Liu Heqian, the former chief of staff of Taiwan, who was 97, died of illness in the early morning of Thursday (December 14).He has been a strategic consultant of the Taiwan government for a long time.
Comprehensive United Daily News, Central News Agency, and Zhongshi News reported that the Ministry of National Defense confirmed the news of Liu Heqian's death and said that he would fully assist Liu Heqian's family members to handle the funeral.
The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan also said that because Liu Heqian had won the "Blue Sky and White Day" medal, he was qualified to burial in the Special Cemetery of the Wuzhishan Army Demonstration Cemetery.
Liu Heqian was the General Commander -in -chief of the General Command of the Taiwan Navy (from May 1983 to June 1988) and the Director of General General of the Ministry of Defense's joint combat training department (June 1988 to December of that year), Strategic Counselor of the Presidential Palace (December 5, 1991), the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee (February 1990 to 1992), Chief of Staff (December 5, 1991 to June 30, 1995), andAnd again served as a strategic consultant of the Presidential Palace on July 1, 1995.
Liu Heqian resigned as a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang during his appointment. Later, four Taiwan Lee Teng -hui, Chen Shui -bian, Ma Ying -jeou, and Tsai Ing -wen all appointed him as a strategic consultant of the Presidential Palace.