List of vice presidents of the Republic of China explained

To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Eastern order convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.

This is a list of all the vice presidents of the Republic of China (1912–present).

List

Provisional Government:
Beiyang Government:
Constitutional Government:

Portraitwidth=18% Name
Term of officePolitical partyPresidentAssembly
(elected)
1Li Yuanhong
黎元洪
(1864–1928)
1 January 1912 10 October 1913IndependentSun Yat-sen
(Tongmenghui)
Provisional (1911)
Yuan Shikai
(Beiyang clique)
Provisional (1912)
Portraitwidth=18% Name
Term of officePolitical partyPresidentAssembly
(elected)
1Li Yuanhong
黎元洪
(1864–1928)
10 October 1913 6 June 1916Progressive PartyYuan Shikai
(Beiyang clique)
1st (1913)
2Feng Guozhang
馮國璋
(1859–1919)
6 June 1916 17 July 1917Beiyang cliqueLi Yuanhong
(Progressive Party)
1st (1916)

Vice presidents after the 1947 Constitution

Portraitwidth=18% Name
Term of officePolitical partyPresidentTerm
(elected)
1Li Zongren

20 May 1948[1] 12 March 1954[2] [3] KuomintangChiang Kai-shek
(Kuomintang)
1 (1948)
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2Chen Cheng

20 May 1954 5 March 1965[4] Kuomintang2 (1954)
3 (1960)
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3Yen Chia-kan


20 May 1966 5 April 1975Kuomintang4 (1966)
5 (1972)
Yen Chia-kan
(Kuomintang)
4Hsieh Tung-min

20 May 1978 19 May 1984KuomintangChiang Ching-kuo
(Kuomintang)
6 (1978)
5Lee Teng-hui

20 May 1984 13 January 1988Kuomintang7 (1984)
Lee Teng-hui
(Kuomintang)
6Li Yuan-tsu

20 May 1990 20 May 1996Kuomintang8 (1990)

Vice presidents after the introduction of direct election

Portraitwidth=18% Name
Term of officePolitical partyPresidentTerm
(elected)
7Lien Chan

20 May 1996 20 May 2000KuomintangLee Teng-hui
(Kuomintang)
9 (1996)
8Annette Lu


20 May 2000 20 May 2008Democratic ProgressiveChen Shui-bian
(DPP)
10 (2000)
11 (2004)
9Vincent Siew


20 May 2008 20 May 2012KuomintangMa Ying-jeou
(Kuomintang)
12 (2008)
10Wu Den-yih

20 May 2012 20 May 2016Kuomintang13 (2012)
11Chen Chien-jen

20 May 2016 20 May 2020IndependentTsai Ing-wen
(DPP)
14 (2016)
12Lai Ching-te

20 May 2020 20 May 2024Democratic Progressive15 (2020)
13Hsiao Bi-khim

20 May 2024IncumbentDemocratic ProgressiveLai Ching-te
(DPP)
16 (2024)

Vice presidential age-related data (post-1947 Constitution)

#Vice PresidentBornAge at
Age at

timespan
Lifespan
Died Age
1data-sort-value="Li Zongren" Li Zongren

2data-sort-value="Chen Cheng" Chen Cheng

3data-sort-value="Yen" Yen Chia-kan

4data-sort-value="Hsieh" Hsieh Tung-min

5data-sort-value="Lee Teng-hui" Lee Teng-hui

6data-sort-value="Lee Yuan-tsu" Lee Yuan-tsu

7data-sort-value="Lien" Lien Chan

--(living)
8data-sort-value="Lu" Annette Lu

--(living)
9data-sort-value="Siew" Vincent Siew

--(living)
10data-sort-value="Wu" Wu Den-yih

--(living)
11data-sort-value="Chen Chien-jen" Chen Chien-jen

--(living)
12data-sort-value="Lai" Lai Ching-te

--(living)
13data-sort-value="Hsiao" Hsiao Bi-khim
(incumbent)(incumbent)--(living)

Oldest living

Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a vice president older than any living ex-vice president. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest vice president.

PresidentDate rangeAge at startAge at endTime span
data-sort-value="Li Zongren" Li ZongrenJanuary 30, 1969nowrap
data-sort-value="Yen" Yen Chia-kanDecember 24, 1993
data-sort-value="Lee" Lee Teng-huiJuly 30, 2020
data-sort-value="Lien" Lien Chanpresent(living)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Acting president from 21 January 1949 to 1 March 1950 on Chiang Kai-shek's declaration of incapacity.
  2. Vacancy by recall motion.
  3. 中央選舉委員會:《中華民國選舉史》,台北:中央選舉委員會印行,1987年
  4. Died in office.