Lee Hsi-min

Lee Hsi-min (or Hsi-min, Chinese: 李喜明; pinyin: Lǐ Xǐmíng; Wade–Giles: Li Hsi-ming; born 24 June 1955) is a retired Taiwanese admiral who was the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 2017 to 2019. He is currently an adjunct professor at National Chengchi University and a non-resident senior research fellow of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security. He was previously also Taiwan's vice minister of national defense for policy from 2016 to 2017 and the commander of the Republic of China Navy from 2015 to 2016. Lee was commissioned from the Republic of China Naval Academy in 1977 and became a career submarine officer. During the 1990s he was the commander of one of the Chien Lung-class submarines that Taiwan had received from the Netherlands. Lee was deployed during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996 for potential action against the People's Liberation Army Navy. As Chief of the General Staff during the presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, he became known for introducing the Overall Defense Concept (ODC) as a plan to the reform the armed forces to counter the People's Liberation Army through asymmetric warfare. Since his retirement from the military, Lee has continued to advocate for the reform and strengthening of Taiwan's defenses.