The President of the Republic of China (中華民國總統) is the head of state of the Republic of China, the government which administered Mainland China from 1912 to 1949 and has administered Taiwan and several outlying islands from 1945 until the present.
The President is currently selected by a first past the post direct election of the areas administered by the Republic of China (i.e., Taiwan province, and Kinmen and Lienchiang counties of Fujian province) for a term of four years. Before 1991, the President was selected by the National Assembly of the Republic of China for a term of seven years.
Until the 1980s power in the Republic of China was personalized rather than institutionalized which meant that the power of the President depended largely on who occupied the office. For example, during the tenure of Yen Chia-kan, the office was largely ceremonial with real power in the hands of the Premier of the Republic of China[?], Chiang Ching-Kuo, and power shifted back to the presidency when Chiang became President.
| Name | Alignment | Start | End | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Constitution | ||||
| Sun Yat-Sen | KMT | 1912 | 1913 | Provisional gov't |
| Yuan Shikai | 1913 | 1915 | Declared himself Emperor in 1915, d. 1916 | |
| Warlord Government in Beijing¹ | ||||
| Li Yuan-Hung[?] | 1916 | 1917 | ||
| Feng Kuo-Chang[?] | 1917 | 1918 | ||
| Hsu Shih-Chang | 1918 | 1922 | ||
| Li Yuan-Hung[?] | 1922 | 1923 | ||
| Tsao Kun[?] | 1923 | 1924 | ||
| Tuan Chi-Jui[?] | 1924 | 1926 | ||
| Chang Tso-Lin[?] | 1926 | 1928 | ||
| Rival Government in Guangzhou | ||||
| Sun Yat-Sen | KMT | 1921 | 1925 | |
| Chairman of National Government (Chinese Civil War)² | ||||
| Chiang Kai-Shek | KMT | 1928 | 1932 | |
| Lin Sen | KMT | 1932 | 1943 | |
| Chiang Kai-Shek | KMT | 1943 | 1947 | |
| Constitution of 1947 | ||||
| Chiang Kai-Shek³ | KMT | 1947 | 1975 | |
| Yen Chia-kan | KMT | 1975 | 1978 | |
| Chiang Ching-kuo | KMT | 1978 | 1988 | |
| Lee Teng-hui | KMT | 1988 | 2000 | First Popular Election (1996) |
| Chen Shui-bian | DPP | 2000 | Present | |
| (1) Warlord government and Yuan Shikai government after the 1913 Second revolution[?] are regarded as illegitimate by the ROC. | ||||
| (2) Chiang Kai-shek assumed role of "Commander-in-chief" from 1925-1928. | ||||
| (3) Li Tsung-jen assumed role of "Acting President" following Chiang Kai-shek's resignation in Jan. 1949, but Chiang reassumed presidency after the retreat to Taiwan in Dec. 1949. | ||||
External links
- Office of the President of the ROC (http://www.president.gov.tw/1_roc_intro/index_e.html)
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