Tang Fei
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| Tang Fei |
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| In office May 20, 2000 – October 16, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Vincent Siew |
| Succeeded by | Chang Chun-hsiung |
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| Born | March 15, 1933 |
| Nationality |  Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
Tang Fei (Chinese: 唐飛; Pinyin: Táng Fēi; born March 15, 1933) was the Premier of the Republic of China between May 20 to October 16, 2000 under the Chen Shui-bian Government, even though he was a member of the Kuomintang (KMT).
[edit] Biography
Tang served as ROC Defense Minister from 1999 to 2000. He was appointed as the Premier in 2000. This appointment was commonly viewed as an attempt to cooperate with KMT, for his administration to be viewed as one encompassing multiple political views, and to assauge concerns domestically, internationally, and by the People's Republic of China that Chen would immediately declare independence.
Tang resigned on October 16, 2000 citing poor health. However, it was commonly viewed as the result of frustration from his relatively lack of control over members of his cabinet, the vast majority of whom were selected by Chen, not Tang, and inability to affect Chen's executive decisions. It was also suspected that while both Tang and Chen portrayed Tang's departure as having been initiated by Tang, Chen actually asked Tang to resign. The conflict might have been precipitated by Chen's decision to halt construction of a controversial nuclear power plant, planned during Lee Teng-hui's administration but opposed by Chen's Democratic Progressive Party, while Tang favored its continued construction.
After Tang's resignation as premier, he was invited back to the KMT, but despite an immediate visit back to the party headquarters, he never reregistered his party membership under KMT Chairman Lien Chan's reregistration drive, and therefore is no longer a member of the KMT. He has been a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Tang Fei recently attempted to create a 3rd political force. But that party did not win any seats in the January 2008 Legislative Yuan elections. Tang Fei has come out to endorse the Kuomintang Presidential Candidate, Ma Ying-jeou.
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| Preceded by Jiang Zhongling |
ROC Minister of National Defense 1999-2000 |
Succeeded by Wu Shiwen |
| Preceded by Vincent Siew |
Premier of the Republic of China 2000 |
Succeeded by Chang Chun-hsiung |
