Background
He was the eldest son of the Yuan family.
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Yuan Shouqian
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Minister of National Defense politician
Career
Under the recommendation of Tan Yankai, who was also from Hunan, Yuan Shouqian applied for the Whampoa Military Academy and became one of its first graduating class members. Yuan Shouqian served many important posts for the Central Government of the Republic of China, including Deputy Minister of National Defense (1950), and Minister of Transportation (1954). He died of cancer in Taipei in 1992.
