List of presidents of the Judicial Yuan explained

This is a list of presidents of the Judicial Yuan of the Republic of China.^[1] This position is also called the Chief justice since the 4th constitutional amendment in 1997, which mandated that the position holder shall also be a justice in the Constitutional Court.^[2]

List

№	Portrait	width=25%	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	width=20%	Political party	width=35%	Chairman
1		Wang Ch'ung-hui 王寵惠 Wáng Chǒnghuì (1881–1958)	Nov 1928	Jan 1932	Kuomintang	Tan Yankai, Chiang Kai-shek, Lin Sen

2		Wu Chaoshu 伍朝樞 Wǔ Cháoshū (1887–1934)	Jan 1932	Mar 1932	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
Did not take office.
3		Ju Zheng 居正 Jū Zhèng (1876–1951)	Mar 1932	1 Jul 1948	Kuomintang	Lin Sen, Chiang Kai-shek

№	Portrait	width=25%	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	width=20%	Political party	width=35%	President of the Republic
1		Wang Ch'ung-hui 王寵惠 Wáng Chǒnghuì (1881–1958)	2 Jul 1948	15 Mar 1958	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
Died in office.
–		Hsieh Kuan-sheng 謝冠生 Xiè Guànshēng (1897–1971)	18 Mar 1958	14 Jun 1958	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
As acting.
2		Hsieh Kuan-sheng 謝冠生 Xiè Guànshēng (1897–1971)	14 Jun 1958	1 Dec 1971	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek

3		Tien Chung-chin 田炯錦 Tián Jiǒngjǐn (1899–1977)	1 Dec 1971	30 Mar 1977	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek, Yen Chia-kan
Died in office.
4		Tai Yen-hui 戴炎輝 Dài Yánhuī (1909–1992)	20 Apr 1977	1 Jul 1979	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan, Chiang Ching-kuo
First JY President of Taiwanese ancestry.
5		Huang Shao-ku 黃少谷 Huáng Shàogǔ (1901–1996)	1 Jul 1979	1 May 1987	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo

6		Lin Yang-kang 林洋港 Lín Yánggǎng (1927–2013)	1 May 1987	1 Sep 1994	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui

7		Shih Chi-yang 施啟揚 Shī Qǐyáng (1935–2019)	1 Sep 1994	1 Feb 1999	Kuomintang	Lee Teng-hui

Under the 4th constitutional amendment in 1997, the President of Judicial Yuan shall also be a justice. All presidents are unaffiliated to any party since then.