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Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui was the first Taiwan-born president of the Republic of China, succeeding Chiang Ching-kuo in 1988 and serving until 2000. An agricultural economist, he led the transition to democracy, abolishing the Temporary Provisions in 1991, holding fully elected legislatures and in 1996 winning the first direct presidential election, despite Chinese missile tests during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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