Secretary-General to the President (Republic of China) explained

Post:	Secretary-General to the President Chinese: 總統府秘書長
Incumbent:	Pan Men-an
Reports To:	President
Appointer:	President
Termlength:	At the pleasure of the President
Constituting Instrument:	Office of the President Organization Act
Formation:
First:	Wu Dingchang
Deputy:	Ho Chih-wei, Xavier Chang

The secretary-general to the president is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President, Republic of China, and supervises the staff of the office. The current secretary-general is Pan Men-an.

Duties

According to Article 9 of the Office of the President Organization Act, "The Office of the President shall have one secretary-general to the president. The secretary-general shall be a special-grade political appointee and shall, under the direction of the president, take overall charge of the affairs of the Office of the President and direct and supervise all staff."^[1]

Deputy secretaries-general

The secretary-general is assisted by two deputy secretaries-general. The current deputy secretaries-general are Ho Chih-wei and Xavier Chang.

List of secretaries-general

No.	Name		Term of office		Political party	President
1			March 1948	December 1948		Chiang Kai-shek
2			December 1948	February 1949	Kuomintang
3			March 1949	June 1949	Kuomintang
4			26 June 1949	March 1950	Kuomintang
5			23 March 1950	16 November 1953	Kuomintang
—	Xu Jingzhi		17 November 1953	17 May 1954	Kuomintang
6			18 May 1954	28 May 1972	Kuomintang
7			29 May 1972	19 May 1978		Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan
8			20 May 1978	19 December 1978		Chiang Ching-kuo
9			20 December 1978	31 May 1984	Kuomintang
10			1 June 1984	16 October 1988		Chiang Ching-kuo Lee Teng-hui
11			18 October 1988	19 May 1990		Lee Teng-hui
12			20 May 1990	12 December 1994	Kuomintang
13			19 December 1994	4 August 1996	Kuomintang
14			5 August 1996	17 November 1999	Kuomintang
15			18 November 1999	22 December 1999	Kuomintang
16			12 December 1999	19 May 2000	Kuomintang
17			20 May 2000	31 July 2000		Chen Shui-bian
—	Chen Che-nan		1 August 2000	5 October 2000	Democratic Progressive
18			6 October 2000	31 January 2002	Democratic Progressive
19			1 February 2002	5 February 2003	Democratic Progressive
20			6 February 2003	19 May 2004	Democratic Progressive
21			20 May 2004	31 January 2005	Democratic Progressive
22			1 February 2005	16 December 2005	Democratic Progressive
—	Ma Yung-chen		17 December 2005	24 January 2006	Democratic Progressive
23			25 January 2006	6 February 2007	Democratic Progressive
24			6 February 2007	20 May 2007	Democratic Progressive
—	Cho Jung-tai		21 May 2007	19 August 2007	Democratic Progressive
25			20 August 2007	22 March 2008	Democratic Progressive
26			23 March 2008	20 May 2008	Democratic Progressive
27			20 May 2008	9 September 2009		Ma Ying-jeou
28			10 September 2009	30 January 2011	Kuomintang
29			31 January 2011	5 February 2012	Kuomintang
30			6 February 2012	26 September 2012	Kuomintang
31			27 September 2012	11 February 2015	Kuomintang
32			12 February 2015	19 May 2016	Kuomintang
33			20 May 2016	19 October 2016	Kuomintang	Tsai Ing-wen
—	Liu Chien-sin		20 October 2016	17 May 2017	Democratic Progressive
34			18 May 2017	26 February 2018	Democratic Progressive
—	Liu Chien-sin		26 February 2018	23 April 2018	Democratic Progressive
35			23 April 2018	20 May 2020	Democratic Progressive
36			20 May 2020	2 August 2020	Democratic Progressive
—	Liu Chien-sin		2 August 2020	3 August 2020	Democratic Progressive
37			3 August 2020	31 January 2023	Kuomintang
38	Lin Chia-lung		31 January 2023	20 May 2024	Democratic Progressive
39			20 May 2024	Incumbent	Democratic Progressive	William Lai

See also

• Presidential Office Building, Taipei

Notes

1. Web site: ROC Office of the President Organization Act§9-Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China.

External links

• Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)