Government of the Republic of China
The Government of the Republic of China is the national government of the Republic of China (ROC) whose de facto territory currently consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other island groups in the "free area". Governed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2016, the president is the head of state. The government consists of the presidency and five branches (Yuan): the Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, and Control Yuan.
| Formation |
|
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Republic of China (Free area) |
| Website | taiwan |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature |
|
| Meeting place | Legislative Yuan Building, Taipei |
| Executive branch | |
| Leader | President of the Republic of China |
| Appointer | Direct popular vote |
| Headquarters | Presidential Office Building |
| Main organ | Executive Yuan |
| Departments | 35 |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Judicial Yuan |
| Seat | Taipei |
| Government of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 中華民國政府 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中华民国政府 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Government of China (name used until 1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國政府 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国政府 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan portal |
Originally established in 1912 in Nanking, the Government of the Republic of China relocated several times before finally moving to Taipei, Taiwan, in 1949 because of its military losses in the Chinese Civil War. Up until the 1990s, the government has historically been dominated by the Kuomintang (KMT) under the one-party state Dang Guo authoritarian regime, before evolving into a multi-party democracy after martial law and the climate of White Terror gradually ended. This government was the internationally recognized official government of China until 1971 by the United Nations and until 1979 by the United States.