List of presidents of the Republic of China

This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China.

Top left: Sun Yat-sen was the first President of the Provisional Government.
Top right: Chiang Kai-shek was the first President under the 1947 Constitution.
Bottom left: Lee Teng-hui was the first President directly elected by popular vote.
Bottom right: Tsai Ing-wen, the incumbent officeholder, is the first female President.

Politics of Taiwan


Government Constitution Additional Articles of the Constitution Freedom of religion (Article 13) Law Taxation
Presidency President-elect of the Republic of China Lai Ching-te (DPP) Vice President-elect of the Republic of China Hsiao Bi-khim (DPP) Office of the President National Security Council
Executive Executive Yuan Premier Chen Chien-jen (DPP) Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP)
Legislature 11th Legislative Yuan Legislative Yuan President of the Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu (KMT) Vice President of the Legislative Yuan Johnny Chiang (KMT) National Assembly (defunct) Control Yuan (chamber defunct)
Judiciary Judicial Yuan President of the Judicial Yuan and Chief Justice Hsu Tzong-li Vice President of the Judicial Yuan Tsai Jeong-duen Supreme Court High Courts District Courts
Other branches Examination Yuan President of the Examination Yuan Huang Jong-tsun Vice President of the Examination Yuan Chou Hung-hsien Control Yuan President of the Control Yuan Chen Chu Vice President of the Control Yuan Lee Hung-chun Local government Mayors and Magistrates
Elections Central Election Commission Presidential elections Legislative elections Local elections Referendums
Political parties Represented in the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Green Party Taiwan
Mass media Television Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship White Terror
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Joseph Wu Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Taiwan and the World Health Organization
Related topics Political status of Taiwan Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and the United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and surrounding islands as a result of the takeover of the mainland by the Chinese Communist Party and founding of the People's Republic of China. Since 1949, the Republic of China, now commonly known as "Taiwan", has only controlled Taiwan and nearby islands. Martial law ended in Taiwan in the 1980s and direct elections were introduced in 1996.

The official name of the office in Chinese has changed several times.

Year	Chinese	Mandarin Pinyin	Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	English Translation
1912–1928	大總統	Dàzǒngtǒng	Tōa-chóng-thóng	Thai-chúng-thúng	Great President
1928–1947	國民政府主席	Guómín Zhèngfǔ Zhǔxí	Kok-bîn Chèng-hú Chú-se̍k	Koet-mìn Chṳn-fú Chú-si̍t	Chairman of the Nationalist Government
1947–present	總統	Zǒngtǒng	Chóng-thóng	Chúng-thúng	President

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