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| 13th Premier of Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 June 1990 – 27 February 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Lee Teng-hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Premier | Shih Chi-yang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lee Huan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lien Chan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vice Chairman of Kuomintang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 August 1993 – 14 December 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Lee Teng-hui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1919-08-08)8 August 1919 Yancheng,Jiangsu,Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 2020(2020-03-30) (aged 100) Neihu,Taipei,Taiwan (Republic of China) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Kuomintang (1938–1995, 2005–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 sons 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Branch/service | Republic of China Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1938–1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Senior General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War World War II Chinese Civil War Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 郝柏村 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 伯春 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hau Pei-tsun (Chinese:郝柏村;pinyin:Hǎo Bócūn, 8 August 1919 – 30 March 2020) was aChinese politician andmilitary officer who was thePremier of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1 June 1990 to 27 February 1993, and the longest-servingChief of the General Staff of theRepublic of China Armed Forces from 1 December 1981 to 4 December 1989. On 6 July 2017, Hau attended an academic meeting inNanjing about the history of theSecond Sino-Japanese War, making him the first former ROC premier to visitMainland China since the end of theChinese Civil War in 1949.[1] He died in March 2020 at age 100.
Born to an upper-class family inYancheng,Jiangsu, on 8 August 1919,[2][3] Hau received a military education from theRepublic of China Military Academy,National Defense University,U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the War College, Armed Forces University. Hau was appointed an artillery officer in 1938, and served in theChinese expeditionary forces in India duringWorld War II. In the subsequentChinese Civil War he was a staff officer.
As commander of the 9th Infantry Division from 1958 to 1961, Hau presided over handling the 44-day bombardment ofQuemoy by thePeople's Liberation Army. He commanded the 3rd Corps from 1963 to 1965 and served as Chief Aide toChiang Kai-shek from 1965 to 1970. He continued his army career as Commander of the 1st Field Army from 1970 to 1973, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the ROC Army from 1975 to 1977, Executive Vice Chief of the General Staff in theMinistry of National Defense from 1977 to 1978, Commander-in-Chief of the ROC Army 1978 to 1981, and Chief of the General Staff in the Ministry of National Defense from 1981 to 1989. whereas he received the instruction of PresidentChiang Ching-kuo to investigate theLieyu Massacre in May 1987.[4]
He was a member of the Central Standing Committee of theKuomintang from 1984 to 1993 and served as Minister of National Defense from 1989 until 1990 when he was appointed Premier. He was appointed by PresidentLee Teng-hui in part to mollify the conservativemainlander faction within the KMT that had threatened to run a rival presidential ticket in the March 1990 election. Hau's appointment sparked protests by those who believed it marked retrogression toward military rule, while President Lee defended his decision by saying he valued Hau's tough stance on crime. As premier he held high approval ratings (even higher than Lee's)—he was tough on crime and promoted a multibillion-dollar economic development plan to industrialize Taiwan. Hau submitted his resignation in January 1993 after the KMT's poor showing in the 1992Legislative Yuan election.
Appointed as one of four vice-chairmen of the KMT in the 14th Party Congress (immediately following the defection of theNew Kuomintang Alliance) in another effort by Lee to pacify the mainlander faction, Hau served from 1993 to 1995.
He was expelled from the Kuomintang for his support ofNew Party candidates in the 1995 legislative elections,[5] and was namedLin Yang-kang's running mate in the 1996 presidential election. Hau rejoined the KMT in 2005.[6][7]
| 1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result | ||||
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| President Candidate | Vice President Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Lee Teng-hui | Lien Chan |  Kuomintang | 5,813,699 | 54.0 |
| Peng Ming-min | Frank Hsieh | Democratic Progressive Party | 2,274,586 | 21.1 |
| Lin Yang-kang | Hau Pei-tsun | Independent | 1,603,790 | 14.9 |
| Chen Li-an | Wang Ching-feng | Independent | 1,074,044 | 9.9 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 117,160 | |||
| Total | 10,883,279 | 100 | ||
He married Kuo Wan-hua and had two sons and three daughters. One of his sons is politicianHau Lung-pin, the former chairman of theNew Party, and formerMayor of Taipei. Kuo Wan-hua died on 12 September 2018, aged 96.[8] Hau was baptized as a Christian on 31 December 2017.[9]
Hau Pei-tsun died of multiple organ failure atTri-Service General Hospital on 30 March 2020, aged 100.[10][11] He was posthumously awarded a presidential citation.[12]
Quotations related toHau Pei-tsun at Wikiquote
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