List of 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 was the first female President.

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

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.

List

Provisional Government:
  Tongmenghui
  Beiyang clique, etc.
Beiyang Government:
  Beiyang clique, etc.  Progressive Party/Research Clique  Communications Clique
Nationalist to Constitutional Government:
  Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party

Timeline

Presidential age-related data (post-1947 Constitution)

Key:

  Dead

  Living

  Incumbent

Oldest living

Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a president older than any living ex-president. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest president.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of the Republic of China (post-1947 Constitution) and they are listed in order of office.

The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue.

Gallery

• 
  Presidential Office of the Beiyang government (1912–1928) in Beijing
• 
  Presidential Office (occ. 1928–1937, 1946–1949) of the Nationalist government (1928–1948) and the Government of the Republic of China (1948–current) in Nanjing
• 
  Presidential Office (occ. 1950–current) of the Government of the Republic of China (1948–current) in Taipei

See also

• China portal
• Taiwan portal
• Politics portal

• List of presidents of the Republic of China by other offices held
• List of vice presidents of the Republic of China
• List of premiers of the Republic of China
• President of the Legislative Yuan
• List of presidents of the Judicial Yuan
• List of presidents of the Control Yuan
• List of presidents of the Examination Yuan
• List of rulers of Taiwan
• List of political office-holders of the Republic of China by age

Notes

1. Proclaimed a new empire from 12 December 1915 to 22 March 1916.
2. Died in office.
3. Zhang Xun restored Qing Empire from 1 July to 12 July in 1917.
4. Forced out of office.
5. As Vice President.
6. As Acting Premier.
7. As Premier.
8. Provisional Chief Executive instead of President.
9. Acting Provisional Chief Executive instead of Acting President.
10. Resigned.
11. Zhang was the Generalissimo of the Beiyang Military Government instead of President.
12. Assassinated.
13. The Chairman of the Nationalist Government (國民政府) was the head of state in this period (political tutelage [zh]; 訓政時期). There was no office of Vice Chairman.
14. Assumed office as acting chairman from 15 December 1931 to 1 January 1932.
15. Assumed office as acting chairman from 1 June to 1o October 1943.
16. Declared incapacity.
17. Vice-President from 1948 to 1954; impeached and recalled in 1954.
18. Died on 5 March 1965.

External links

• Media related to Presidents of the Republic of China at Wikimedia Commons