# Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

## Beiyang and Nationalist Governments

| Name | Took office | Left office |
| Lu Zhengxiang | March 1912 | September 1912 |
| Lu Zhengxiang | November 1912 | September 1913 |
| Lu Zhengxiang | 27 January 1915 | 17 May 1916 |
| Wu Tingfang | 7 November 1917 | 30 November 1917 |
| Lu Zhengxiang | 30 November 1917 | 13 August 1920 |
| Chen Lu (acting) | November 1918 | December 1919 |
| Wu Tingfang | 1921 | 1922 |
| C. C. Wu (Wu Chaoshu) | 1923 1927 | 1924 1928 |
| Huang Fu | 1924 | |
| Wang Zhengting | June 14, 1928 | |
| Alfred Sze (Shi Zhaoji) | 1931 | |
| Eugene Chen (Chen Youren) | June 1, 1931 | |
| Luo Wengan | 1932 | |
| Wang Jingwei | August 18, 1933 | |
| Chang Chun (Zhang Qun) | December 16, 1933 | |
| Wang Ch'ung-hui (Wang Chonghui) | March 6, 1937 | |
| Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi) | June 30, 1941 | |
| T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen) | October 30, 1942 | |

## Post-1948 Constitution

Political Party:  Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party  Independent/ unknown
| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Days | Political party | Cabinet |
| 1 | Wang Shijie | July 30, 1945 | December 27, 1948 | 1246 | Kuomintang | Weng Wenhao Sun Fo |
| 2 | Wu Tiecheng | December 27, 1948 | March 21, 1949 | 84 | Kuomintang | Sun Fo He Yingqin |
| 3 | Fu Bingchang | Did not take office | Did not take office | | Kuomintang | He Yingqin |
| 4 | Hu Shih | Did not take office | Did not take office | | Independent | Yan Xishan |
| 5 | George Yeh (Yeh Kung-ch'ao) | October 1, 1949 | July 14, 1958 | 3208 | Kuomintang | Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I Yu Hung-Chun Chen Cheng II |
| 6 | Huang Shao-ku | July 14, 1958 | May 31, 1960 | 687 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng II |
| 7 | Shen Chang-huan | May 31, 1960 | May 27, 1966 | 2187 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan |
| 8 | Wei Tao-ming | May 27, 1966 | March 31, 1971 | 1769 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 9 | Chou Shu-kai | March 31, 1971 | May 29, 1972 | 425 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 10 | Shen Chang-huan | May 29, 1972 | December 16, 1978 | 2392 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo Sun Yun-suan |
| 11 | Chiang Yen-si | December 20, 1978 | December 19, 1979 | 364 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 12 | Chu Fu-sung | December 19, 1979 | April 22, 1987 | 2681 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua |
| 13 | Ting Mao-shih | April 22, 1987 | July 20, 1988 | 455 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 14 | Lien Chan | July 20, 1988 | June 1, 1990 | 681 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan |
| 15 | Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo) | June 1, 1990 | June 10, 1996 | 2201 | Kuomintang | Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan |
| 16 | John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen) | June 10, 1996 | October 20, 1997 | 497 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
| 17 | Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang) | October 20, 1997 | November 30, 1999 | 771 | Kuomintang | Vincent Siew |
| 18 | Chen Chien-jen | November 30, 1999 | May 20, 2000 | 172 | Kuomintang | Vincent Siew |
| 19 | Tien Hung-mao | May 20, 2000 | February 1, 2002 | 622 | Independent | Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I |
| 20 | Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin) | February 1, 2002 | April 16, 2004 | 805 | Kuomintang | Yu Shyi-kun |
| 21 | Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan) | April 16, 2004 | January 25, 2006 | 649 | Democratic Progressive Party | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
| 22 | James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang) | January 25, 2006 | May 5, 2008 | 1196 | Independent | Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II |
| — | Yang Tzu-pao | May 6, 2008 | May 19, 2008 | 13 | Independent | Chang Chun-hsiung II |
| 23 | Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian) | May 20, 2008 | September 10, 2009 | 478 | Kuomintang | Liu Chao-shiuan |
| 24 | Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien) | September 10, 2009 | September 26, 2012 | 1112 | Kuomintang | Wu Den-yih Sean Chen |
| 25 | David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo) | September 27, 2012 | May 20, 2016 | 1331 | Independent | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng |
| 26 | David Lee (Lee Ta-wei) | May 20, 2016 | February 26, 2018 | 647 | Kuomintang | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| 27 | Joseph Wu (Wu Chao-hsieh) | February 26, 2018 | May 20, 2024 | 2275 | Democratic Progressive Party | William Lai Su Tseng-chang II Chen Chien-jen |
| 28 | Lin Chia-lung | May 20, 2024 | Incumbent | 167 | Democratic Progressive Party | Cho Jung-tai |