 wei tao-ming (chinese: é­éæ pinyin: wÃ¨i dÃ omÃ­ng; october 28, 1899 &ndash; may 18, 1978) was a distinguished diplomat and public servant. he was prominent as the republic of china's ambassador to the united states during the second world war, foreign minister during the years in which the people's republic of china sought to oust the roc from the united nations, and was also the first civilian governor of taiwan province (1947â1949), replacing governor general chen yi. ==biography== wei tao-ming was born in kiukiang (jiujiang), kiangsi province in 1899. his father, wei tiao-yuan, was an affluent educator and active member of dr. sun yat-sen's revolutionary movement. wei tao-ming's early schooling was at a missionary school, though he graduated from kiangsi first middle school in 1918. he then studied french in peking for a year before moving to france in 1919. he obtained his doctorate in law from the university of paris in 1926 and returned to china to pursue a legal career in shanghai. he became involved with the kuomintang. at the age of 29, wei became the youngest president of the judicial yuan. from 1930 to 1931, wei served as mayor of special municipality of nanking, then capital of the republic of china. as ambassador to the united states from september 1942 to 1946, wei was instrumental in securing american material and military support for the republic of china as it resisted japanese invasion and communist insurgency. his public declarations were frequently covered by the new york times, and he accompanied madame chiang kai-shek during her highly successful visits to washington, dc and new york. he resigned his post in october 1945, citing personal reasons, and was succeeded by wellington koo, then ambassador to the court of st. james. during his tenure as governor of taiwan province, wei created the departments of civil affairs (æ°æ¿å»³), finance (è²¡æ¿å»³), construction (å»ºè¨­å»³), and education (æè²å»³). he also employed thir
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