President of the Republic of China

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**. 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 (). The current Democratic Progressive Party administration refers to the President as the "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" ().

### Presidents of the Republic of China, 1912-1928

|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

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

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**:
the Republic of China
- **insignia**: File:National_Emblem_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg
- **insigniasize**: 80px
- **insigniacaption**: National Emblem of Taiwan, National emblem
- **flag**: File:Commander-in-Chief_Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg
- **flagsize**: 120px
- **flagcaption**: Commander-in-chief flag
- **image**: File:賴清德總統 (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **incumbent**: Lai Ching-te
- **incumbentsince**: May 20, 2024
- **department**: Office of the President (Taiwan), Office of the President
- **status**: Head of state
- **member of**: National Security Council (Taiwan), National Security Council
- **residence**: Official Residence of the President (Republic of China), Yonghe Residence
- **seat**: Presidential Office Building, Presidential Office, Taipei
- **nominator**: Political parties or self-nomination
- **appointer**: Directly elected by plurality voting
- **termlength**: Four years, renewable once
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of the Republic of China and its Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, additional articles
- **precursor**: Emperor of the Great Qing
Governor-General of Taiwan
- **formation**: January 1, 1912
October 25, 1945 (in Taiwan)
- **first**: Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek (1947 constitution)
- **unofficial names**: President of Taiwan
- **deputy**: Vice President of the Republic of China
- **salary**: $6.42 million TWD annually


## Infobox (chinese)

- **title**: President of the
Republic of China
- **l**: Chinese Republic President
- **p**: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒng
- **bpmf**: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
- **tp**: Jhonghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒng
- **j**: Zungwaa Mangwok Zungtung
- **mps**: Jūng-huá Mín-guó Tzǔng-tǔng
- **gr**: Jonghwa Min'gwo Tzoongtoong
- **w**: Chung¹-hua² Min²-kuo² Tsung³-t'ung³
- **poj**: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chóng-thóng
- **tl**: Tiong-hûa Bîn-kok Tsóng-thóng
- **h**: Chûng-fà Mìn-koet Chúng-thúng
- **tib**: ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་དམངས་གཙོའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།༌སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌
- **wylie**: Krung hwa dmangs gtso'i rgyal khab
- **mnc**: ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠧᠯᠢᠢᠬᠢᠲ ᠤᠠᠨᠳᠧ
- **mnc rom**: Dulimbai irgen' gurun Beliihi tiyande
- **mon**: Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч
- **monr**: Bügd Nairamdakh Khyatad Ulsyn Yerönkhiilögch
- **mong**: ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
- **uig**: جۇڭگو جۇمھۇرىيىتى پرېزىدېنتى
- **uly**: Junggo jumhuriyiti prézidénti
- **usy**: җуңго җумһурийити президенти