Secretary-General to the President (Republic of China)

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.

Secretary-General to the President
總統府秘書長
Incumbent
Pan Men-an
since 20 May 2024 (2024-05-20)
Reports toPresident
AppointerPresident
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Constituting instrumentOffice of the President Organization Act
Formation20 May 1948 (1948-05-20)
(Office of the President established)
26 January 1996 (1996-01-26)
(Current Organization Act)
First holderWu Dingchang
DeputyHo Chih-wei, Xavier Chang
Websiteenglish.president.gov.tw (in English)

Duties

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Official residence of Secretary-General to the President

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

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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

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  Kuomintang (Nationalist)   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent/ unknown

No. Name Term of office Political party President
1 Wu Dingchang 吳鼎昌 March 1948 December 1948 Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek
2 Wu Zhongxin 吳忠信 December 1948 February 1949 Kuomintang
3 Weng Wenhao 翁文灝 March 1949 June 1949 Kuomintang
4 Qiu Changwei 邱昌渭 26 June 1949 March 1950 Kuomintang
5 Wang Shijie 王世杰 23 March 1950 16 November 1953 Kuomintang
Xu Jingzhi 許靜芝 17 November 1953 17 May 1954 Kuomintang
6 Zhang Qun 張群 18 May 1954 28 May 1972 Kuomintang
7 Zheng Yanfen 鄭彥棻 29 May 1972 19 May 1978 Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek
Yen Chia-kan
8 Chiang Yen-si 蔣彥士 20 May 1978 19 December 1978 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
9 Ma Chi-chuang 馬紀壯 20 December 1978 31 May 1984 Kuomintang
10 Shen Chang-huan 沈昌煥 1 June 1984 16 October 1988 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-hui
11 Lee Yuan-tsu 李元簇 18 October 1988 19 May 1990 Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui
12 Chiang Yen-si 蔣彥士 20 May 1990 12 December 1994 Kuomintang
13 Wu Po-hsiung 吳伯雄 19 December 1994 4 August 1996 Kuomintang
14 Huang Kun-huei 黃昆輝 5 August 1996 17 November 1999 Kuomintang
15 John Chiang 章孝嚴 18 November 1999 22 December 1999 Kuomintang
16 Ting Mao-shih 丁懋時 12 December 1999 19 May 2000 Kuomintang
17 Chang Chun-hsiung 張俊雄 20 May 2000 31 July 2000 Democratic Progressive Chen Shui-bian
Chen Che-nan 陳哲男 1 August 2000 5 October 2000 Democratic Progressive
18 Yu Shyi-kun 游錫堃 6 October 2000 31 January 2002 Democratic Progressive
19 Chen Shih-meng 陳師孟 1 February 2002 5 February 2003 Democratic Progressive
20 Chiou I-jen 邱義仁 6 February 2003 19 May 2004 Democratic Progressive
21 Su Tseng-chang 蘇貞昌 20 May 2004 31 January 2005 Democratic Progressive
22 Yu Shyi-kun 游錫堃 1 February 2005 16 December 2005 Democratic Progressive
Ma Yung-chen 馬永成 17 December 2005 24 January 2006 Democratic Progressive
23 Chen Tan-sun 陳唐山 25 January 2006 6 February 2007 Democratic Progressive
24 Chiou I-jen 邱義仁 6 February 2007 20 May 2007 Democratic Progressive
Cho Jung-tai 卓榮泰 21 May 2007 19 August 2007 Democratic Progressive
25 Yeh Chu-lan 葉菊蘭 20 August 2007 22 March 2008 Democratic Progressive
26 Chen Tan-sun 陳唐山 23 March 2008 20 May 2008 Democratic Progressive
27 Chan Chun-po 詹春柏 20 May 2008 9 September 2009 Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou
28 Liao Liou-yi 廖了以 10 September 2009 30 January 2011 Kuomintang
29 Wu Jin-lin 伍錦霖 31 January 2011 5 February 2012 Kuomintang
30 Tseng Yung-chuan 曾永權 6 February 2012 26 September 2012 Kuomintang
31 Timothy Yang 楊進添 27 September 2012 11 February 2015 Kuomintang
32 Tseng Yung-chuan 曾永權 12 February 2015 19 May 2016 Kuomintang
33 Lin Bih-jaw 林碧炤 20 May 2016 19 October 2016 Kuomintang[a] Tsai Ing-wen
Liu Chien-sin 劉建忻 20 October 2016 17 May 2017 Democratic Progressive
34 Joseph Wu 吳釗燮 18 May 2017 26 February 2018 Democratic Progressive
Liu Chien-sin 劉建忻 26 February 2018 23 April 2018 Democratic Progressive
35 Chen Chu 陳菊 23 April 2018 20 May 2020 Democratic Progressive
36 Su Jia-chyuan 蘇嘉全 20 May 2020 2 August 2020 Democratic Progressive
Liu Chien-sin 劉建忻 2 August 2020 3 August 2020 Democratic Progressive
37 David Lee 李大維 3 August 2020 31 January 2023 Kuomintang[a]
38 Lin Chia-lung 林佳龍 31 January 2023 20 May 2024 Democratic Progressive
39 Pan Men-an 潘孟安 20 May 2024 Incumbent Democratic Progressive William Lai

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Membership suspended

References

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  1. ^ "ROC Office of the President Organization Act§9-Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China".
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