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.

President of the Republic of China 中華民國總統
National emblem
Commander-in-chief flag
Incumbent Lai Ching-te since May 20, 2024
Office of the President
Style	President Commander-in-chief (military) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Status	Head of state
Member of	National Security Council
Residence	Yonghe Residence
Seat	Presidential Office, Taipei
Nominator	Political parties or self-nomination
Appointer	Directly elected by plurality voting
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Republic of China and its additional articles
Precursor	Emperor of the Great Qing Governor-General of Taiwan
Formation	January 1, 1912 October 25, 1945 (in Taiwan)
First holder	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
Website	english.president.gov.tw

President of the Republic of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中華民國總統
Simplified Chinese	中华民国总统
Literal meaning	Chinese Republic President
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒng Bopomofo ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jonghwa Min'gwo Tzoongtoong Wade–Giles Chung¹-hua² Min²-kuo² Tsung³-t'ung³ Tongyong Pinyin Jhonghuá Mínguó Zǒngtǒng MPS2 Jūng-huá Mín-guó Tzǔng-tǔng Hakka Romanization Chûng-fà Mìn-koet Chúng-thúng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zungwaa Mangwok Zungtung Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chóng-thóng Tâi-lô Tiong-hûa Bîn-kok Tsóng-thóng
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་དམངས་གཙོའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།༌སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌
Transcriptions Wylie Krung hwa dmangs gtso'i rgyal khab
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч
Mongolian script	ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Bügd Nairamdakh Khyatad Ulsyn Yerönkhiilögch
Uyghur name
Uyghur	جۇڭگو جۇمھۇرىيىتى پرېزىدېنتى
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Junggo jumhuriyiti prézidénti Siril Yëziqi җуңго җумһурийити президенти
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠧᠯᠢᠢᠬᠢᠲ ᠤᠠᠨᠳᠧ
Romanization	Dulimbai irgen' gurun Beliihi tiyande

The Presidential Building is in Jhongjheng District, Taipei City.

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 (Chinese: 中華民國總統). The current Democratic Progressive Party administration refers to the President as the "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" (Chinese: 中華民國(臺灣)總統).

List of Presidents

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