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Republic of China (ROC) 【中華民國】- Taiwan No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Term Elections (votes / percentages) Political party Vice President Presidents elected by the National Assembly: 1: Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 (1887–1975) 1 March 1950: 20 May 1954 1 — Kuomintang: Li Zongren (1950–1954) [5] Vacant (1954) 20 ...
The Government of the People's Republic of China and its media uses the terms Leader of the Taiwan Area, Leader of the Taiwan Region (traditional Chinese: 台灣地區領導人; simplified Chinese: 台湾地区领导人; pinyin: Táiwān dìqū lǐngdǎorén) and Leader of the Taiwanese Authorities (台灣當局領導人; 台湾当局领导人 ...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the ROC transitioned from a one-party state under martial law to a multi-party democracy, with democratically elected presidents beginning in 1996. Taiwan's export-oriented economy is the 21st-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the 20th-largest by PPP measures, with a focus on steel, machinery ...
The previous eight presidents and vice presidents of the ROC had been elected by the members of the National Assembly. For the first time, the President of the ROC would be elected by majority vote of Taiwan's population. On 23 March 1996, Lee became the first popularly elected ROC president with 54% of the vote. [53]
This is a list of current heads of state and heads of government.In some cases, mainly in presidential systems, one leader is head of state and head of government.In other cases, mainly in semi-presidential and parliamentary systems, the head of state and the head of government are different people.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The following lists of presidents are available : Cross-national lists. List of current presidents ...
In his inaugural speech, Lai Ching-te emphasized the notion of Huadu, saying that the inauguration of the first democratically elected president Lee Teng-hui in 1996 proved to the world that "the Republic of China Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation in which sovereignty lies in the hands of the people".
Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores) are ceded by the Qing dynasty to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki [76] 20 May: The Qing dynasty orders all officials to evacuate from Taiwan [75] 25 May: The Republic of Formosa is formed with Tang Jingsong as its leader, who secretly leaves for the mainland a few days later, and is succeeded by Liu Yongfu [77 ...