/2003717840|archivedate=6 September 2019|url-status=live|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2019/06/30/2003717840 |accessdate=30 June 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 June 2019}}

Huang was Governor of Taiwan Province from 1962 to 1969 and the ROC Minister of Defense from 1969 to 1972. He was fluent in German, French and Russian.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}