Lee Hong-yuan
Lee Hong-yuan (; born 21 June 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of the Executive Yuan from 2012 to 2014. Early life. Lee was born in Taishan, Taipei County to a farmer family. He obtained his bachelor's degree in hydraulic engineering from National Cheng Kung University. He then earned an M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (1984) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa, where was inducted as a member of the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Academy in 2008. 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. ROC Interior Ministry. 2012 Nantou Magistrate corruption charges. In early April 2013, commenting on the refusal for Lee Chao-ching to be reinstated back as the Magistrate of Nantou County after being detained in November 2012 due to corruption charges, Minister Lee said that the decision to deny him for the Magistrate position back is not solely the decision of the MOI or of himself, but of a  set of committees which has thoroughly looked into the case, and now the case has been handed over to the Control Yuan. Taiwan water shortage. In early April 2013, Lee admitted that Taiwan is currently facing a serious water shortage problem. He confessed that neither the ROC central governments nor local governments pay enough attention to this matter, adding that the governments only care about elections. Taiwan HSR explosive device discovery incident. Commenting on the discovery of explosive device inside Taiwan High Speed Rail on 12 April 2013, speaking at Legislative Yuan a week after, Lee said that Taiwan needs  to strengthen its anti-terrorism and awareness and training despite terrorism being relatively rare, because in the past Taiwan mainly focused on preventing natural disasters. Kenting swimming race incident. Commenting on the disaster that struck swimmers during the ocean swimming race along the coast of Kenting at Hengchun Township on 21 April 2013 due to heavy ocean currents, Lee said that there were flaws in the preparation of the sport event and promised to launch an investigation into the incident. Personal life. Lee is married to Hui Hsin Lee and has four children.