President of the Legislative Yuan
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The president of the Legislative Yuan is the presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China. The incumbent president is Han Kuo-yu, a legislator from the Kuomintang.
Election
The president is elected by and from among all members of the Yuan in a preparatory meeting held on the first reporting day of the first session of each Legislative Yuan, and he shall serve a term the same length as that of other members.
Duty
The president presides over the Yuan Sittings and the meetings of the Committee of the Entire Yuan and is responsible for the administration of the Yuan. In the cases in which the president of the Legislative Yuan is unable to attend to his or her duties, the vice president acts in his or her place.
List of presidents of the Legislative Yuan
Pre-1947 Constitution
During the Nationalist government era, the president of Legislative Yuan was appointed by the Central Committee of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party).
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Took office | Left office | Political party | Chairman | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1 | File:Hhm.png | Hu Hanmin 胡漢民 Hú Hànmín |
8 Oct 1928 | 2 Mar 1931 | Kuomintang | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Tan Yankai.jpg Tan Yankai (Kuomintang) |
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Chiang 1.jpg Chiang Kai-shek (Kuomintang) | ||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2 | File:ROC President Lin Sen.jpg | Lin Sen[1] 林森 Lín Sēn |
2 Mar 1931 | 1 Jan 1932 | Kuomintang | ||
| rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Lin Sen.jpg Lin Sen (Kuomintang) | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:Shaoyuanchong.jpg | Shao Yuanchong[2] 邵元沖 Shào Yuánchōng |
2 Mar 1931 | 1 Jan 1932 | Kuomintang | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3 | File:Zhang Ji Minguo.jpg | Chang Chi[1] 張繼 Zhāng Jì |
1 Jan 1932 | 28 Jan 1932 | Kuomintang | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:Qin Zhen.jpg | Qin Zhen[2] 覃振 Qín Zhèn |
1 Jan 1932 | 14 May 1932 | Kuomintang | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:Shaoyuanchong.jpg | Shao Yuanchong[2] 邵元沖 Shào Yuánchōng |
14 May 1932 | 1 Dec 1932 | Kuomintang | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4 | File:Sun Fo - Hong Kong - HK - c1950 cs.jpg | Sun Fo[3] 孫科 Sūn Kē |
29 Jan 1932[4] | 17 May 1948 | Kuomintang | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Chiang Kai-shek.jpg Chiang Kai-shek (Kuomintang) | ||||||
1947 Constitution
The first Legislative Yuan election under the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China was held in 1948.[5] However, the government retreated to Taiwan in 1949. Members of the first Legislative Yuan had their terms extended indefinitely and the sessions of the first Legislative Yuan were conducted in Taiwan until December 31, 1991 while some supplementary members kept serving until January 31, 1993.
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Term | Electoral mandates (Supplementary elections) |
Political party | President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 1 | File:Sun Fo - Hong Kong - HK - c1950 cs.jpg | Sun Fo 孫科 Sūn Kē (1891-1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Canton at-largeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 May 1948 | 24 Dec 1948 | 1 | 1948 | Kuomintang | rowspan=8 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:蔣中正總統玉照.png Chiang Kai-shek (KMT) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 2 | File:童冠賢.jpg | Tung Kuan-hsien 童冠賢 Tóng Guānxián (1894-1981)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Chahar at-largeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 Dec 1948 | 7 Oct 1950 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 3 | File:劉健群.jpg | Liu Chien-chun 劉健群 Liú Jiànqún (1903-1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Kweichow 2nd District Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 Dec 1950 | 19 Oct 1951 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:黃國書.jpg | Huang Kuo-shu 黃國書 Huáng Guóshū (1905-1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Taiwan at-large Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 Oct 1951[2] | 11 Mar 1952 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 4 | File:Zhang Daofan.jpg | Chang Tao-fan 張道藩 Zhāng Dàofān (1897-1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Kweichow 2nd DistrictScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 Mar 1952 | 20 Feb 1961 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 5 | File:黃國書.jpg | Huang Kuo-shu[6] 黃國書 Huáng Guóshū (1905-1987)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Taiwan at-large Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
28 Feb 1961 | 19 Feb 1972 | 1948, 1969 | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:19690410倪文亞.jpg | Ni Wen-ya 倪文亞 Ní Wényà (1902-2006)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Chekiang 3rd District Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 Feb 1972[2] | 2 May 1972 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 6 | 2 May 1972 | 20 Dec 1988 | 1948, 1969, 1972 | ||||||
| 1948, 1969, 1975 | style="background:Template:Party color;| | File:President03-large.png Yen Chia-kan (KMT) | |||||||
| 1948, 1969, 1980 1948, 1969, 1983 1948, 1969, 1986 |
style="background:Template:Party color;| | File:第7任總統蔣經國先生玉照.jpg Chiang Ching-kuo (KMT) | |||||||
| — | rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Lee Teng-hui (president 5 cropped).jpg Lee Teng-hui (KMT) | |||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:19691101劉闊才.jpg | Liu Kuo-tsai 劉闊才 Liú Kuòcái (1911-1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Taiwan 1st District Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 Dec 1988[2] | 24 Feb 1989 | — | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 7 | 24 Feb 1989 | 20 Feb 1990 | — | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| — | File:梁肅戎院長.jpg | Liang Su-yung 梁肅戎 (1920-2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Liáng Sùróng MLY for Liaopeh at-largeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
20 Feb 1990[2] | 27 Feb 1990 | 1948, 1969, 1989 | Kuomintang | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 8 | 27 Feb 1990 | 31 Dec 1991[7] | 1948, 1969, 1989 | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 9 | File:劉松藩委員.jpg | Liu Sung-pan 劉松藩 Liú Sōngfān (1931-2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MLY for Taiwan 6th District Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 Jan 1992 | 1 Feb 1993 | 1989[8] | Kuomintang | |||
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1991 Constitution amendment
The Additional Articles of the Constitution promulgated in 1991 mandated the total re-election of Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.
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1 Feb 1993 | 1 Feb 1996 | 2 | 1992 53.0% | Kuomintang | rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:Lee Teng-hui (president 5 cropped).jpg Lee Teng-hui (KMT) (Majority) |
| 1 Feb 1996 | 1 Feb 1999 | 3 | 1995 46.1% | ||||||
| rowspan=6 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 10 | File:王金平委員.jpg | Wang Jin-pyng[9] Template:Large Wáng Jīnpíng (Mandarin) Ông Kim-pêng (Taiwanese) Vòng Kîm-phiàng (Hakka) (1941-) MLY for Kaohsiung County until 2005 MLY for Nationwide KMT at-large №1 from 2005Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 Feb 1999 | 1 Feb 2002 | 4 | 1998 46.4% | Kuomintang | ||
| rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:總統陳水扁先生玉照 (國民大會實錄).jpg Chen Shui-bian (DPP) (Minority) | ||||||||
| 1 Feb 2002 | 1 Feb 2005 | 5 | 2001 31.3% + 23.2% (Pan-Blue Coalition)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 1 Feb 2005 | 1 Feb 2008 | 6 | 2004 34.9% + 14.9% (Pan-Blue Coalition)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 1 Feb 2008 | 1 Feb 2012 | 7 | 2008 53.5% | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:中華民國第12、13任總統馬英九先生官方肖像照.jpg Ma Ying-jeou (KMT) (Majority: 2008-2016) (Minority: 2016) | ||||
| 1 Feb 2012 | 1 Feb 2016 | 8 | 2012 44.5% | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 11 | File:Su Jia-chyuan in 2016 LY altered.png | Su Jia-chyuan[10] Template:Large Sū Jiāquán (Mandarin) So͘ Ka-choân (Taiwanese) Sû Kâ-chhiòn (Hakka) (1956-) MLY for Nationwide DPP at-large №9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 Feb 2016 | 1 Feb 2020 | 9 | 2016 44.1% | Democratic Progressive | rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:蔡英文官方元首肖像照 (cropped).png Tsai Ing-wen (DPP) (Majority: 2016-2024) (Minority: 2024) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 12 | File:立法院長游錫堃.jpg | You Si-kun Template:Large Yóu Xíkūn (Mandarin) Iû Sek-khun (Taiwanese) Yù Siak-khûn (Hakka) (1948-) MLY for Nationwide DPP at-large №7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 Feb 2020 | 1 Feb 2024 | 10 | 2020 34.0% | Democratic Progressive | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"| 13 | File:立法院長韓國瑜.jpg | Han Kuo-yu Template:Large Hán Guóyǘ (Mandarin) (1957-) MLY for Nationwide KMT at-large №1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 Feb 2024 | Incumbent | 11 | 2024 34.6% | Kuomintang | ||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| | File:賴清德總統 (cropped).jpg Lai Ching-te (DPP) (Minority) | ||||||||
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Timeline
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See also
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- Legislative Yuan
- Legislative elections in Taiwan
- Government of the Republic of China
- List of political office-holders of the Republic of China by age
- Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
References
- ↑ a b Did not assume post.
- ↑ a b c d e f g As acting; vice president of the LY.
- ↑ Son of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Only individual to have been president of three government branches.
- ↑ Assumed post on 12 January 1933.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ First head with Taiwanese ancestry of any government branch.
- ↑ Retired with all Mainland legislators.
- ↑ Chamber consisted of supplementary members only.
- ↑ Longest-serving president of the Legislative Yuan.
- ↑ First non-KMT president of the Legislative Yuan.