List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party
List of Chairpersons
Table:
Order

Term

Portrait

Name

Term of Office

Elected

Party Congress

Notes

1

1

Chiang Peng-chien

28 November 1986
20 December 1987

see 1986 election
(unopposed)

1st

2

2

Yao Chia-wen

20 December 1987
30 October 1988

see 1987 election

2nd

3

3

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Huang Hsin-chieh

30 October 1988
20 January 1992

see 1988 election

3rd

4

see 1990 election

4th

4

5

Hsu Hsin-liang
resigned

20 January 1992
4 December 1993

see 1992 election

5th

Resigned after defeat in the 1993 local elections.

—

Shih Ming-teh
interim

4 December 1993
18 July 1994

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Hsu Hsin-liang.

5

6

Shih Ming-teh
resigned

18 July 1994
23 March 1996

see 1994 election

6th

Resigned after defeat in the 1996 presidential election.

—

Chang Chun-hung
interim

23 March 1996
18 July 1996

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Shih Ming-teh.

(4)

7

Hsu Hsin-liang

18 July 1996
18 July 1998

see 1996 election

7th

6

8

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Lin Yi-hsiung

18 July 1998
20 April 2000

see 1998 election
Lin Yi-hsiung - 58,560
(unopposed)

8th

7

9

Frank Hsieh
Hsieh Chang-ting

20 April 2000
21 July 2002

see 2000 election
Frank Hsieh - 53,510
(unopposed)

9th

8

10

Chen Shui-bian
resigned

21 July 2002
11 December 2004

see 2002 election
President holds a concurrent post
(unopposed)

10th

Resigned after defeat in the 2004 legislative election.

11

see 2004 election
President holds a concurrent post
(unopposed)

11th

—

Ker Chien-ming
interim

11 December 2004
15 January 2005

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.

9

Su Tseng-chang
resigned

15 January 2005
3 December 2005

see 2005 by-election
Su Tseng-chang - 68,406
(unopposed)

Resigned after defeat in the 2005 local elections.

—

Annette Lü
Lü Hsiu-lien
interim

3 December 2005
15 January 2006

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Su Tseng-chang.

10

12

Yu Shyi-kun
resigned

15 January 2006
21 September 2007

see 2006 election
Yu Shyi-kun - 25,297
Chai Trong-rong - 16,846
Wong Chin-chu - 4,406

12th

Resigned after being charged with corruption allegations
over embezzlement and of using false receipts to write-off expenses.

—

Chai Trong-rong
interim

21 September 2007
15 October 2007

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Yu Shyi-kun.

(8)

Chen Shui-bian
resigned

15 October 2007
12 January 2008

see 2007 by-election
President holds a concurrent post
(unopposed)

Resigned after defeat in the 2008 legislative election.

—

Frank Hsieh
Hsieh Chang-ting
interim

12 January 2008
20 May 2008

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.

11

13

Tsai Ing-wen
temporarily leave

20 May 2008
17 March 2011

see 2008 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 73,865
Koo Kwang-ming - 48,882
Chai Trong-rong - 6,530

13th

Temporarily leave of chairwomanship to focus on the 2011 DPP presidential primary.

14

see 2010 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 78,192
You Ching - 8,406

14th

—

Ker Chien-ming
interim

17 March 2011
27 April 2011

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after temporarily leave of Tsai Ing-wen .

(11)

Tsai Ing-wen
resigned

27 April 2011
29 February 2012

resumes chair

Resigned after defeat in the 2012 presidential and 2012 legislative elections.

—

Joyce Chen
Chen Chu
interim

29 February 2012
30 May 2012

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.

(9)

15

Su Tseng-chang

30 May 2012
28 May 2014

see 2012 election
Su Tseng-chang - 55,894
Su Huan-chih - 23,281
Wu Rong-i - 16,315
Chai Trong-rong - 12,497
Hsu Hsin-liang - 2,763

15th

(11)

16

Tsai Ing-wen
resigned

28 May 2014
24 November 2018

see 2014 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 85,410
Kuo Tai-ling - 5,734

16th

Resigned after defeat in the 2018 local elections.

17

see 2016 election
President holds a concurrent post
(unopposed)

17th

18

see 2018 election
President holds a concurrent post
(unopposed)

18th

—

Lin Yu-chang
interim

28 November 2018

9 January 2019

elevated from deputyship

Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.

12

Cho Jung-tai

9 January 2019

Incumbent

see 2019 by-election
Cho Jung-tai - 24,699
Michael You Ying-lung - 9,323

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