Lee Teng-hui Elected President

Date: March 23, 1996 • Location: Beijing, China

Lee Teng-hui was elected President of the Republic of China in the first direct presidential election in Taiwan.

Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese politician, economist, and agronomist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China and chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan, the last to be indirectly elected, and the first to be directly elected.