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President of the Republic of China

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President of
the Republic of China
中華民國總統
National emblem
Commander-in-chief flag
Incumbent
Lai Ching-te
since May 20, 2024
Office of the President
Style
StatusHead of state
Member ofNational Security Council
ResidenceYonghe Residence
SeatPresidential Office, Taipei
NominatorPolitical parties or self-nomination
AppointerDirectly elected by plurality voting
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of the Republic of China and its additional articles
PrecursorEmperor of the Great Qing
Governor-General of Taiwan
FormationJanuary 1, 1912
October 25, 1945 (in Taiwan)
First holderSun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek (1947 constitution)
Unofficial namesPresident of Taiwan
DeputyVice President of the Republic of China
Salary$6.42 million TWD annually[1]
Websiteenglish.president.gov.tw
President of the
Republic of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中華民國總統
Simplified Chinese中华民国总统
Literal meaningChinese Republic President
Tibetan name
Tibetanཀྲུང་ཧྭ་དམངས་གཙོའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།༌སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicБүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч
Mongolian scriptᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
Uyghur name
Uyghurجۇڭگو جۇمھۇرىيىتى پرېزىدېنتى
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠧᠯᠢᠢᠬᠢᠲ ᠤᠠᠨᠳᠧ
RomanizationDulimbai irgen' gurun Beliihi tiyande
The Presidential Building is in Jhongjheng District, Taipei City.

The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the democratic country known officially as the Republic of China Republic of China. The Republic of China government has controlled Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands after the Nationalist lost the war and moved the government from mainland China in 1949.

The presidential office was created in 1948 under the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China.

In the previous Kuomintang administration, the title of "President of the Republic of China" was used (Chinese: 中華民國總統). The current Democratic Progressive Party administration refers to the President as the "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" (Chinese: 中華民國(臺灣)總統).

List of Presidents

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Presidents of the Republic of China, 1912-1928

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President Begin End Faction Notes
Sun Yat-sen 1 January 1912 1 April 1912 Revolutionary Alliance provisional
Yuan Shikai 10 March 1912 6 June 1916 Beiyang clique; Republican Party provisional until 10 October 1913; Emperor from 1 January 1916 to 22 March 1916
Li Yuanhong 7 June 1916 17 July 1917 Progressive Party acting until 1 August 1916; continuing Yuan's term
Feng Guozhang 7 July 1917 10 October 1918 Zhili clique acting until 1 August 1917; finished Yuan's term
Xu Shichang 10 October 1918 2 June 1922
Sun Yat-sen 5 May 1921 29 June 1922 Kuomintang extraordinary; rival government
Zhou Ziqi 2 June 1922 11 June 1922 acting; continuing Xu's term
Li Yuanhong 11 June 1922 13 June 1923 acting until 1 August 1922; continuing Xu's term
Gao Lingwei 13 June 1923 10 October 1923 acting; finished Xu's term
Cao Kun 10 October 1923 2 November 1924 Zhili clique
Huang Fu 2 November 1924 24 November 1924 Kuomintang acting
Duan Qirui 24 November 1924 20 April 1926 Anhui clique Provisional Chief Executive
Hu Weide 20 April 1926 13 May 1926 acting
Yan Huiqing 13 May 1926 22 June 1926 acting
Du Xigui 22 June 1926 1 October 1926 Zhili clique acting
Gu Weijun 1 October 1926 18 June 1927 Kuomintang acting
Zhang Zuolin 18 June 1927 2 June 1928 Fengtian clique Generalissimo of the Military Government

Presidents of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 1948-present

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President Begin End Party Terms
Chiang Kai-shek May 20, 1948 January 21, 1949 Kuomintang Elected 1-5
Li Tsung-jen January 21, 1949 March 1, 1950 Kuomintang Acting
Chiang Kai-shek March 1, 1950 April 5, 1975 Kuomintang see above
Yen Chia-kan April 5, 1975 May 20, 1978 Kuomintang Finished 5
Chiang Ching-kuo May 20, 1978 January 13, 1988 Kuomintang Elected 6-7
Lee Teng-hui January 13, 1988 May 20, 2000 Kuomintang Finished 7; Elected 8-9
Chen Shui-bian May 20, 2000 May 20, 2008 Democratic Progressive Party Elected 10-11
Ma Ying-jeou May 20, 2008 May 20, 2016 Kuomintang Elected 12-13
Tsai Ing-wen May 20, 2016 May 20, 2024 Democratic Progressive Party Elected 14-15
Lai Ching-te May 20, 2024 Incumbent Democratic Progressive Party Elected 16

References

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  1. ↑ Yi, Wang (12 March 2015). 13 國元首薪水大車拚. China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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