List of secretaries-general of the Democratic Progressive Party

Secretary-General of Democratic Progressive Party
民主進步黨秘書長
Incumbent Ho Po-wen since 30 July 2025
Status	Party secretary-general
Appointer	Chairperson
Formation	28 November 1986
First holder	Huang Erh-hsuan
Deputy	Deputy secretaries-general
Website	www.dpp.org.tw

The Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party is the second-highest ranked position of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The incumbent secretary-general is Ho Po-wen, acting since 30 July 2025. The following is a list of people who held the office of secretaries-general of the Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan).

List of secretaries-general

1. Huang Erh-hsuan (28 November 1986 – 28 November 1988)
2. Chang Chun-hung (28 November 1988 – April 1992)
3. Chen Shih-meng (April 1992– September 1992)
4. Chiang Peng-chien (September 1992 – December 1993)
5. Su Tseng-chang (December 1993 – July 1995)
6. Chiou I-jen (July 1995 – December 1998)
7. Yu Shyi-kun (25 December 1998 – 20 May 2000)
8. Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2000 – 20 March 2002)
9. Chang Chun-hsiung (20 March 2002 – 31 January 2005)
10. Lee I-yang (1 February 2005 – 25 January 2006)
11. Lin Chia-lung (25 January 2006 – 15 October 2007)
12. Cho Jung-tai (15 October 2007 – 15 January 2008)
13. Lee Ying-yuan (15 January 2008 – 20 May 2008)
14. Wang Tuoh (20 May 2008 – 20 May 2009)
15. Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2009 – 20 December 2009)
16. Su Jia-chyuan (20 December 2009 – 20 May 2010)
17. Wu Nai-ren (20 May 2010 – 20 December 2010)
18. Su Jia-chyuan (20 December 2010 – 6 June 2012)
19. Lin Hsi-yao (6 June 2012 – 28 May 2014)
20. Joseph Wu (28 May 2014 – 24 May 2016)
21. Hung Yao-fu  [ zh ] (25 May 2016 – November 2018) ^{[1] [2]}
22. Hsu Chia-ching (24 November 2018 – 13 January 2019)
23. Luo Wen-jia (13 January 2019 – 19 May 2020)
24. Lin Hsi-yao (20 May 2020 – 26 November 2022)
25. Sidney Lin  [ zh ] (26 November 2022 – 18 January 2023)
26. Hsu Li-ming (18 January 2023 – 17 January 2024)
27. Andrea Yang  [ zh ] (17 January 2024 – 5 June 2024)
28. Lin Yu-chang (5 June 2024 – 27 July 2025)
29. Ho Po-wen  [ zh ] (30 June 2025 – Incumbent)

See also

• List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party
• List of leaders of the Kuomintang
• List of secretaries-general of the Kuomintang

References

1. Lu, Hsin-hui; Kao, Evelyn (25 May 2016). "New DPP secretary-general appointed". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
2. Maxon, Ann (29 November 2018). "DPP elects mayor as acting chairman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 January 2019.