Tang Fei

Tang Fei (; born March 15, 1933 in Taicang, Jiangsu, Republic of China) is a retired ROC Air Force General and the Premier of the Republic of China between May 20 and October 6, 2000 under the Chen Shui-bian Government, even though he was a member of the Kuomintang (KMT) during his tenure as premier.

Biography

Tang Fei was born on March 15, 1932, in Taitsang County, Jiangsu Province, on the Chinese mainland. He enrolled in the Chinese Air Force Preparatory School at the age of 12 and graduated in 1950. He later studied at the ROC Air Force Academy from which he graduated in 1952. He completed advanced military education at the Air Force Squadron Officers' Course in 1963, Air Force Command and General Staff College of the Armed Forces University in 1971, and the War College in 1979.

He served in a wide range of combat, staff, and overseas positions during his military career, starting as a pilot from 1953 to 1960, then moving to operations officer from 1960 to 1961, flight leader from 1961 to 1965, and squadron commander from 1968 to 1970.

As his first overseas assignment, Mr. Tang was posted to the ROC Embassy in Washington as Assistant Air Attaché from 1972 to 1975. Upon returning to Taiwan, he served as chief of the operations section of the Third Wing from 1975 to 1976, and later was Group Commander from 1976 to 1978. From 1979 to 1982, he was again posted abroad, this time as Armed Forces Attaché in the ROC Embassy in South Africa.

Back in Taiwan, he served as Wing...
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