Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party

The following is a list of people who held Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.

List of Chairpersons

Order	Term	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Elected	Party Congress	Notes
1	1		Chiang Peng-chien	28 November 1986	20 December 1987	see 1986 election (unopposed)	1st
2	2		Yao Chia-wen	20 December 1987	30 October 1988	see 1987 election	2nd
3	3		Huang Hsin-chieh	30 October 1988	20 January 1992	see 1988 election	3rd
	4					see 1990 election	4th
4	5		Hsu Hsin-liang resigned	20 January 1992	4 December 1993	see 1992 election	5th	Resigned after defeat in the 1993 local elections.
—			Shih Ming-teh interim	4 December 1993	18 July 1994	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Hsu Hsin-liang.
5	6		Shih Ming-teh resigned	18 July 1994	23 March 1996	see 1994 election	6th	Resigned after defeat in the 1996 presidential election.
—			Chang Chun-hung interim	23 March 1996	18 July 1996	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Shih Ming-teh.
(4)	7		Hsu Hsin-liang	18 July 1996	18 July 1998	see 1996 election	7th
6	8	File:President Direct Election Movement Yi-hsiung Lin.jpg	Lin Yi-hsiung	18 July 1998	20 April 2000	see 1998 election Lin Yi-hsiung - 58,560 (unopposed)	8th
7	9		Frank Hsieh Hsieh Chang-ting	20 April 2000	21 July 2002	see 2000 election Frank Hsieh - 53,510 (unopposed)	9th
8	10		Chen Shui-bian resigned	21 July 2002	11 December 2004	see 2002 election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)	10th	Resigned after defeat in the 2004 legislative election.
	11					see 2004 election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)	11th
—			Ker Chien-ming interim	11 December 2004	15 January 2005	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.
9			Su Tseng-chang resigned	15 January 2005	3 December 2005	see 2005 by-election Su Tseng-chang - 68,406 (unopposed)		Resigned after defeat in the 2005 local elections.
—			Annette Lü Lü Hsiu-lien interim	3 December 2005	15 January 2006	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Su Tseng-chang.
10	12		Yu Shyi-kun resigned	15 January 2006	21 September 2007	see 2006 election Yu Shyi-kun - 25,297 Chai Trong-rong - 16,846 Wong Chin-chu - 4,406	12th	Resigned after being charged with corruption allegations over embezzlement and of using false receipts to write-off expenses.
—			Chai Trong-rong interim	21 September 2007	15 October 2007	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Yu Shyi-kun.
(8)			Chen Shui-bian resigned	15 October 2007	12 January 2008	see 2007 by-election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)		Resigned after defeat in the 2008 legislative election.
—			Frank Hsieh Hsieh Chang-ting interim	12 January 2008	20 May 2008	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.
11	13		Tsai Ing-wen temporarily leave	20 May 2008	17 March 2011	see 2008 election Tsai Ing-wen - 73,865 Koo Kwang-ming - 48,882 Chai Trong-rong - 6,530	13th	Temporarily leave of chairwomanship to focus on the 2011 DPP presidential primary.
	14					see 2010 election Tsai Ing-wen - 78,192 You Ching - 8,406	14th
—			Ker Chien-ming interim	17 March 2011	27 April 2011	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after temporarily leave of Tsai Ing-wen .
(11)			Tsai Ing-wen resigned	27 April 2011	29 February 2012	resumes chair		Resigned after defeat in the 2012 presidential and 2012 legislative elections.
—			Joyce Chen Chen Chu interim	29 February 2012	30 May 2012	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.
(9)	15		Su Tseng-chang	30 May 2012	28 May 2014	see 2012 election Su Tseng-chang - 55,894 Su Huan-chih - 23,281 Wu Rong-i - 16,315 Chai Trong-rong - 12,497 Hsu Hsin-liang - 2,763	15th
(11)	16		Tsai Ing-wen resigned	28 May 2014	24 November 2018	see 2014 election Tsai Ing-wen - 85,410 Kuo Tai-ling - 5,734	16th	Resigned after defeat in the 2018 local elections.
	17					see 2016 election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)	17th
	18					see 2018 election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)	18th
—			Lin Yu-chang interim	28 November 2018	9 January 2019	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.
12			Cho Jung-tai	9 January 2019	20 May 2020	see 2019 by-election Cho Jung-tai - 24,699 Michael You Ying-lung - 9,323
(11)	19		Tsai Ing-wen	20 May 2020		see 2020 election President holds a concurrent post (unopposed)

Timeline

See also

• List of Secretaries-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
• List of leaders of the Kuomintang
• List of Secretaries-General of the Kuomintang