Lee Hong-yuan
{{Short description|Taiwanese civil engineer, environmental engineer, and politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lee Hong-yuan
| native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|李鴻源}}}}
| image = 李鴻源部長.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2016
| office1 = 29th Minister of the Interior
| deputy1 = {{collapsible list|title=See list|Lin Tzu-ling
Hsiao Chia-chi}}
| primeminister1 = Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
| term_start1 = 6 February 2012
| term_end1 = 25 February 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/02/27/2003584439|title=Minister of Interior leaves the Cabinet - Taipei Times|date=27 February 2014 |publisher=taipeitimes.com|accessdate=2014-08-24}}
| predecessor1 = Jiang Yi-huah
| successor1 = Chen Wei-zen
| office2 = Minister of the Public Construction Commission
| primeminister2 = Wu Den-yih
| term_start2 = 1 April 2011
| term_end2 = 5 February 2012
| predecessor2 = Fan Liang-shiow
| successor2 = Jenn-Chuan Chern
| office3 = Deputy Magistrate of Taipei County
| 1blankname3 = Magistrate
| alongside3 = Lee Shu-chuan
| 1namedata3 = Chou Hsi-wei
| term_start3 = 20 December 2005
| term_end3 = 19 March 2009
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 June 1956}}
| birth_place = Taishan, Taipei County{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTyhRNy4y5M|title=【RTI】Interview with Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源), Interior Minister （2012.4.20） - YouTube|date=19 July 2012 |publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2014-08-24}}
| party = Kuomintang {{small|(since 2013)}}
| otherparty = People First Party {{small|(2000-2013)}}
| spouse =
| relatives = Lee Hung-chun (brother)
| signature =
| education = National Cheng Kung University (BS)
University of Iowa (MS, PhD)
}}
Lee Hong-yuan ({{zh|c=李鴻源|p=Lǐ Hóngyuán}}; born 21 June 1956) is a Taiwanese civil engineer, environmental engineer, and politician. He was the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/Member_Info.aspx?n=FA0EE271955178E3&s=7C5738BA69E3BA3B|title=Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials|publisher=ey.gov.tw|accessdate=2014-08-24}}
Early life and education
Lee Hong-yuan was born in Taishan, Taipei County, to a family of farmers. His father, Lee Teng-hui, served as head of the district. His younger brother, Lee Hung-chun, is also an engineer and politician.{{cite news |last1=陳 |first1=心瑜 |title=前泰山鄉長 李鴻源父李騰輝逝世 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20170108001708-260407 |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=China Times |date=8 January 2017 |language=zh}}
Lee graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a bachelor's degree in hydraulic engineering in 1978. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in 1982 and his Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Iowa in civil engineering and environmental engineering under professor A. Jacob Odgaard.{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2008 |title=Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee |url=https://engineering.uiowa.edu/alumni-and-friends/honored-alumni-awards/distinguished-engineering-alumni-academy/distinguished-7 |access-date=6 June 2025 |publisher=University of Iowa}} His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Flow and Bed Characteristics in Alluvial Channel Bends."{{Cite web |title=FLOW AND BED CHARACTERISTICS IN ALLUVIAL CHANNEL BENDS (NUMERICAL, ARMORING, SEDIMENT) - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/7002cda242ee97fa540d843d222f8d2e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}} He was later inducted as a member of the university's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/alumni-friends/honor-wall/distinguished-engineering-alumni-academy-members/dr-hong-yuan-lee|title=Dr. Hong-Yuan Lee|publisher=The University of Iowa|accessdate=2015-06-22}}
Upon graduation, Lee worked in the United States for two years before returning to Taiwan in 1986 to teach at National Taiwan University. Lee has also been a visiting professor at five universities in China and in the Netherlands.
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Personal life
Lee is married to Hui Hsin Lee and has four children.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
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Category:Ministers of the interior of Taiwan
Category:People First Party (Taiwan) politicians
Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from New Taipei