List of Presidents of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
The following list of Presidents of the Republic of China (Taiwan) lists the presidents of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since the 1948 Constitution came into force.
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The presidents were elected by the National Assembly up to and including 1990 and then by direct election since 1996. The numbering of the following list is personal, not office time related. Persons who only held a deputy, ie executive office, do not have their own number.
| No. | image | Name (life data) |
Appointment and end of office | Term of office |
elections | Political party | Vice President | ||
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Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975) |
May 20, 1948 | January 21, 1949 | 0 years and 246 days | 1948 (90.03%) | Kuomintang | Li Zongren | |
| Resigned from office after a series of military defeats against the communists in mainland China. | |||||||||
| - |
Li Zongren 李宗仁 Lǐ Zōngrén (1890-1969) |
January 21, 1949 | March 1, 1950 | 1 year and 39 days | - | Kuomintang | vacant | ||
| Executive President. After the Communist conquest of Guangdong , Li Zogren fled to New York . | |||||||||
| - |
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Yan Xishan 閻錫山 Yán xíshān (1883–1960) |
November 20, 1949 | March 1, 1950 | 0 years and 101 days | - | Kuomintang | vacant | |
| After Li escaped, Yan became acting president as acting prime minister under Article 49 of the constitution. On March 1, 1950, Chiang Kai-shek took office again as president, what Li Zongren called a breach of the constitution. | |||||||||
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Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975) |
March 1, 1950 | May 20, 1954 | 4 years and 80 days | - | Kuomintang |
Li Zongren (1950–1954) vacant (1954) |
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| May 20, 1954 | May 20, 1960 | 6 years and 0 days | 1954 (96.91%) | Chen Cheng | |||||
| May 20, 1960 | May 20, 1966 | 6 years and 0 days | 1960 (93.97%) |
Chen Cheng (1960–1965) vacant (1965–1966) |
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| May 20, 1966 | May 20, 1972 | 6 years and 0 days | 1966 (98.60%) | Yen Chia-kan | |||||
| May 20, 1972 | April 5th 1975 | 2 years and 320 days | 1972 (99.39%) | Yen Chia-kan | |||||
| Died in office. | |||||||||
| 2 |
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Yen Chia-kan (CK Yen) 嚴家淦 Yán Jiāgàn (1905–1993) |
April 6, 1975 | May 20, 1978 | 3 years and 44 days | - | Kuomintang | vacant | |
| Prime Minister from 1963 to 1972. According to the constitutional provisions, he succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as Vice President after Chiang Kai-shek's death and held office until the end of the term of office. | |||||||||
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Chiang Ching-kuo 蔣經國 Jiǎng Jīngguó (1910–1988) |
May 20, 1978 | May 20, 1984 | 6 years and 0 days | 1978 (98.34%) | Kuomintang | Hsieh Tung-min | |
| May 20, 1984 | January 13, 1988 | 3 years and 238 days | 1984 (95.11%) | Lee Teng-hui | |||||
| Son of Chiang Kai-shek. Ended martial law. Died in office. | |||||||||
| 4th |
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Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 Lǐ Dēnghuī (1923-2020) |
January 13, 1988 | May 20, 1990 | 2 years and 127 days | - | Kuomintang | vacant | |
| May 20, 1990 | May 20, 1996 | 6 years and 0 days | 1990 (85.24%) | Li Yuan-zu | |||||
| May 20, 1996 | May 20, 2000 | 4 years and 0 days | 1996 (54.0%) | Lien Chan | |||||
| Mayor of Taipei 1978–1981, Governor of Taiwan Province 1981–1984. Vice premier from 1984 to 1988 under Chiang Ching-kuo. Lee succeeded Chiang's death in the presidency until the end of the term. First Taiwan-born person to serve as President. 1996 the first directly elected president. | |||||||||
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Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁 Chén Shuǐbiǎn (1950–) |
May 20, 2000 | May 20, 2004 | 4 years and 0 days | 2000 (39.3%) | Democratic Progressive Party | Annette Lu | |
| May 20, 2004 | May 20, 2008 | 4 years and 0 days | 2004 (50.11%) | ||||||
| Mayor of Taipei 1994–1998. First president from the ranks of the DPP. Sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption after retirement. | |||||||||
| 6th |
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Ma Ying-jeou 馬英九 Mǎ Yīngjiǔ (1950–) |
May 20, 2008 | May 20, 2012 | 4 years and 0 days | 2008 (58.45%) | Kuomintang | Vincent Siew | |
| May 20, 2012 | May 20, 2016 | 4 years and 0 days | 2012 (51.60%) | Wu Den-yih | |||||
| Minister of Justice 1993–1996, Mayor of Taipei 1998–2006. | |||||||||
| 7th |
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Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 Cài Yīngwén (1956–) |
May 20, 2016 | May 20, 2020 | 4 years and 0 days | 2016 (56.1%) | Democratic Progressive Party | Chen Chien-jen | |
| May 20, 2020 | in office | 0 years and 104 days | 2020 (57.13%) | Lai Ching-te | |||||
| Vice premiere 2006–2007. First woman in office. First person in the presidency with a parliamentary majority of the DPP. | |||||||||
Timeline
For the currently incumbent President, her expected term of office is indicated.
See also
- President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- List of Heads of Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan)