Chairman of the Kuomintang explained

Post:Chairman
Body:the Kuomintang
Flag:Naval Jack of the Republic of China.svg
Flagsize:125px
Flagcaption:Flag of the Kuomintang
Insignia:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg
Insigniacaption:Emblem of the Kuomintang
Insigniasize:100px
Department:Central Committee of the Kuomintang
Incumbent:Eric Chu
Incumbentsince:5 October 2021
Type:Party leader
Termlength:Fours years, renewable twice consecutively
Inaugural:Sun Yat-sen
Deputy:Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang

The chairman of the Kuomintang is the leader of the Kuomintang in the Republic of China. The position used to be titled as President (1912–1914), Premier (1919–1925), Chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1925–1938), Director-General (1938–1975), and Chairman (from 1975). The post is currently held by Eric Chu, who assumed the post on 5 October 2021, following the tenth direct election of the party leadership. The chairman is now directly elected by party members for a term of four years and may be re-elected for a second term.

List of party leaders

denotes acting leader.

Presidents (1912–1914)

OrderPortraitNameTerm of Office
1Sun Yat-sen25 August 1912 8 July 1914
—Song Jiaoren25 August 1912 22 March 1913

Sun Yat-sen served as Premier of the Chinese Revolutionary Party between 8 July 1914 and 10 October 1919.

Premier (1919–1925)

OrderPortraitNameTerm of OfficeParty Congress
Sun Yat-sen10 October 1919 30 January 1924
30 January 192412 March 1925
1st

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee (1925–1938)

Collective leadership

Following the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925, the Central Executive Committee became the collective leadership of the Kuomintang. On 19 May 1926, the Central Executive Committee resolved to establish chairmanship. In March 1927, the collective leadership of the committee was revived, the chairmanship was thus abolished until 7 December 1935.

Members of the Committee include:

OrderPortraitNameTerm of OfficeParty
Congress
—Collective leadership of
Central Executive Committee		12 March 1925 19 May 19261st
2Zhang Renjie19 May 1926 6 July 19262nd
—6 July 1926 11 March 1927
3Chiang Kai-shek6 July 1926 11 March 1927
—Collective leadership of
Central Executive Committee		11 March 1927 28 March 1929
28 March 1929 23 November 19313rd
23 November 1931 23 November 19354th
23 November 19357 December 19355th
4Hu Hanmin7 December 1935 12 May 1936
— Chiang Kai-shek12 May 1936 1 April 1938

Director-General (1938–1975)

OrderPortraitNameTerm of OfficeParty
Congress
—Chiang Kai-shek1 April 193817 May 1945Extraordinary
17 May 194520 October 19526th
20 October 195223 October 19577th
23 October 195722 November 19638th
22 November 19639 April 19699th
9 April 19695 April 1975
10th

Chairpersons (from 1975)

OrderPortraitNameTerm of OfficeMandateParty CongressNotes
—Chiang Ching-kuo28 April 197516 November 197610thAs Chairman of the Central Executive Committee
516 November 19764 April 19811976 11th
4 April 198113 January 1988
1981 12th
—Lee Teng-hui27 January 19888 July 1988Resigned after 2000 presidential election defeat
68 July 1988 22 August 19931988 13th
22 August 199328 August 19971993 14th
28 August 199724 March 2000
1997 15th
—Lien Chan24 March 200018 June 2000
718 June 200030 July 20012000
30 July 200119 August 2005200116th
8Ma Ying-jeou19 August 200513 February 2007
200517thResigned amid corruption charges
—Wu Po hsiung13 February 200714 March 2007
Resigned to run in the 2007 KMT chairmanship by-election
—Chiang Pin-kung14 March 200711 April 2007
9Wu Po-hsiung11 April 200717 October 20092007
Ma Ying-jeou17 October
2009		29 September 2013200918thResigned after 2014 local election defeat
29 September 20133 December 2014[1] 201319th
—Wu Den-yih3 December 201419 January 2015
10Eric Chu
19 January 201516 January 20162015Resigned after 2016 presidential and legislative elections defeat
—Huang Min-hui16 January 201630 March 2016
11Hung Hsiu-chu30 March 20163 July 2017
2016Resigned after re-election failed
—Lin Junq-tzer3 July 201719 August 2017
12Wu Den-yih20 August 201715 January 2020201720thResigned after 2020 presidential and legislative elections defeat
—Lin Rong-te15 January 20209 March 2020Member of Central Standing Committee, acting leader after vice chairmen resigned
13Johnny Chiang
9 March 20205 October 20212020
Eric Chu
5 October
2021		Incumbent202121st

List of eternal and honorary leaders

List of deputy party leaders

Vice Directors-General (1938–1939; 1957–1965)

OrderPortraitNameTerm of Office
2Wang Jingwei1 April 19381 January 1939
3Chen Cheng23 October 19575 March 1965

Vice Chairmen (from 1993)

TermPortraitNameTerm of OfficeNotes
4Lee Yuan-tsu18 August 199327 August 1997
27 August 199718 June 2000
Hau Pei-tsun18 August 199314 December 1995Expelled by the party in 1995 for an independent presidential campaign. Returned in 2005.
Lin Yang-kang18 August 199314 December 1995Expelled by the party in 1995 for an independent presidential campaign. Returned in 2005.
Lien Chan18 August 199327 August 1997As Premier of the Executive Yuan (1993–1997), Vice President (1996–2000).
  • Senior Vice Chair
27 August 199718 June 2000As Vice President (1996–2000), 2000 Kuomintang presidential nominee.
  • Senior Vice Chair
  • Acting Chair (24 March – 18 June 2000)
5Yu Kuo-hwa27 August 199718 June 2000
18 June 20004 October 2000(Died in post)
Chiu Chuang-huan27 August 199718 June 2000
6Chiang Pin-kung30 March 200030 March 2003
  • Senior Vice Chair
30 March 200319 August 2005
19 August 200527 February 2007
  • Senior Vice Chair
  • Acting Chair (14 March – 11 April 2007)
27 February 200717 October 2009
  • Senior Vice Chair
17 October 200919 September 2012
  • Senior Vice Chair
7Vincent Siew
18 June 200029 July 2001
29 July 200123 March 2005
Wang Jin-pyng18 June 200029 July 2001As President of the Legislative Yuan.
29 July 200119 August 2005As President of the Legislative Yuan.
Chiang Chung-ling18 June 200029 July 2001
29 July 200130 March 2003
Wu Po-hsiung18 June 200029 July 2001
  • Acting Chair (13 February – 14 March 2007)
29 July 200119 August 2005
19 August 200511 April 2007
Helen Lin
18 June 200029 July 2001
29 July 200119 August 2005
19 August 200519 April 2006
8Ma Ying-jeou30 March 200319 August 2005As Mayor of Taipei City.
9John Kuan
19 August 200522 November 2008
10Lin Yi-shih12 April 200624 January 2008
Chang Jen-hsiang (章仁香)19 April 200620 May 2008
11Chan Chun-po12 January 200717 October 2009
17 October 200930 April 2014
Lin Fong-cheng11 April 200717 October 2009
17 October 200930 April 2014
12John Chiang
22 November 200817 October 2009
17 October 200930 April 2014
Wu Den-yih22 November 200817 October 2009
4 June 201419 January 2015As Vice President.
  • Senior Vice Chair
Tseng Yung-chuan22 November 200817 October 2009
  • Senior Vice Chair
17 October 200915 February 2012
  • Senior Vice Chair
15 February 201219 January 2015
  • Senior Vice Chair (until 4 June 2014)
20 August 201715 January 2020
  • Senior Vice Chair
Eric Chu
22 November 200817 October 2009
26 May 201023 December 2010
30 April 201419 January 2015As Mayor of New Taipei City.
Huang Min-hui22 November 200817 October 2009
17 October 200916 January 2016
30 October 2021Incumbent
  • Senior Vice Chair
13Hung Hsiu-chu15 February 201219 January 2015
14Jason Hu
30 April 201419 January 2015
18 May 201630 June 2017
Hau Lung-pin30 April 201416 January 2016
  • Senior Vice Chair
18 May 201630 June 2017
20 August 201715 January 2020
15Lin Junq-tzer18 May 201630 June 2017
16Steve Chan
15 June 20167 January 2017
  • Senior Vice Chair
17Chen Chen-hsiang23 November 201630 June 2017
18Andrew Hsia30 October 2021Incumbent
Sean Lien30 October 2021Incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.kmt.org.tw/hc.aspx?id=10 . zh:中國國民黨大事記 . 中國國民黨全球資訊網 . 2009-07-26 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090802062216/http://www.kmt.org.tw/hc.aspx?id=10 . 2009-08-02 .

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