Marie Madeleine Lee
Marie Madeleine Lee[1] (Chinese: 李朱志筠; born 1932) is a politician, diplomat, and business executive based in Mauritius. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan in Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1981 to 1984, then served as Mauritian ambassador to the People's Republic of China between 2000 and 2002.
Career
[edit]Born in 1932, Marie Madeleine Lee was the daughter of Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen. Her grandfather, Chu Wei Chuen, was a native of Guangdong.[2][3] Lee graduated from National Taiwan University where she studied foreign languages and literature. In Mauritius, Lee led an overseas Chinese association, and the alumni association of the Chung-Hwa Middle School. Lee's Mauritian business interests included, a clothing factory, an investment firm, and a transportation company. She served a single term on the Taiwan-based Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 1984, representing overseas Chinese.[4] Lee began serving as the Mauritian ambassador to the People's Republic of China, from 30 March 2000, and formally presented diplomatic credentials to Chinese Communist Party general secretary Jiang Zemin on 12 June 2000.[5] She was succeeded as ambassador by Lim Kwat Chow Lam Po Tang.[6][7]
In 2014, Lee was made a Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "毛里求斯共和国驻华大使李朱志筠名片上签名" [Li Zhuzhijun, Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius to China, signed on her business card] (in Simplified Chinese). 16 April 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
毛里求斯共和国驻华大使馆 李朱志筠 特命全权大使; M. Madeleine Lee, Ambassador of The Republic of Mauritius
- ^ "One Chinese family's legacy in paradise". China Daily. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
Donald says. "It was a great honor for the family when my sister Marie Madeleine met with the then Chinese premier Zhu Rongji in 2000. Zhu was so happy to have an ambassador from an African country who could converse fluently in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka and Shanghainese, aside from English and French."
- ^ "45 years of diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius". 1 May 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
Pending the arrival of our first ambassador to Beijing, Ms. Madeleine Lee, daughter of Sir Jean Etienne Moïlin Ah Chuen, a former Minister of the Republic, it was a senior official, Mr. Jahangheer, who assumed the post of Chargé d'Affaires.
- ^ 第一屆立法委員名鑑. 1982. p. 48.
- ^ "江泽民接受两国大使国书(2000年6月13日)". People's Daily (in Chinese). 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Enjoying Everyday in China: Interviews with Wives of Ambassadors to China. China International Communication Center zh. 2006. pp. 67–69. ISBN 9787508509075. Alternative link
- ^ "Bérenger rencontre le PM chinois". L'Express (in French). 24 January 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "La liste des décorés de la République". 12 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- 1932 births
- 20th-century Taiwanese women politicians
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Taiwanese emigrants to Mauritius
- Mauritian women diplomats
- Ambassadors of Mauritius to China
- Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
- 21st-century diplomats
- Mauritian women in business
- Women business executives
- Mauritian businesspeople
- 20th-century Mauritian people
- Women ambassadors
- Mauritian people of Chinese descent
- 21st-century Mauritian people
- Mauritian women in politics