Secretary-General to the President 總統府秘書長 | |
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Reports to | President |
Appointer | President |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Constituting instrument | Office of the President Organization Act |
Formation | 20 May 1948 (Office of the President established) 26 January 1996 (Current Organization Act) |
First holder | Wu Dingchang |
Deputy | Liu Chien-sin, Yao Jen-to |
Website | english |
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The secretary-general to the president is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President, Republic of China, and supervises the staff of the office. The current secretary-general is Lin Chia-lung.
According to Article 9 of the Office of the President Organization Act, "The Office of the President shall have one secretary-general to the president. The secretary-general shall be a special-grade political appointee and shall, under the direction of the president, take overall charge of the affairs of the Office of the President and direct and supervise all staff." [1]
The secretary-general is assisted by two deputy secretaries-general. The current deputy secretaries-general are Liu Chien-sin and Yao Jen-to.
Kuomintang (Nationalist) Democratic Progressive Party Independent/ unknown
No. | Name | Term of office | Political party | President | ||
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1 | Wu Dingchang | 吳鼎昌 | March 1948 | December 1948 | Kuomintang | Chiang Kai-shek |
2 | Wu Zhongxin | 吳忠信 | December 1948 | February 1949 | Kuomintang | |
3 | Weng Wenhao | 翁文灝 | March 1949 | June 1949 | Kuomintang | |
4 | Qiu Changwei | 邱昌渭 | 26 June 1949 | March 1950 | Kuomintang | |
5 | Wang Shijie | 王世杰 | 23 March 1950 | 16 November 1953 | Kuomintang | |
— | Xu Jingzhi | 許靜芝 | 17 November 1953 | 17 May 1954 | Kuomintang | |
6 | Zhang Qun | 張群 | 18 May 1954 | 28 May 1972 | Kuomintang | |
7 | Zheng Yanfen | 鄭彥棻 | 29 May 1972 | 19 May 1978 | Kuomintang | Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan |
8 | Chiang Yen-si | 蔣彥士 | 20 May 1978 | 19 December 1978 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo |
9 | Ma Chi-chuang | 馬紀壯 | 20 December 1978 | 31 May 1984 | Kuomintang | |
10 | Shen Chang-huan | 沈昌煥 | 1 June 1984 | 16 October 1988 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo Lee Teng-hui |
11 | Lee Yuan-tsu | 李元簇 | 18 October 1988 | 19 May 1990 | Kuomintang | Lee Teng-hui |
12 | Chiang Yen-si | 蔣彥士 | 20 May 1990 | 12 December 1994 | Kuomintang | |
13 | Wu Po-hsiung | 吳伯雄 | 19 December 1994 | 4 August 1996 | Kuomintang | |
14 | Huang Kun-huei | 黃昆輝 | 5 August 1996 | 17 November 1999 | Kuomintang | |
15 | John Chiang | 章孝嚴 | 18 November 1999 | 22 December 1999 | Kuomintang | |
16 | Ting Mao-shih | 丁懋時 | 12 December 1999 | 19 May 2000 | Kuomintang | |
17 | Chang Chun-hsiung | 張俊雄 | 20 May 2000 | 31 July 2000 | Democratic Progressive | Chen Shui-bian |
— | Chen Che-nan | 陳哲男 | 1 August 2000 | 5 October 2000 | Democratic Progressive | |
18 | Yu Shyi-kun | 游錫堃 | 6 October 2000 | 31 January 2002 | Democratic Progressive | |
19 | Chen Shih-meng | 陳師孟 | 1 February 2002 | 5 February 2003 | Democratic Progressive | |
20 | Chiou I-jen | 邱義仁 | 6 February 2003 | 19 May 2004 | Democratic Progressive | |
21 | Su Tseng-chang | 蘇貞昌 | 20 May 2004 | 31 January 2005 | Democratic Progressive | |
22 | Yu Shyi-kun | 游錫堃 | 1 February 2005 | 16 December 2005 | Democratic Progressive | |
— | Ma Yung-chen | 馬永成 | 17 December 2005 | 24 January 2006 | Democratic Progressive | |
23 | Chen Tan-sun | 陳唐山 | 25 January 2006 | 6 February 2007 | Democratic Progressive | |
24 | Chiou I-jen | 邱義仁 | 6 February 2007 | 20 May 2007 | Democratic Progressive | |
— | Cho Jung-tai | 卓榮泰 | 21 May 2007 | 19 August 2007 | Democratic Progressive | |
25 | Yeh Chu-lan | 葉菊蘭 | 20 August 2007 | 22 March 2008 | Democratic Progressive | |
26 | Chen Tan-sun | 陳唐山 | 23 March 2008 | 20 May 2008 | Democratic Progressive | |
27 | Chan Chun-po | 詹春柏 | 20 May 2008 | 9 September 2009 | Kuomintang | Ma Ying-jeou |
28 | Liao Liou-yi | 廖了以 | 10 September 2009 | 30 January 2011 | Kuomintang | |
29 | Wu Jin-lin | 伍錦霖 | 31 January 2011 | 5 February 2012 | Kuomintang | |
30 | Tseng Yung-chuan | 曾永權 | 6 February 2012 | 26 September 2012 | Kuomintang | |
31 | Timothy Yang | 楊進添 | 27 September 2012 | 11 February 2015 | Kuomintang | |
32 | Tseng Yung-chuan | 曾永權 | 12 February 2015 | 19 May 2016 | Kuomintang | |
33 | Lin Bih-jaw | 林碧炤 | 20 May 2016 | 19 October 2016 | Kuomintang [lower-alpha 1] | Tsai Ing-wen |
— | Liu Chien-sin | 劉建忻 | 20 October 2016 | 17 May 2017 | Democratic Progressive | |
34 | Joseph Wu | 吳釗燮 | 18 May 2017 | 26 February 2018 | Democratic Progressive | |
— | Liu Chien-sin | 劉建忻 | 26 February 2018 | 23 April 2018 | Democratic Progressive | |
35 | Chen Chu | 陳菊 | 23 April 2018 | 20 May 2020 | Democratic Progressive | |
36 | Su Jia-chyuan | 蘇嘉全 | 20 May 2020 | 2 August 2020 | Democratic Progressive | |
— | Liu Chien-sin | 劉建忻 | 2 August 2020 | 3 August 2020 | Democratic Progressive | |
37 | David Lee | 李大維 | 3 August 2020 | 31 January 2023 | Kuomintang [lower-alpha 1] | |
38 | Lin Chia-lung | 林佳龍 | 31 January 2023 | Incumbent | Democratic Progressive |
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