Chairman of the Kuomintang

The Chairman of the Kuomintang is the leader of the Kuomintang party of the Republic of China. The position has previously been 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 on by Johnny Chiang, who assumed the post on 9 March 2020, following an election to replace Wu Den-yih, who resigned the position. The Chairman is now directly elected by party members for a term of four years, and may be re-elected for a second term.

Chairman of the Kuomintang
Logo of the Kuomintang
Flag of the Kuomintang
Incumbent Johnny Chiang since 9 March 2020
Central Committee of the Kuomintang
Type	Party leader
Term length	Two consecutive 4-year terms
Inaugural holder	Sun Yat-sen (as Premier of the Kuomintang)
Formation	1912
Deputy	Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang

List of party leaders

Presidents (1912–1914)

Order	Portrait	Name	Term of Office
1		Sun Yat-sen	25 August 1912	8 July 1914
—		Song Jiaoren interim Died in office	25 August 1912	22 March 1913

Premier (1919–1925)

Order	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Party Congress
(1)		Sun Yat-sen Died in office	10 October 1919	12 March 1925	1st

Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee (1925–1938)

Order	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Party Congress
—		Liao Zhongkai interim	12 March 1925	20 August 1925	1st
2		Zhang Renjie	19 May 1926	6 July 1926	2nd
3		Chiang Kai-shek	6 July 1926	11 March 1927
—	vacant		17 October 1927	7 December 1935
					3rd
					4th
					5th
4		Hu Hanmin Died in office	7 December 1935	12 May 1936
—		Chiang Kai-shek interim	12 May 1936	1 April 1938

Director-General (1938–1975)

Order	Term	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Party Congress
(3)	—		Chiang Kai-shek Died in office	1 April 1938	17 May 1945	Emergency
	1			17 May 1945	18 October 1952	6th
	2			18 October 1952	20 October 1957	7th
	3			20 October 1957	21 November 1963	8th
	4			21 November 1963	8 April 1969	9th
	5			8 April 1969	5 April 1975	10th

Chairpersons (from 1975)

Order	Term	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Elected	Party Congress	Notes
—	5		Chiang Ching-kuo Died in office	28 April 1975	November 1976	elevated from deputyship	10th	Became the interim chairman after the death of Chiang Kai-shek.
5	6			16 November 1976	2 April 1981	(unopposed)	11th
	7			2 April 1981	13 January 1988	(unopposed)	12th
—			Lee Teng-hui resigned	27 January 1988	8 July 1988	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the death of Chiang Ching-kuo. Resigned after defeat in the 2000 presidential election.
6	8			8 July 1988	22 August 1993	(unopposed)	13th
	9			22 August 1993	28 August 1997	(unopposed)	14th
	10			28 August 1997	24 March 2000	(unopposed)	15th
—			Lien Chan	24 March 2000	30 July 2001	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Lee Teng-hui.
7	11			30 July 2001	19 August 2005	see 2001 election	16th
8	12		Ma Ying-jeou resigned	19 August 2005	13 February 2007	see 2005 election	17th	Resigned after being charged with corruption allegations over his alleged misuse of a special expenses account as Mayor of Taipei.
—			Wu Po-hsiung interim resigned	13 February 2007	14 March 2007	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Ma Ying-jeou. Resigned to run in the 2007 KMT chairmanship by-election.
			Chiang Pin-kung interim	14 March 2007	11 April 2007	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Wu Po-hsiung.
9			Wu Po-hsiung	11 April 2007	17 October 2009	see 2007 by-election
(8)	13		Ma Ying-jeou resigned	17 October 2009	29 September 2013	see 2009 election	18th	Resigned after defeat in the 2014 local election.
	14			29 September 2013	3 December 2014[1]	see 2013 election	19th
—			Wu Den-yih interim	3 December 2014	19 January 2015	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Ma Ying-jeou.
10			Eric Chu Chu Li-luan resigned	19 January 2015	16 January 2016	see 2015 by-election		Resigned after defeat in 2016 presidential and 2016 legislative elections.
—			Huang Min-hui interim	16 January 2016	30 March 2016	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairwoman after the resignation of Eric Chu.
11			Hung Hsiu-chu resigned	30 March 2016	3 July 2017	see 2016 by-election		Resigned after the 2017 KMT chairmanship election to speed up the transition process.
—		Lin Junq-tzer interim	3 July 2017	19 August 2017	elevated from deputyship	Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Hung Hsiu-chu.
12	15		Wu Den-yih	20 August 2017	15 January 2020	see 2017 election	20th
—			Lin Rong-te interim	15 January 2020	9 March 2020	elected by Central Standing Committee members		Member of the Central Standing Committee, elevated to the chairmanship after vice chairmen resigned alongside Wu Den-yih.
13			Johnny Chiang	9 March 2020		see 2020 by-election

List of deputy party leaders

Vice Chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1935–1938)

Order	Portrait	Name	Term of Office
1		Chiang Kai-shek	7 December 1935	1 April 1938

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

Order	Portrait	Name	Term of Office
1		Wang Jingwei	1 April 1938	1 January 1939
2		Chen Cheng (Died in post)	23 October 1957	5 March 1965

Vice Chairmen (from 1993)

Term (1st time elected)	Name	Term of Office		Notes
3	Lee Yuan-tsu	18 August 1993	27 August 1997
		27 August 1997	18 June 2000
	Hau Pei-tsun	18 August 1993	14 December 1995	Expelled by the party in 1995 for an independent presidential campaign. Returned in 2005.
	Lin Yang-kang	18 August 1993	14 December 1995	Expelled by the party in 1995 for an independent presidential campaign. Returned in 2005.
	Lien Chan	18 August 1993	27 August 1997	As Premier of the Executive Yuan (1993–1997), Vice President (1996–2000). Senior Vice Chair
		27 August 1997	18 June 2000	As Vice President (1996–2000), 2000 Kuomintang presidential nominee. Senior Vice Chair Acting Chair (24 March – 18 June 2000)
4	Yu Kuo-hwa	27 August 1997	18 June 2000
		18 June 2000	4 October 2000	(Died in post)
	Chiu Chuang-huan	27 August 1997	18 June 2000
5	Chiang Pin-kung	30 March 2000	30 March 2003	Senior Vice Chair
		30 March 2003	19 August 2005	Senior Vice Chair
		19 August 2005	27 February 2007	Senior Vice Chair Acting Chair (14 March – 11 April 2007)
		27 February 2007	17 October 2009	Senior Vice Chair
		17 October 2009	19 September 2012	Senior Vice Chair
	Vincent Siew Siew Wan-chang	18 June 2000	29 July 2001
		29 July 2001	23 March 2005
	Wang Jin-pyng	18 June 2000	29 July 2001	As President of the Legislative Yuan.
		29 July 2001	19 August 2005	As President of the Legislative Yuan.
	Chiang Chung-ling	18 June 2000	29 July 2001
		29 July 2001	30 March 2003
	Wu Po-hsiung	18 June 2000	29 July 2001	Acting Chair (13 February – 14 March 2007)
		29 July 2001	19 August 2005
		19 August 2005	11 April 2007
	Helen Lin Lin Cheng-chih	18 June 2000	29 July 2001
		29 July 2001	19 August 2005
		19 August 2005	19 April 2006
6	Ma Ying-jeou	30 March 2003	19 August 2005	As Mayor of Taipei City.
7	John Kuan Kuan Chung	19 August 2005	22 November 2008
	Lin Yi-shih	12 April 2006	24 January 2008
	Chang Jen-hsiang (章仁香)	19 April 2006	20 May 2008
	Chan Chun-po	12 January 2007	17 October 2009
		17 October 2009	30 April 2014
	Lin Fong-cheng	11 April 2007	17 October 2009
		17 October 2009	30 April 2014
8	John Chiang Chiang Hsiao-yen	22 November 2008	17 October 2009
		17 October 2009	30 April 2014
	Wu Den-yih	22 November 2008	17 October 2009
		4 June 2014	19 January 2015	As Vice President. Senior Vice Chair
	Tseng Yung-chuan	22 November 2008	17 October 2009	Senior Vice Chair
		17 October 2009	15 February 2012	Senior Vice Chair
		15 February 2012	19 January 2015	Senior Vice Chair (until 4 June 2014)
		20 August 2017	15 January 2020
	Eric Chu Chu Li-luan	22 November 2008	17 October 2009
		26 May 2010	23 December 2010
		30 April 2014	19 January 2015	As Mayor of New Taipei City.
	Huang Min-hui	22 November 2008	17 October 2009
		17 October 2009	16 January 2016
	Hung Hsiu-chu	15 February 2012	19 January 2015
	Jason Hu Hu Chih-chiang	30 April 2014	19 January 2015
		18 May 2016	30 June 2017
	Hau Lung-pin	30 April 2014	16 January 2016	Senior Vice Chair
		18 May 2016	30 June 2017
		20 August 2017	15 January 2020
	Lin Junq-tzer	18 May 2016	30 June 2017
	Steve Chan Chan Chi-hsien	15 June 2016	7 January 2017	Senior Vice Chair
	Chen Chen-hsiang	23 November 2016	30 June 2017

Timeline

See also

• List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party
• List of Secretaries-General of the Kuomintang
• List of general secretaries and chairmen of the Communist Party of China

References

1. 中國國民黨大事記 (in Chinese). 中國國民黨全球資訊網. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-07-26.