Taiwan (Republic of China)
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1662 - 1683
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10 Nov 1872 - 1889
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![[Flag of
Imperial China, 1889-1912] [Flag of
Imperial China, 1889-1912]](cn_1890.gif)
- 1889 - 25 May 1895
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![[Republic of
Taiwan, May - Oct 1895] [Republic of
Taiwan, May - Oct 1895]](tw_1895.gif)
- 25 May 1895 - 21 Oct 1895
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![[Republic of
Taiwan (reverse), 1895] [Republic of
Taiwan (reverse), 1895]](tw_1895r.jpg)
- 2 Jun 1895 - 21 Oct 1895
Reverse
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![[Japan] [Japan]](jp.gif)
22 Oct 1895 - 25 Oct 1945
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Adopted 8 Dec 1949
(Republic of China Flag from 8
Oct 1928
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Map
of Taiwan
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Hear
National Anthem
"Zhonghua Minguo guoge"
(Chung-hua
min-kuo kuo-ke)
(National Anthem of the
Republic of China)
(or
"San Min Chu-i"/
Three Principles of
the People)
Adopted 16 Jun 1937
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Alternate
National Anthem
"Zhonghua Minguo
Guoqige"
(Chung-hua
min-kuo kuo-ch'i-ke)
(National
Flag Anthem of the Republic of China)
(from 1937, at
Olympics 1983)
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Constitution
(25 Dec 1947)
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Capital:
Taipei¹
(Taihoku
1895-1945;
Taipei 1887-1895;
Tainan 1683-1887;
Dongdu 1661-1683)
(Taiwan province: Taipei 1895-1957;
Zhongxing
New Village 1957-2018)
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Currency:
New Taiwan
Dollar (TWD);
1945-1949
Taiwan Nationalist Yuan
(TWN); 1895-1945
Japanese Yen (JYP)
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National
Holiday: 10 Oct (1911)
Guóqìng rì
(National Day)
(Dayof Chinese
Revolution)
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Local Holiday:
25 Oct (1945)
Taiwān guāngfujie
(Taiwan Retrocession Day)
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Population:
23,603,049 (2019)
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GDP: $1.19
trillion (2017)
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Exports:
$349.8 billion (2017)
Imports: $259
billion (2017)
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Ethnic
groups: Han Chinese (including
Hoklo, who compose
approximately 70% of Taiwan's
population, Hakka,
and other groups originating in mainland
China) 95%,
indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples 2.3% (2003)
note: there are 16 officially recognized
indigenous groups.
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Total Armed
Forces: 290,000 (2010)
Merchant marine:
389 ships (2019)
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Religions:
Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%,
Christian 3.9%,
Taoist or Confucian folk religionist
approximately 10%,
none or unspecified 18.2% (2005)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ADB
(Taipei, China), APEC (Chinese Taipei),
BCIE (China, Taiwan)(nonregional),
BTWC (de facto)², CAP (China,
Taiwan)(observer),
EBRD (Taipei, China)(special
observer), ESCR
(signatory), IADB
(Taipei, China)(observer),
ICC (Chinese Taipei),
ICRC (Taiwan, China)(observer), IOC
(Chinese Taipei), ITUC (Taiwan), IUOTO
(1959-73), NPT (de facto)², NTBT (de
facto)², OECD (Chinese Taipei)(observer),
OST (de facto)², PIF (partner),
SICA (China, Taiwan)(observer),
UNPO (Taiwan), WTO
(Taipei, China)
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Taiwan Index |
Chronology
- 1544
The island is sighted and named Ilha
Formosa
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(Beautiful Island) by the
Portuguese.
- 26
Aug 1624 - 1 Feb 1662
Tainan (southern Formosa) a Dutch
colony named
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Tayowan.
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7 May 1626 - 25 Aug
1642 Spanish
colony, Isla
Hermosa, on
northwestern coast
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of Taiwan
(subordinated the Philippines).
- 1
Feb
1662
Kingdom of Tong-ning (Tungning)(Dongning
Wangguo),
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loyal to deposed Ming
dynasty, island is named
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Tung-tu (Dongdu)('Eastern
Capital'), sometimes
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called the
Kingdom of Yen-p'ing (Yanping)(Yanping
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Wangguo). Known
in the West as Kingdom of Taiwan.
- 27 Sep 1683
Occupied by Chinese Empire.
- 27
May 1684
Annexed by Chinese
Empire, part of Fujian
province
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(as Taiwan prefecture).
- 26
May 1721 - 30 Jul 1721
Controlled by forces in rebellion
against the
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Ch'ing (Qing)
Empire.
- Dec
1786 - 10 Feb
1788
Controlled by forces in rebellion
against the
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Ch'ing (Qing) Empire.
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1 Oct 1884 - Jul
1885 French
occupation of Keelung (and from 29
Mar 1885,
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the Pescadores [Penghu] Islands).
- 11
Oct
1885
Fujian Taiwan province (separated
from Fujian).
- 26 Mar
1895
Pescadores (Penghu) Islands occupied
by Japan.
- 8
May
1895
Treaty of Shimonoseki (signed 17 Apr
1895), handing
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Taiwan (and the Pescadores)
over to Japan.
- 25
May
1895
Republic of Taiwan inaugurated, nien-hao
(era
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name): Yung-ch'ing (Yongqing), in
resistance to
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the
hand-over.
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29 May 1895
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (Keelung
occupied on
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3 Jun 1895, Taipei 7 Jun
1895, Hsinchu 22 Jun,
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Changhua
27 Aug, Chiayi 9 Oct, Fangliao 10
Oct,
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Takow 13
Oct and Tainan on 21 Oct 1895).
- 2
Jun
1895
Hand over of Taiwan to Japan
formally executed,
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while resistance continues,
especially in
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Tainan city.
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21 Oct
1895
Republic of Taiwan extinguished by
Japan.
- 25
Oct
1945
Taiwan is restored to the Republic
of China.
- 9
Mar 1947 - 16 May 1947 Martial
law in effect on Taiwan.
- 19 May 1949 - 15 Jul
1987 Martial law in effect on
Taiwan.
- 8 Dec
1949
Taiwan becomes the seat of the
Republic of China
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(which controls only Taiwan, the
Pescadores,
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and Quemoy [Kinmen] and Matsu
islands of Fukien
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(Fujian) province and Pratas
islands; gradually
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loses
international recognition³ (for
Republic
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of China
before 1949 see under China).
- 27
May
1950
ROC withdraws from the
Choushan Islands (Wanshan
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Islands
fall 25 May - 7 Aug 1950).
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25 Feb
1955
ROC withdraws from the Dachen
Islands.
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15 Nov
1971
Republic of China expelled from the
United Nations
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and replaced by the People's
Republic of China.
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1 Jan
1979
U.S. ends formal diplomatic
relations with ROC.
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Republic
of China
(since 1949)
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Formosa
(1626-1642)
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Tayowan
(1624-1662)
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Taiwan
(1662-1945) |
Taiwan
Province
(1945-2018)
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Chekiang
Province
(1949-1955)
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Fukien Province
(1949-2019)
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Taipei City
(since
1967)
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Kaohsiung City
(since 1979)
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Sinbei
City
(since
2010)
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Taichung
City
(since 2010)
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Tainan
City
(since 2010)
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Taoyuan City
(since 2014) |
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Note: Chinese names are
given in Wade-Giles romanization with
Hanyu Pinyin romanization, without
diacritics, in parentheses,
i.e. Liu Yung-fu (Liu
Yongfu). Attempts to make pinyin
standard in Taiwan occurred in 2002 and 2009, but today
Taiwan has no standardized spelling system.
Kings
1 Feb 1662 - 23 Jun 1662 Cheng
Ch'eng-kung "Koxinga"
(b. 1624 - d. 1662)
(Zheng Chenggong)
(from Apr 1662, king)
23 Jun 1662 - 30 Jun 1662 Cheng
Shih-hsi (Zheng Xi)
(b. 1625 - d. 1663)
30 Jun 1662 - 17 Mar 1681 Cheng
Ching (Zheng Jing)
(b. 1642 - d. 1681)
17 Mar 1681 - 19 Mar 1681 Cheng
K'o-tsang (Zheng Kezang)
(b. 1662 - d. 1681)
-Regent
19 Mar 1681 - 22 Sep 1683 Cheng
K'o-shuan (Zheng Keshuang)
(b. 1670 - d. 1707)
19 Mar 1681 - 22 Sep 1683 Cheng-tsung
(Chengzong) -Regent
19 Mar 1681 - 22 Sep 1683 Feng
Hsi-fan (Feng Xifan)
(d. 1683)
(de facto Regent)
Circuit Prefects
(subordinated to the governors of
Fukien [Fujian])
1684 - 1686
Chou Ch'ang (Zhou Chang)
1687 -
1691
Wang
Hsiao-tsung (Wang Xiaozong)
1691 -
1696
Kao Kung-kan (Gao Gonggan)
1696 -
1699
Ch'ang Kuang-yü (Chang Guangyu)
1699 -
1704
Wang Chih-lin (Wang Zhilin)
1704 -
1710
Wang Min-cheng (Wang Minzheng)
1710
Chou Yüan-wen (Zhou
Yuanwen)
1710 -
1715
Ch'en Pin (Chen Bin)
(b. 1656 - d. 1718)
1715 -
1717
Liang Wen-k'e (Liang Wenke)
1717 -
1718
Wang Chen (Wang Zhen)
(d. 1721)
1718 -
1721
Liang Wen-hsüan
(Liang Wenxuan)
Emperor (Huangdi)
26 May 1721 - 30 Jul
1721 Chu I-kuei (Zhu Yigui)
(b.
1689/90 - d. 1721)
(in rebellion, rules almost exclusively on Taiwan)
nianhao 26 May 1721 - 30 Jul 1721: Yung-ho
(Yonghe)
Circuit Prefects
(subordinated to the governors of
Fukien)
1721 -
1722
T'ao Fan (Tao Fan)
1722 -
1724
Ch'en Ta-nien (Chen Danian)
(d. 1724)
1724 - 1727
Wu Ch'ang-tso (Wu Changzuo)
1728
Yü
Ts'un-jen (Yu Cunren) (acting)
1728
Chu
Hung-hsü (Zhu Hongxu)
(did not arrive)
1728
Sun Kuo-hsi (Sun Guoxi)
1728 -
1731
Liu Fan-chang (Liu Fanzhang)
(b. 1684 - d. 17..)
1731 - 1732
Ni Hsiang-k'ai
(Ni Xiangkai) (b. 1684 -
d. 1745)
1732 - 1735
Chang Szu-ch'ang
(Zhang Sichang)
1735
Shen Ch'i-yüan (Shen
Qiyuan) (b. 1685 -
d. 1763)
(acting)
1735 - 1739
Yin Shih-lang (Yin Shilang)
1739
Liu Liang-pi (Liu Liangbi)
(1st time) (acting)
1739 - 1740
O Shan (E Shan)
1740 - 1743
Liu
Liang-pi (2nd time)
1743 - 1746
Chuang Nien (Zhuang
Nian) (b. 1703 - d.
1755)
1746 - 1749
Shu Ch'eng (Shu
Cheng)
1749 - 1750
Fang Pang-chi
(Fang Bangji) (b.
1701 - d. 1750)
(acting)
1750 - 1752
Chin Jung (Jin Rong)
(b. 1706 - d. 1778)
1752 - 1755
T'o-mu Ch'i-t'u
(Tuomu Qitu)
1755 -
1758
Te Wen (De Wen)
1758 - 1761
Yang Ching-su (Yang
Jingsu) (b.
1711 - d. 1779)
1761 - 1764
Chüeh-luo
Szu-ming (Jueluo Siming)
1764
Yü
Wen-i (Yu Wenyi) (1st time) (b.
1705 - d. 1782)
1764 -
1765
Chiang Yün-hsün (Jiang Yunxun)
(1st
time)
1766 - 1766
Ch'i Ch'ung-ke (Qi
Chongge) (b. 1703 -
d. ....)
(1st time)
1766
Yü
Wen-i (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1766 - 1768
Chang T'ing (Zhang Ting)
1768
Sun Hsiao-yü (Sun Xiaoyu)
1768 - 1769
Yü
Wen-i (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1769 - 1771
Chiang
Yün-hsün (2nd time)
1771 - 1774
Ch'i Ch'ung-ke
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
1774 - 1775
Shuo Shan
1775
Ch'eng Ch'eng (Cheng Cheng)
(b. 1715 - d. ....)
1775
Feng T'ing-ch'eng (Feng Tingcheng)
(b. 1728 - d. 1784)
1775 -
1776
Chiang Yüan-shu (Jiang Yuanshu)
(b. 1738 - d. 1781)
1777 -
1780
Chang Tung (Zhang Dong)
1780 -
1780
Yü Ch'eng (Yu Cheng)
1781 -
1782
Su T'ai (Su Tai)
1782 -
1782
Mu Ho-lin (Mu Helin)
(d. 1796)
1782 -
1783
Yang T'ing-hua (Yang Tinghua)
(b. 1747 - d. 1787)
1783
Li
Chün-yüan (Li Junyuan)
1783 -
1783
Yung Fu (Yong Fu)
1784 – 1786
Sun Ching-sui
(Sun Jingsui)
(d. 1786)
Emperor (Huangdi)
Dec 1786 - 10 Feb
1788 Lin
Shuang-wen (Lin Shuangwen)
(b. 1756 - d. 1788)
(in rebellion, rules almost exclusively
on Taiwan)
nianhao Dec 1786 - 10 Feb 1788: Shun-t'ien
(Shuntian)
Circuit Prefects
(subordinated to the governors of
Fukien)
1787 – 1788
Yang T'ing-li (Yang
Tingli)
(b. 1747 - d. 1813)
(1st time)
1788
Wang Yu-pi (Wang
Youbi)
1788 - 1791
Wan Chun-chieh (Wan
Zhongjie)
1791
Wang Qingchang (did not arrive)
1791 -
1795
Yang Tingli (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1795 - 1797
Liu Ta-i (Liu Dayi)
(b. 1756 - d. 1823)
1797 - 1798
Chi Hsüeh-chin (Ji Xuejin)
(d. 1798)
1798 - 1801
Yü Ch'ang (Yu
Chang) (1st time)
1801 - 1802
Ch'ing Pao (Qing
Bao) (1st time)
1802 - 1805
Yü
Ch'ang (2nd time)
1805 - 1806
Ch'ing
Pao (2nd time)
1806 - 1808
Ch'ing Hua (Qing
Hua)
1808 - 1811
Chang Chih-hsü (Zhang
Zhixu)
1811 - 1812
Wang Nan
(1st time)
(b. 1755 - d. 1820)
1812 - 1817
Luo Ch'i-yü (Luo
Qiyu)
(b. 1762 - d. 1827)
1817 - 1818
Wang Nan
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1818 - 1819
Kai Fang-mi (Gai
Fangmi)
(1st time) (acting)
1819
Wang
Nan (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1819 - 1820
K'ai
Fang-mi (2nd time) (acting)
1820 - 1821
Yeh Shih-cho (Ye
Shizhuo) (b. 1752 -
d. 1823)
1821
Mao Ting-hen
(Mao Dingheng)
(did not arrive)
1821
Shih
P'u (Shi Pu)
(b. 1776 - d. 1837)
1821
Chou I
(Zhou Yi)
1821
Ch'en Chung-fu
(Chen Zhongfu)
(b. 1766 - d. 1826)
1821 - 1824
Hu
Ch'eng-kung (Hu
Chenggong)
(b. 1776 - d. 1832)
1824
Fang Ch'uan-sui
(Fang Chuansui)
(b. 1775 - d. 18..)
(acting)
1824 - 1827
Kung Chao-ch'ien
(Kong Zhaoqian)
(b. 1775 - d. 1835)
1827
Ch'en Luan
(Chen Luan)
(b. 1786
- d. 1840)
(did not arrive)
1827 -
1830
Liu Chung-lin (Liu Zhonglin)
(d. 1845)
1830
Teng
Ch'uan-an (Deng Chuanan)
(b. 1764 - d. 18..)
(acting)
1830 - 1832
P'ing Ch'uing (Ping
Qing)
1832 - 1833
Chou K'ai (Zhou
Kai) (1st time) (b. 1779 - d.
1837)
1833 -
1836
Liu Hung-kao (Liu Hongao)
(b. 1778 - d. 1849)
1836 - 1837
Chou
K'ai (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1837
Hsiung I-pen (Xiong
Yiben)
(b. 1778 - d. 1853)
(1st time) (acting)
1837 - 1838
Shen Ju-han (Shen
Ruhan)
1838 - 1843
Yao Ying
(b. 1785 -
d. 1853)
1843 - 1847
Hsiung
I-pen (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1847
T'ung Pu-nien (Tong Bunian)
1847 - 1847
Hsiung
I-pen (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1848 -
1854
Hsu Tsung-kan (Xu Zonggan)
(b. 1796 - d.
1866)
1854
Jui Pin (Rui Bin) (did
not arrive)
1854 - 1858
Yü To (Yu Duo)
1858 - 1861
Kung Chao-tz'u (Kong
Zhaoci)
(b. 1795 - d. 1862)
1861 -
1863
Hung Yü-ch'en (Hong
Yuchen)
(b. 1813 - d.
1863)
1863 -
1864
Ch'en Mao-lieh (Chen Maolie)
1864 - 1866
Ting Yüeh-chien
(Ding Yuejian)
1866 - 1868
Wu Ta-t'ing (Wu
Dating)
(b. 1824 - d. 1877)
1868 - 1869
Liang Yüan-kuei
(Liang Yuangui) (b.
1814 - d. ....)
(acting)
1869 - 1871
Li Chao-t'ang (Li
Zhaotang)
1871 - 1872
Ting Pao (Ding
Bao)
1872
Chou Mao-ch'i (Zhou Maoqi)
(1st time)(acting)
1872 - 1873
P'an Chün-chang (Pan
Junzhang)
1873 - Aug 1879
Hsia Hsien-lun (Xia Xianlun)
(d. 1879)
1879
Chou Mao-ch'i
(2nd time)(acting)
1879 -
1881
Chang Meng-yüan (Zhang Mengyuan)
(b. 1825 - d. 1896)
May 1881 - 1885
Liu Ao
(d. 1889)
1885 - 1887
Ch'en Ming-chih (Chen Mingzhi)
French Military Governor at Keelung
1 Oct 1884 - Jun
1885 André Amédée Anatole
Prosper (b. 1827 -
d. 1885)
Courbet
Governors
12 Oct 1885 - 4 Jun 1891 Liu
Ming-ch'uan (Liu Mingchuan)
(b. 1836 - d. 1896)
4 Jun 1891 - 25 Nov 1891 Ch'en
Ying-k'uei (Shen Yingkui)
(acting)
25 Nov 1891 - 13 Oct 1894 Shao Yu-lien (Shao
Youlian) (b. 1840
- d. 1901)
13 Oct 1894 - 25 May 1895 T'ang
Ching-sung (Tang Jingsong)
(b. 1841 - d. 1903)
(acting)
Presidents
25 May 1895 - 5 Jun 1895 T'ang
Ching-sung (Tang Jingsong)
(s.a.)
5 Jun 1895 - 21 Oct 1895 Liu
Yung-fu (Liu Yongfu)
(b. 1837 - d. 1917)
Japanese Governor of the Pescadores Islands
26 Mar 1895 - Jun? 1895 Tsunatsune
Tanaka
(b. 1842 - d. 1903)
Governors-general of Taiwan
17 Jun 1895 - 2 Jun 1896 Sukenori
(Motonori)
Kabayama (b. 1837 -
d. 1922)
(from 5 Aug 1895, Count Sukenori Kabayama)
2 Jun 1896 - 14 Oct 1896 Viscount Tarō
Katsura
(b. 1848 - d. 1913)
14 Oct 1896 - 26 Feb 1898 Baron
Maresuke Nogi
(b. 1849 - d. 1912)
26 Feb 1898 - 11 Apr 1906 Baron
Gentarō
Kodama
(b. 1852 - d. 1906)
11 Apr 1906 - 1 May 1915
Viscount Samata Sakuma
(b. 1844 - d. 1915)
(from
21 Sep 1907, Count Samata Sakuma)
1 May 1915 - 6
Jun 1918 Baron Sadayoshi (Teibi) Andō
(b. 1853 - d. 1932)
6 Jun 1918 - 26 Oct 1919
Baron Motojirō
Akashi
(b. 1864 - d. 1919)
26 Oct 1919 - 29 Oct 1919
Hiroshi Shimomura
(acting)
(b. 1875 - d. 1957)
29 Oct 1919 - 2 Sep 1923
Baron Kenjirō
Den
(b. 1855 - d. 1930)
2 Sep 1923 - 6 Sep
1923 Sagataro Kaku (acting)
(b. 1874 - d. 1949)
6 Sep 1923 - 1 Sep
1924 Kakichi
Uchida
(b. 1866 - d. 1933)
1 Sep 1924 - 16 Jul 1926
Takio
Izawa
(b. 1869 - d. 1949)
16 Jul 1926 - 16 Jun 1928
Mitsunoshin
Ueyama
(b. 1869 - d. 1938)
16 Jun 1928 - 30 Jul 1929 Takeji
Kawamura
(b. 1871 - d. 1955)
30 Jul 1929 - 16 Jan 1931 Eizō
Ishizuka
(b. 1866 - d. 1942)
16 Jan 1931 - 2 Mar 1932
Masahiro
Ōta
(b. 1871 - d. 1951)
2 Mar 1932 - 26 May 1932
Hiroshi
Minami
(b. 1869 - d. 1946)
27 May 1932 - 2 Sep 1936
Kenzō
Nakagawa
(b. 1875 - d. 1944)
2 Sep 1936 - 27 Nov 1940
Seizō
Kobayashi
(b. 1877 - d. 1962)
27 Nov 1940 - 30 Dec 1944
Kiyoshi
Hasegawa
(b. 1883 - d. 1970)
30 Dec 1944 - 25 Oct 1945
Rikichi Andō
(b. 1884 - d. 1946)
Republic of China
Note: Names are given with
Hanyu Pinyin romanization (without
diacritics) in parentheses.
Presidents
20 May 1948 - 5 Apr 1975 Chiang
Chung-cheng "Chiang Kai-shek"(b.
1887 - d. 1975) Mil/KMT
(declared retirement 21 Jan 1949, resumed office 1 Mar
1950)
21 Jan 1949 - 1 Mar 1950 Li Tsung-jen (Li
Zongren) (b.
1890 - d. 1969) Mil/KMT
(acting [for absent Chiang], left country 20 Nov
1949)
5 Apr 1975 - 20 May 1978 Yen Chia-kan "C.K.
Yen"
(b. 1905 - d. 1993) KMT
(Yan Jiagan)
20 May 1978 - 13 Jan 1988 Chiang Ching-kuo
(Jiang Jingguo) (b. 1910 - d. 1988)
KMT
13 Jan 1988 - 20 May 2000 Lee Teng-hui (Li
Denghui)
(b. 1923 - d. 2020) KMT
20 May 2000 - 20 May 2008 Chen Shui-bian
(Chen Shuibian) (b.
1950)
MCT
20 May 2008 - 20 May 2016 Ma Ying-jeou (Ma
Yingjiu)
(b. 1950) KMT
20 May 2016
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Tsai Ing-wen (Cai
Yingwen)(f) (b.
1956)
MCT
Heads of the Executive Yuan (Prime ministers)
13 Jun 1949 - 15 Mar 1950 Yen Hsi-shan (Yan
Xishan)
(b. 1883 - d. 1960) Mil/KMT
15 Mar 1950 - 1 Jun 1954 Ch'en Ch'eng
(Chen Cheng)(1st time) (b. 1898 - d. 1965) Mil/KMT
1 Jun 1954 - 15 Jul 1958 Yu
Hung-chün (Yu Hongjun)
(b. 1897 - d. 1960) KMT
15 Jul 1958 - 16 Dec 1963 Ch'en
Ch'eng (Chen Cheng)(2nd time) (s.a.)
Mil/KMT
1 Jul 1963 - 16 Dec 1963 Wang
Yun-wu "Y.W. Wong" (Wang Yunwu)(b. 1888 - d.
1979) KMT
(acting for Ch'en)
15 Dec 1963 - 1 Jun 1972 Yen Chia-kan "C.K.
Yen"
(s.a.)
KMT
(Yan Jiagan)
1 Jun 1972 - 20 May 1978 Chiang
Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo)
(s.a.)
KMT
20 May 1978 - 30 May 1978 Hsu Ching-chung
(Xu Qingzhong) (b. 1907 - d.
1996) KMT
(acting)
1 Jun 1978 - 1 Jun 1984 Sun Yun-suan
(Sun Yunxuan)
(b.
1913 - d. 2006) KMT
24 Feb 1984 - 1 Jun 1984 Chiu
Chuang-huan (Qiu Chuanghuan) (b. 1925 - d.
2020) KMT
(acting
for Sun)
1 Jun 1984 - 1 Jun 1989 Yu Kuo-hwa (Yu
Guohua)
(b. 1914 - d. 2000) KMT
1 Jun 1989 - 1 Jun 1990 Lee
Huan (Li Huan)
(b. 1917 - d. 2010) KMT
1 Jun 1990 - 27 Feb 1993 Hau Pei-tsun
(Hao Baicun)
(b. 1919 - d. 2020) KMT
27 Feb 1993 - 1 Sep 1997 Lien Chan
(Lian Zhan)
(b.
1936)
KMT
1 Sep 1997 - 20 May 2000 Siew
Wan-chang "Vincent Siew"
(b.
1939)
KMT
(Xiao Wanchang)
20 May 2000 - 6 Oct 2000 Tang Fei
(Tang Fei)
(b.
1932)
KMT
6 Oct 2000 - 1 Feb 2002 Chang
Chun-hsiung (1st time)
(b.
1938)
MCT
(Zhang Junxiong)
1 Feb 2002 - 1 Feb 2005 Yu
Shyi-kun (You Xikun)
(b.
1948)
MCT
1 Feb 2005 - 25 Jan 2006 Hsieh
Chang-ting "Frank Hsieh"
(b.
1946)
MCT
(Xie Changting)
25 Jan 2006 - 21 May 2007 Su
Tseng-chang (Su Zhenchang)
(b.
1947)
MCT
(1st time)
21 May 2007 - 20 May 2008 Chang Chun-hsiung
(2nd time) (s.a.)
MCT
(Zhang Junxiong)
20 May 2008 - 10 Sep 2009 Liu
Chao-shiuan (Liu Zhaoxuan) (b.
1943) KMT
10 Sep 2009 - 6 Feb 2012
Wu Den-yih (Wu Dunyi)
(b. 1948)
KMT
6 Feb 2012 - 18 Feb 2013 Chen Chun "Sean
Chen" (Chen Chong) (b. 1949)
KMT
18 Feb 2013 - 8 Dec 2014 Jiang Yi-huah
(Jiang Yihua) (b. 1960)
KMT
8 Dec 2014 - 1 Feb 2016 Mao Chi-kuo
(Mao Zhiguo)
(b. 1948) KMT
18 Jan 2016 - 20 May 2016 Chang San-cheng "Simon
Chang" (b. 1954)
Non-party
(Zhang
Shanzheng)(acting for Mao to 1 Feb 2016)
20 May 2016 - 8 Sep 2017 Lin Chuan (Lin
Quan)
(b.
1951)
MCT
8 Sep 2017 - 14 Jan 2019 Lai
Ching-te "William Lai Ching-te" (b. 1959)
MCT
(Lai Qingde)
14 Jan 2019
-
Su Tseng-chang (Su Zhenchang)
(s.a.)
MCT
(2nd time)
¹Since 1949, Taipei (T'ai-pei
[Taibei]) has been the "provisional" capital of the
Republic of China, formally Nanjing on the mainland
remains the official capital. Taipei was also the
capital of the province of Taiwan until 1 Jul 1957 when
it was moved to Jhongsing (Zhongxing)
New Village.
² The Republic
of China (ROC) signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) in 1968, and deposited the instrument of
ratification on 27 Jan 1970 and was considered a member
of the IAEA. After 25 Oct 1971 the ROC was expelled from
the UN and the IAEA; The People's Republic of China
acceded to the NPT on 9 Mar 1992. The ROC signed the
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT) on 23 Aug 1963 and
deposited the instrument of ratification on 18 May 1964.
ROC signed the Outer Space Treaty (OST) 27 Jan 1967 and
deposited the instrument of ratification on 24 Jul
1970. The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
(BTWC) was signed the ROC in 1972, before it entered
into force, but it's signature on this treaty is not
officially recognized because Taiwan has not been
considered to be a sovereign state. For the
same reason, the ROC was not allowed to sign the
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) that entered into
force in 1997 and has not been permitted to join the
Australia Group (AG), Missile Technology Control Regime
(MTCR) or other non-proliferation organizations. In
spite of its non-state status, Taiwan's government has
repeatedly stated that it will abide by the terms of the
BTWC, CWC, NPT, NTBT, and MTCR. The International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Covenant (ESCR) was signed by the ROC on 5 Oct 1967 but
not ratified; on 31 Mar 2009 the ROC finally ratified
it, but the deposit was rejected by the UN.
³ The People's
Republic of China replaced Taiwan in the UN on 15 Nov
1971; the U.S. switched recognition from Taiwan to the
People's Republic on 1 Jan 1979. Currently, Taiwan has
diplomatic relations with 14 countries: Belize (1989), eSwatini
(Swaziland)(1968), Guatemala (1960), Haiti
(1956), Honduras (1965), Marshall Islands (1998),
Nauru (1980-2002, 2005), Palau (1999),
Paraguay (1957), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983), Saint
Lucia (1984-1997, 2007), Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines (1981), Tuvalu (1979), and Vatican City (Holy
See)(1942);
--- Former diplomatic
recognitions (since 1972): Bahamas
(1989-1997), Botswana (1966-75), Burkina
Faso (1994-2018), Central African Republic
(1968-1976, 1991-1998), Chad (1962-72, 1997-2006), Colombia
(1941-79), Costa Rica (1959-2007), Dominica
(1983-2004), Dominican
Republic (1957-2018), Ecuador (1947-1980),
El Salvador (1961-2018), The Gambia (1968-1974,
1995-2013), Grenada (1989-2005), Guinea-Bissau
(1990-1998), Jordan (1947-1977), Kiribati
(2003-2019), Lesotho (1966-1983, 1990-1994),
Liberia (1957-1977, 1989-2003), Macedonia (1999-2001), Malawi
(1966-2008), Nicaragua
(1962-1985, 1990-2021), Niger (1963-1974,
1992-1996), Panama (1954-2017), São
Tomé and Príncipe (1997-2016), Saudi Arabia
(1946-1990), Senegal (1969-1972, 1996-2005), Solomon
Islands (1983-2019), South Africa (1976-1997),
South Korea (1949-1992), Tonga (1972-1998), United Arab
Emirates (1973-84), Uruguay (1966-1988), and Vanuatu
(2004).
Territorial Disputes: Taiwan is
claimed by People's Republic of China; involved in
complex dispute over the Spratly Islands
with China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, and possibly
Brunei, and with China and the Philippines over
Scarborough Reef; the 2002 "Declaration on the
Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased
tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of
conduct" desired by several of the disputants; Paracel Islands
occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; in
2003, China and Taiwan became more vocal in rejecting
both Japan's claims to the uninhabited islands of the
Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japan's unilaterally
declared exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea
where all parties engage in hydrocarbon prospecting;
Pratas Islands (Dong Sha/Dongsha Qundao) are claimed by
the People's Republic of China; the ROC claimed
jurisdiction over Mongolia, but under Soviet pressure
the ROC recognized Mongolian independence in 1947,
however, in 1953 the ROC repudiated this recognition and
reasserted its to claim jurisdiction over Mongolia. In
2002 Taiwan announced that it would now require
Mongolian citizens to produce passports, in effect
recognizing them as foreigners.
Party abbreviations: KMT
= Chungkuo Kuomin-ang/Zhongguo Guomindang (Chinese
Nationalist Party, "Kuomintang", nationalist,
republican, conservative, anti-Communist, 1 Jun 1931 -
28 Sep 1986 state party, est.23 Aug 1912-Nov 1913, re-formed.10
Oct 1919); MCT =
Min-chu Chin-pu-tang/Minzhu Jinbudang (Democratic
Progressive Party, social liberal, Taiwanese
nationalist, center-left, est.28 Sep 1986);
Mil = Military
Provinces
Note: Names are
given with Hanyu Pinyin romanization
(without
diacritics) in parentheses.
Taiwan Province
![[Logo for the
ROC province of Taiwan] [Logo
for the ROC province of Taiwan]](tw-Taiwan_Province.png)
25 Oct
1945
Taiwan Province Administrative Official Public Ministry.
Apr 1947
Taiwan Provincial Government.
1 Jul 2018
Provincial government is de
facto dissolved. Remaining duties of
the Taiwan
provincial government are transferred to the National
Development Council and other ministries of the Executive
Yuan.
Chief Executive
25 Oct 1945 - 16 May 1947 Ch'en I (Chen Yi)
(b. 1883 - d. 1950) Mil/KMT
Chairmen of the Province
16 May 1947 - 5 Jan 1949 Wei
Tao-ming (Wei Daoming)
(b. 1901 - d.
1978) KMT
5 Jan 1949 - 21 Dec 1949 Ch'en Ch'eng
(Chen Cheng)
(b. 1898 - d. 1965) KMT
21 Dec 1949 - 16 Apr 1953 Wu Gwo-jen "K.C.
Wu" (Wu Guozhen) (b. 1903 - d. 1984) KMT
16 Apr 1953 - 7 Jun 1954 Yu
Horng-jiun "O.K.
Yui"
(b. 1897 - d. 1960) KMT
(Yu Hongjun)
7 Jun 1954 - 16 Aug 1957 Yen Chia-kan
"C.K. Yen" (b.
1905 - d. 1993) KMT
(Yan
Jiagan)
16 Aug 1957 - 1 Dec 1962 Chow
Chih-jou (Zhou Zhirou) (b.
1899 - d. 1986) KMT
1 Dec 1962 - 5 Jul 1969 Huang
Chieh (Huang Jie)
(b. 1902 - d. 1994) KMT
5 Jul 1969 - 6 Jun 1972 Chen
Ta-ching (Chen Daqing)
(b. 1905 - d.
1973) KMT
6 Jun 1972 - 20 May 1978 Shien
Tung-min (Xie Dongmin) (b.
1907 - d. 2001) KMT
20 May 1978 - 11 Jun 1978 Chu Shao-hwa (Qu
Shaohua) (acting) (b. 1914 - d. 1996) KMT
12 Jun 1978 - 5 Dec 1981 Lin Yang-kang (Lin
Yanggang) (b. 1927 - d.
2013) KMT
5 Dec 1981 - 20 May 1984 Lee Teng-hui
(Li Denghui)
(b. 1923
- d. 2020) KMT
20 May 1984 - 8 Jun 1984 Liu
Chao-tien (Liu Zhaotian) (b.
1920 - d. 2012) KMT
(acting)
9 Jun 1984 - 16 Jun 1990 Chiu Chuang-huan (Qiu
Chuanghuan) (b. 1925 - d. 2020) KMT
16 Jun 1990 - 25 Feb 1993 Lien Chan (Lian
Zhan)
(b.
1936)
KMT
27 Feb 1993 - 19 Mar 1993 Tu Teh-chi (Tu
Deqi)(acting) (b. 1934
- d. 2011) KMT
20 Mar 1993 - 20 Dec 1994 Song Chu-yu "James Soong"
(b.
1942)
KMT
(Song Chuyu)
Governor
20 Dec 1994 - 21 Dec 1998 Song
Chu-yu "James Soong"
(s.a.)
KMT
Chairmen of the Province
21 Dec 1998 - 2 May 2000 Chao
Shou-po (Zhao Shoubo)
(b.
1941)
KMT
2 May 2000 - 19 May 2000 Chiang
Ching-hsien (Jiang Qingxian)(b. 1942 - d. 2018) Ind
(acting)
20 May 2000 - 1 Feb 2002 Chang Po-ya (Zhang
Boya)(f) (b.
1942)
Ind
1 Feb 2002 - 10 Oct 2003 Fan
Kuang-chun (Fan Guangqun) (b.
1939)
MCT
10 Oct 2003 - 25 Jan 2006 Lin Kuang-hua (Lin
Guanghua) (b.
1945)
MCT
25 Jan 2006 - 7 Dec 2007 Jeng Peir-fuh (Zheng
Peifu)(acting)(b. 1954)
Ind
7 Dec 2007 - 19 May 2008 Lin Hsi-yao
(Lin Xiyao)
(b. 1961) MCT
20 May 2008 - 10 Sep 2009 Tsai Hsun-hsiung (Cai
Xunxiong) (b. 1941)
KMT
10 Sep 2009 - 26 Feb 2010 Chang Jin-Fu (Zhang
Jinfu) (b. 1948)
Ind
26 Feb 2010 - 20 May 2016 Lin Junq-tzer (Lin
Zhengze) (b. 1944)
KMT
20 May 2016 - 30 Jun 2016 Shih Jun-ji (Shi Junji)
(acting) (b.
1955)
Ind
1 Jul 2016 - 5 Nov 2017 Hsu Jan-yau (Xu
Zhangyao)
(b. 1951) Ind
6 Nov 2017 - 30 Jun 2018 Wu Tze-cheng (Wu
Zecheng)
(b. 1945) Ind
1 Jul
2018
Post abolished
Chekiang province (1949-1955):
see Zhejiang under China Provinces
Fukien
Nov 1949 -
Fragment of Fukien (Fujian) province
retained by Republic of China:
Chin-men (Kinmen [Quemoy]),
Ma-tsu (Matsu), Wu-ch'iu (Wuqiu
[Wuciou]),
and other small islands.
1 Jan 2019
Provincial government is de facto
dissolved. Responsibilities
are
transferred to the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Service Center,
the
National
Development Council, and other ministries of the
Executive Yuan.
Nationalist
Chairmen of the Province (in
Chin-min [Kinmen] to Jul 1956 and from 15 Jan
1996;
in Hsintien
[Sindian], Taiwan Jul 1956 - 15 Jan 1996)
30 Sep 1949 - 4 Dec 1949 Huang
Chin-tao (Huang Jintao)
(b. 1888 - d. 1957) KMT
(acting)
4 Dec 1949 - 1 Feb 1955 Hu
Lien (Hu Lian)
(b. 1907 - d. 1977) Mil/KMT
1 Feb 1955 - 21 May
1986 Tai Chung-yu (Dai Zhongyu)
(b. 1910 - d. 1986) Mil/KMT
20 Jun 1986
- 9 Feb 1998 Wu Chin-tzan (Wu Jinzan)
(b. 1935 - d. 2012) Mil:1992
KMT
10 Feb 1998 - 20
May 2007 Yen Chung-cheng (Yan Zhongcheng)
(b. 1938)
KMT
21 May 2007 - 28 Nov
2007 Yang Cheng-hsi (Yang Chengxi)
(b. 1945)
KMT
(acting)
28 Nov 2007 - 20
May 2008 Chen Chin-jun (Chen Jingjun)
(b. 1956)
MCT
20 May 2008 - 10 Sep
2009 Hsueh Hsiang-chuan (Xue
Xiangchuan)(b. 1944)
KMT
10 Sep 2009 - 18 Feb
2013 James Cherng-tay Hsueh
(b. 1956)
KMT
(Xue Chengtai)
18 Feb 2013 - 1 Aug 2013
Chen Shyh-kwei "Steven S.K. Chen" (b.
1952)
KMT
(Chen
Shikui)
1 Aug 2013 - 30 Sep 2013 Luo Ying-shay (Lou
Yingxue)(f) (b.
1951)
KMT
1 Oct 2013 - 25 Mar 2014 Schive Chi "Steve
Chi" (Xue Qi) (b. 1947)
Ind
25 Mar 2014 – 7 Dec 2014 Deng Chen-Chung
"John Deng" (b. 1952)
Ind
(Deng Zhenzhong)
7 Dec 2014 – 31 Jan 2016 Duh Tyzz-jiun
"Woody
Duh"
(b. 1959)
Ind
(Du
Zijun)
31 Jan 2016 - 20 May 2016 Lin Chu-chia "Steve
Lin"(Lin Zujia)(b. 1956)
Ind
20 May 2016 - 1 Jan 2019 Chang Ching-sen
(Zhang Jingsen) (b. 1959)
Ind
1 Jan 2019
Post abolished
Special Municipalities
Taipei (Taibei)
![[Taipei city
former flag 1981-2010 (Taiwan)] [Taipei city former
flag 1981-2010 (Taiwan)]](tw-tpe.gif)
19 Oct 1981 - 20 Sep 2010
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![[Taipei City flag (Taiwan)] [Taipei City flag
(Taiwan)]](tw-tpe2.gif)
Adopted 20 Sep 2010
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1 Jul
1967
Taipei (Taibei) special municipality (split from Taiwan
province).
Mayors
2 Jun 1964 - 10 Jun 1972 Kao Yu-shu
"Henry Y.S. Kao"
(b. 1913 - d. 2005) KMT
(Gao Yushu) (2nd time)
10 Jun 1972 - 11 Jun 1976 Chang Feng-hsu
(Zhang Fengxu) (b. 1928 - d.
2014) KMT
11 Jun 1976 - 9 Jun 1978 Lin
Yang-kang (Lin Yanggang) (b.
1927 - d. 2013) KMT
9 Jun 1978 - 4 Dec
1981 Lee Teng-hui (Li Denghui)
(b.
1923 - d. 2020) KMT
4 Dec 1981 - 19 Apr 1982 Shao
En-hsin (Shao Enxin)
(b. 1924 - d. 2014) KMT
19 Apr 1982 - 30 May 1985 Chin-tsung Yang
"Jackson Yang" (b. 1923
- d. 1990) KMT
(Yang Jincong)
30 May 1985 - 25 Jul 1988 Hsu Shui-teh (Xu
Shuide)
(b. 1931 - d. 2021) KMT
25 Jul 1988 - 2 Jun 1990 Wu
Po-hsiung (Wu Boxiong)
(b. 1939)
KMT
2 Jun 1990 - 25 Dec 1994
Huang Ta-chou "Thomas Huang"
(b.
1936)
KMT
(Huang Dazhou)
25 Dec 1994 - 25 Dec 1998 Chen Shui-bian
(Chen Shuibian) (b.
1950)
MCT
25 Dec 1998 - 25 Dec 2006 Ma Ying-jeou (Ma
Yingjiu)
(b.
1950)
KMT
25 Dec 2006 - 25 Dec 2014 Hau Lung-pin
(Hao Longbin) (b. 1952)
KMT
25 Dec 2014 - 25 Dec 2022 Ko Wen-je (Ke
Wenzhe)
(b.
1959)
Ind;8-2019 TMD
25 Dec 2022
-
Chiang Wan-an "Wayne Chiang"
(b. 1978) KMT
(Jiang Wan'an)
Kaohsiung
![[Kaoshiung City
former flag 1974-2010 (Taiwan)] [Kaoshiung City former
flag 1974-2010 (Taiwan)]](tw-khh.gif)
1974 - 1 Jan 2010
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Adopted 1
Jan 2010
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1 Jul
1979
Kaohsiung (Gaoxiong) special municipality (split from
Taiwan
province).
25 Dec 2010
Kaohsiung county
consolidated with Kaohsiung special municipality.
Mayors
1 Feb 1973 - 21 Jun 1981 Wang Yu-yuin
(Wang Yuyun)
(b. 1925
- d. 2009) KMT
21 Jun 1981 - 19 Apr
1982 Chin-tsung Yang "Jackson
Yang" (s.a.)
KMT
(Yang Jincong)
19 Apr 1982 - 30 May
1985 Hsu Shui-teh (Xu Shuide)
(b. 1931 - d. 2021)
KMT
30 May 1985 - 18 Jun
1990 Su Nan-cheng (Su Nancheng)
(b. 1936 - d.
2014) KMT
18 Jun 1990 - 25 Dec
1998 Wu Den-yi (Wu Denyi)
(b. 1948)
KMT
25 Dec 1998 - 1 Feb
2005 Hsieh Ch'ang-t'ing "Frank Hsieh"
(b.
1946)
MCT
(Xie Changting)
1 Feb 2005 - 20 Dec
2005 Chen Chi-mai (Chen Qimai)(1st time)(b.
1964)
MCT
(acting)
20 Dec 2005 - 25 Dec 2006 Yeh Chu-lan (Yeh
Julan)(f)(acting) (b. 1949)
MCT
25 Dec 2006 - 20 Apr 2018 Chen Chu "Kiku
Chen" (Chen Ju)(f) (b. 1950)
MCT
20 Apr 2018 - 25 Dec 2018 Hsu Li-ming (Xu Liming)
(acting) (b.
1969)
MCT
25 Dec 2018 - 12 Jun 2020 Han
Kuo-yu "Daniel Han" (Han Guoyu)(b. 1957)
KMT
13 Jun 2020 - 24 Aug 2020 Yang
Ming-jou (Yang Mingzhou) (b. 1956)
Non-party
(acting)
24 Aug 2020
-
Chen Chi-mai (Chen Qimai)(2nd time)(s.a.)
MCT
Sinbei (New Taipei)
Adopted 25 Dec 2010
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25 Dec 2010
Sinbei (Xinbei) special
municipality (Taipei [Taibei] County
split from Taiwan province).
Mayors
25 Dec 2010 - 20 Oct 2015 Chu Li-luan "Eric
Chu" (Zhu Lilun) (b. 1961)
KMT
(1st time)
20 Oct 2015 - 18 Jan 2016 Hou You-yi (Hou Youyi)(1st
time) (b. 1957)
KMT
(acting)
18 Jan 2016 - 25 Dec 2018 Chu Li-luan "Eric Chu"
(2nd time) (s.a.)
KMT
25 Dec 2018 -
Hou You-yi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
KMT
Taichung (Central Taiwan)
Adopted 1974
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![[Taichung city
unofficial flag (Taiwan)] [Taichung city
unofficial flag (Taiwan)]](tw-txgd.gif)
Unofficial Variant from Sep 2007
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25 Dec 2010
Taichung (Taizhong) special
municipality (split from Taiwan
province).
Mayors
25 Dec 2010 - 25 Dec 2014 Hu Chih-chiang "Jason Hu"
(b. 1948)
KMT
(Hu Zhiqiang)
25 Dec 2014 - 25 Dec 2018 Lin Chia-lung (Lin
Jialong) (b.
1964)
MCT
25 Dec 2018
-
Lu Shiow-yen (Lu Xiuyan)(f) (b.
1961)
KMT
Tainan
25 Dec 2010 - 28 Jan 2015 Unofficial
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Adopted 28 Jan 2015
|
25 Dec 2010
Tainan special
municipality (split from Taiwan province).
Mayors
25 Dec 2010 - 8 Sep 2017
Lai Ching-te "William Lai Ching-te"(b.
1959) MCT
(Lai Qingde)
8 Sep 2017 - 25 Dec 2018 Lee Meng-yen (Li
Mengyan)(acting) (b. 1966)
Non-party
25 Dec 2018
-
Huang Wei-cher (Huang Weizhe) (b.
1962) MCT
Taoyuan City
Adopted 1971
|
25 Dec
2014
Taoyuan City special municipality (Taoyuan
County split
from Taiwan province).
Mayors
25 Dec 2014 - 25 Dec 2022 Cheng Wen-tsan (Zheng
Wencan) (b.
1967)
MCT
25 Dec 2022
-
Chang San-cheng "Simon Chang"
(b.
1954)
KMT
(Zhang Shanzheng)
Party abbreviations: Ind =
Independent; KMT = Chungkuo
Kuomintang/Zhongguo Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party,
"Kuomintang", nationalist, republican, conservative,
anti-Communist, 1 Jun 1931 - 28 Sep 1986 state party,
est.23 Aug 1912-Nov 1913, re-formed.10 Oct
1919); MCT = Min-chu
Chin-pu-tang/Minzhu Jinbudang (Democratic Progressive
Party, social liberal, Taiwanese nationalist, center-left,
est.28 Sep 1986); TMD = Taiwan
Minchong Tang/Taiwan Minzhong Dang (Taiwan People's
Party, centrist, populist, pluralism, est.6 Aug 2019);
Mil = Military
Formosa/Isla Hermosa
7 May
1626
Fort
San Salvador erected at Santissima Trinidad (Keelung
bay)
(northwestern coast of Taiwan), Isla
Hermosa a Spanish colony
(subordinated the Philippines).
1629
Spanish erect a second base,
centered on Fort San Domingo,
in Tamsui.
25 Aug
1642
Spanish driven out by the Dutch (see Tayowan).
Governors at Fort San Salvador
7 May 1626 - 1629
Antonio Carreño de Valdés
1629 - 1632
Juan de Alcarazo
1632 - 1634
Bartolomé Díaz Barrera
1634 - 1635
Alonso García Romero
1635 - 1637
Francisco Hernández
1637 - 1639
Pedro Palomino
1639 - 1640
Cristóbal Márquez
1640 - 25 Aug 1642 Gonzalo
Portillo
Tayowan (Tayouan)
Jul 1622 - 26 Aug 1624 Dutch
occupy Pehou (Peng-Hu) in Pescadores.
1624 - 1 Feb
1662
Fort Zeelandia at Tainan.
25 Aug
1642
Spanish driven out of Fort San Salvador by the Dutch.
Oct 1642 - Jun
1661 Fort
Anthonio at Tamsui.
1642 -
1667
Fort Noord Holland at Keelung.
Governors at Fort Zeelandia (of
the Dutch East India Co.)
25 Aug 1624 - Sep 1625
Martinus Sonck
(b. c.1590 - d. 1625)
1625 -
1627
Gerard Frederikszoon de Wit
1627 -
1629
Pieter Nuyts (Nuijts)
(b. 1598 - d. 1655)
1629 -
1636
Hans Putmans
(d. 1654)
Sep 1636 - 20 Jul 1640 Johan van
der Burch
(d. 1640)
20 Jul 1640 - Jul 1643
Paulus Traudenius
(d. 1643)
1643 - May
1644
Maximiliaan le Maire
(b. 1606 - d. c.1654)
9 May 1644 - 24 Jul 1646 François
Caron
(b. 1600 - d. 1673)
24 Jul 1646 -
1649 Pieter
Anthoniszoon Overtwater (b. c.1610
- d. 1682)
1649 - 24 May
1653
Nicolaas Verburg
(b.
c.1620 - d. 1676)
24 May 1653 - 30 Jun 1656 Cornelis Caesar
(b. 1609 - d. 1657)
30 Jun 1656 - 1 Feb 1662 Frederik
Coyett
(b. 1620 - d. 1687)
30 Jul 1661
Harmen Klenck van Odessa
(did not
take office)
12 Aug
1661
Jacob Cau (Cauw)
(b. 1628 - d. 16..)
(did not take office)
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