Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of China
中華民國外交部部長
Flag of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Lin Chia-lung
since 20 May 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member ofExecutive Yuan
SeatTaipei
NominatorPremier
AppointerPresident
Inaugural holderWang Chonghui
Formation1 January 1912; 112 years ago (1912-01-01)
Websitewww.mofa.gov.tw
Official residence of Foreign Minister of the Republic of China.

This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Beiyang and Nationalist Governments[edit]

Name Took office Left office Portrait
Lu Zhengxiang March 1912 September 1912
Lu Zhengxiang November 1912 September 1913
Lu Zhengxiang 27 January 1915 17 May 1916
Wu Tingfang 7 November 1917 30 November 1917
Lu Zhengxiang 30 November 1917 13 August 1920
Chen Lu (acting) November 1918 December 1919
Wu Tingfang 1921 1922
C. C. Wu (Wu Chaoshu)[1] 1923
1927 		1924
1928
Huang Fu 1924
Wang Zhengting[2] June 14, 1928
Alfred Sze (Shi Zhaoji) 1931
Eugene Chen (Chen Youren)[3] June 1, 1931
Luo Wengan 1932
Wang Jingwei August 18, 1933
Chang Chun (Zhang Qun) December 16, 1933
Wang Ch'ung-hui (Wang Chonghui) March 6, 1937
Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi) June 30, 1941
T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen)[4] October 30, 1942

Post-1948 Constitution[edit]

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent/ unknown

No. Portrait Name Term of office Days Political party Cabinet
1 Wang Shijie June 1, 1948 December 27, 1948 209 Kuomintang Weng Wenhao
Sun Fo
2 Wu Tiecheng December 27, 1948 March 21, 1949 84 Kuomintang Sun Fo
He Yingqin
3 Fu Bingchang Did not take office Kuomintang He Yingqin
4 Hu Shih Did not take office Independent Yan Xishan
5 George Yeh (Yeh Kung-ch'ao) October 1, 1949 July 14, 1958 3208 Kuomintang Yan Xishan
Chen Cheng I
Yu Hung-Chun
Chen Cheng II
6 Huang Shao-ku July 14, 1958 May 31, 1960 687 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
7 Shen Chang-huan May 31, 1960 May 27, 1966 2187 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
Yen Chia-kan
8 Wei Tao-ming May 27, 1966 March 31, 1971 1769 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan
9 Chou Shu-kai March 31, 1971 May 29, 1972 425 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan
10 Shen Chang-huan May 29, 1972 December 16, 1978 2392 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
Sun Yun-suan
11 Chiang Yen-si December 20, 1978 December 19, 1979 364 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
12 Chu Fu-sung December 19, 1979 April 22, 1987 2681 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
Yu Kuo-hua
13 Ting Mao-shih April 22, 1987 July 20, 1988 455 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
14 Lien Chan July 20, 1988 June 1, 1990 681 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
Lee Huan
15 Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo) June 1, 1990 June 10, 1996 2201 Kuomintang Hau Pei-tsun
Lien Chan
16 John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)[5] June 10, 1996 October 20, 1997 497 Kuomintang Lien Chan
Vincent Siew
17 Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)[6] October 20, 1997 November 30, 1999 771 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
18 Chen Chien-jen November 30, 1999 May 20, 2000 172 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
19 Tien Hung-mao[7] May 20, 2000 February 1, 2002 622 Independent Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung I
20 Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin)[8] February 1, 2002 April 16, 2004 805 Kuomintang Yu Shyi-kun
21 Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)[9] April 16, 2004 January 25, 2006 649 Democratic Progressive Party Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
22 James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang)[10] January 25, 2006 May 5, 2008 1196 Independent Su Tseng-chang I
Chang Chun-hsiung II
— Yang Tzu-pao May 6, 2008 May 19, 2008 13 Independent Chang Chun-hsiung II
23 Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian) May 20, 2008 September 10, 2009 478 Kuomintang Liu Chao-shiuan
24 Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien) September 10, 2009 September 26, 2012 1112 Kuomintang Wu Den-yih
Sean Chen
25 David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo) September 27, 2012 May 20, 2016 1331 Independent Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Chang San-cheng
26 David Lee (Lee Ta-wei) May 20, 2016 February 26, 2018 647 Kuomintang Lin Chuan
William Lai
27 Joseph Wu (Wu Chao-hsieh) February 26, 2018 May 20, 2024 2275 Democratic Progressive Party William Lai
Su Tseng-chang II
Chen Chien-jen
28 Lin Chia-lung May 20, 2024 Incumbent 2 Democratic Progressive Party Cho Jung-tai

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Harrison, Henrietta (2000). The Making of the Republican Citizen (Google Books). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 0-19-829519-7. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  2. ^ Strauss, Julia C. (1998). Strong Institutions in Weak Polities: State Building in Republican China. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823342-6.
  3. ^ "Georgette Chen". National Library of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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  7. ^ "Speech by Dr. Hung-mao Tien". chicago.roc-taiwan.org. Archived from the original on June 1, 2001. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  8. ^ "Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien thanks Russia, Turkey, Japan, Chad, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela..." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China). Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
  9. ^ "AP: Foreign minister Mark Chen bashes his Australian counterpart". www.taiwandc.org. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  10. ^ "James Huang profile". Telegraph Online. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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