The Veterans Affairs Council ( VAC ; Chinese : 國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會 ; pinyin : Guójūn Tuìchúyì Guānbīng Fǔdǎo Wěiyuánhuì ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Kok-kun Thè-tû-ia̍h Koaⁿ-peng Hù-tō Úi-oân-hōe ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for retired servicemen and women from the Republic of China Armed Forces . VAC is a National Member of World Veterans Federation .
10-625: The incumbent minister is Feng Shih-kuan , a retired Republic of China Air Force general who took office on 5 August 2019. VAC was founded as cabinet-level organization on 1 November 1954 as Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen ( VACRS ; Chinese : 國軍退除役官兵就業輔導委員會 ; pinyin : Guójūn Tuìchúyì Guānbīng Jiùyè Fǔdǎo Wěiyuánhuì ). It changed name to Veterans Affairs Commission in 1966 and to Veterans Affairs Council on 1 November 2013. VAC operates hospitals and retirement homes, including: Under its charter to provide employment assistance to Taiwan (ROC) military veterans,
20-672: Is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1967 to 2006, retiring with the rank of General before assuming the post of Minister of National Defense in 2016. Feng stepped down in 2018 and was succeeded by Yen Teh-fa . Feng completed his education at the Chinese Air Preparatory School of the Ministry of National Defense in 1963. He graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in 1967. In 1977, he obtained his Flight Safety Officer Class from
30-568: The Taiwan Affairs Office , also asked for Taipei to adequately explain the incident, which was placed under investigation. Feng resigned as defense minister on 23 February 2018, and was replaced by Yen Teh-fa . Subsequently, Feng was appointed the founding director of the Institute for National Defense and Security Research , established in May. On 5 August 2019, Yeh took office as minister of
40-585: The Taiwan independence movement . At 8:15 a.m. on 1 July, a Hsiung Feng III missile was inadvertently launched from a corvette docked at Zuoying Military Harbor. The strike hit the Taiwanese fishing boat Hsiang Li Sheng, killing the captain and injuring three of his crew. Feng arrived in Kaohsiung to deliver a personal apology to the fisherman's family the next day, but it was rejected. Zhang Zhijun , leader of
50-832: The University of Southern California in the United States . In 1981, he completed his study from the Armed Forces University in the Chinese Air Command and Staff College in 1981 and in the Chinese War College in 1988. Feng joined Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation as company chairman on 2 May 2006. He was hired to oversee the completion of upgrades to the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo , which had been ongoing for seven years and cost NT$ 7 billion. Feng
60-598: The Veterans Affairs Council , succeeding Chiu Kuo-cheng , who had been named director-general of the National Security Bureau . Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council ( VAC ; Chinese : 國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會 ; pinyin : Guójūn Tuìchúyì Guānbīng Fǔdǎo Wěiyuánhuì ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Kok-kun Thè-tû-ia̍h Koaⁿ-peng Hù-tō Úi-oân-hōe ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of
70-487: The Republic of China ( Taiwan ) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for retired servicemen and women from the Republic of China Armed Forces . VAC is a National Member of World Veterans Federation . The incumbent minister is Feng Shih-kuan , a retired Republic of China Air Force general who took office on 5 August 2019. VAC
80-708: The Veterans Affairs Commission operates a number of for profit enterprises in Taiwan that employ veterans. Some of the related businesses include: Political parties: Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Non-partisan/ unknown For ministers who retired from the Armed Forces to serve, the Service column denotes their military branch before retirement. Feng Shih-kuan Feng Shih-kuan ( Chinese : 馮世寬 ; pinyin : Féng Shìkuān ; born 25 November 1945)
90-493: Was founded as cabinet-level organization on 1 November 1954 as Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen ( VACRS ; Chinese : 國軍退除役官兵就業輔導委員會 ; pinyin : Guójūn Tuìchúyì Guānbīng Jiùyè Fǔdǎo Wěiyuánhuì ). It changed name to Veterans Affairs Commission in 1966 and to Veterans Affairs Council on 1 November 2013. VAC operates hospitals and retirement homes, including: Under its charter to provide employment assistance to Taiwan (ROC) military veterans,
100-748: Was named Minister of National Defense in April 2016, a month before the Tsai Ing-wen administration was to take office. For accepting a post in a Democratic Progressive Party -led government, the Kuomintang suspended Feng's membership. Subsequently, Feng withdrew from the Kuomintang. Speaking at the Foreign and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan on 23 May 2016, Feng said that he would not support
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