Minister of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)

File:No. 1, Ln. 2, Tai’an St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 20240518.jpg

Official residence of Foreign Minister of the Republic of China.

This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Beiyang and Nationalist Governments

Name	Took office	Left office	Portrait
Lu Zhengxiang	March 1912	September 1912	File:Lou Tseng-Tsiang 01.jpg
Lu Zhengxiang	November 1912	September 1913	File:Lou Tseng-Tsiang 01.jpg
Lu Zhengxiang	27 January 1915	17 May 1916	File:Lou Tseng-Tsiang 01.jpg
Wu Tingfang	7 November 1917	30 November 1917	File:Wu Tingfang2.jpg
Lu Zhengxiang	30 November 1917	13 August 1920	File:Lou Tseng-Tsiang 01.jpg
Chen Lu (acting)	November 1918	December 1919	File:Chen Lu.jpg
Wu Tingfang	1921	1922	File:Wu Tingfang2.jpg
C. C. Wu (Wu Chaoshu)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	1923 1927	1924 1928	File:Wu Chaoshu (Cropped).jpg
Huang Fu	1924		File:Huang Fu Colour.jpg
Wang Zhengting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	June 14, 1928		File:Wang Zhengting.jpg
Alfred Sze (Shi Zhaoji)	1931		File:Alfred Sao-ke Sze2.jpg
Eugene Chen (Chen Youren)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	June 1, 1931		File:Chen Youren.jpg
Luo Wengan	1932		File:Luo Wengan.jpg
Wang Jingwei	August 18, 1933		File:Wang Jingwei.jpg
Chang Chun (Zhang Qun)	December 16, 1933		File:Zhang Qun.jpg
Wang Ch'ung-hui (Wang Chonghui)	March 6, 1937		File:Wang Chonghui 01.jpg
Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi)	June 30, 1941		File:Guo Taiqi.jpg
T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	October 30, 1942		File:T. V. Soong.jpg

Post-1948 Constitution

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Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Days	Political party	Cabinet
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |1	File:Wang Shijie1.jpg	Wang Shijie	July 30, 1945	December 27, 1948	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Weng Wenhao Sun Fo
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |2	File:Wu Tiecheng2.jpg	Wu Tiecheng	December 27, 1948	March 21, 1949	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Sun Fo He Yingqin
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |3	File:Fu Bingchang.jpg	Fu Bingchang	Did not take office			Kuomintang	He Yingqin
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |4	File:Hu Shih 1960 color.jpg	Hu Shih	Did not take office			Independent	Yan Xishan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |5	File:George K. C. Yeh.jpg	George Yeh (Yeh Kung-ch'ao)	October 1, 1949	July 14, 1958	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I Yu Hung-Chun Chen Cheng II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |6	File:黃少谷.jpg	Huang Shao-ku	July 14, 1958	May 31, 1960	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Chen Cheng II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |7	File:Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Chang-huan 外交部部長沈昌煥.jpg	Shen Chang-huan	May 31, 1960	May 27, 1966	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |8	File:Wei Daoming.jpg	Wei Tao-ming	May 27, 1966	March 31, 1971	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |9	File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg	Chou Shu-kai	March 31, 1971	May 29, 1972	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |10	File:Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Chang-huan 外交部部長沈昌煥.jpg	Shen Chang-huan	May 29, 1972	December 16, 1978	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo Sun Yun-suan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |11	File:19690410蔣彥士.jpg	Chiang Yen-si	December 20, 1978	December 19, 1979	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |12	File:8朱撫松.jpg	Chu Fu-sung	December 19, 1979	April 22, 1987	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |13	File:9丁懋時.jpg	Ting Mao-shih	April 22, 1987	July 20, 1988	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |14	File:外交部連戰部長.jpg	Lien Chan	July 20, 1988	June 1, 1990	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |15	File:T2009PressConference 20080225 Fredrick Chien.jpg	Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo)	June 1, 1990	June 10, 1996	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |16	File:2006KwangHwaComputerMarketRelaunch JohnHYChiang.jpg	John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	June 10, 1996	October 20, 1997	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Lien Chan Vincent Siew
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |17	File:Jason Hu Lecheng at Temple Matsu.jpg	Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	October 20, 1997	November 30, 1999	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |18	File:程建人部長.jpg	Chen Chien-jen	November 30, 1999	May 20, 2000	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |19	File:田弘茂 20171014.jpg	Tien Hung-mao<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	May 20, 2000	February 1, 2002	Template:Age in days	Independent	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |20	File:Eugene Chien in Environmental Protection and Rebuild Normal Hiking 2013, District 300-A2 Lions Clubs International 20131013.JPG	Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	February 1, 2002	April 16, 2004	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Yu Shyi-kun
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |21	File:Voa chinese Chen Tangshan 01Dec09.jpg	Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	April 16, 2004	January 25, 2006	Template:Age in days	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |22	File:Voa chinese James Huang 1sep06.jpg	James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	January 25, 2006	May 5, 2008	Template:Age in days	Independent	Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |—	File:Voa chinese Yang Tzu-pao 10arpil08.jpg	Yang Tzu-pao	May 6, 2008	May 19, 2008	Template:Age in days	Independent	Chang Chun-hsiung II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |23	File:Voa chinese taiwan Ou-Hung-lian-minister-of-MOFA 11june09.jpg	Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian)	May 20, 2008	September 10, 2009	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |24	File:Timothy Yang (cropped).jpg	Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien)	September 10, 2009	September 26, 2012	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Wu Den-yih Sean Chen
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" |25	File:David Lin from VOA (1) (cropped).jpg	David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo)	September 27, 2012	May 20, 2016	Template:Age in days	Independent	Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |26	File:新任外交部長李大維首度到立法院外交國防委員會報告及備詢 (cropped).jpg	David Lee (Lee Ta-wei)	May 20, 2016	February 26, 2018	Template:Age in days	Kuomintang	Lin Chuan William Lai
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |27	File:Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu.jpg	Joseph Wu (Wu Chao-hsieh)	February 26, 2018	May 20, 2024	Template:Age in days	Democratic Progressive Party	William Lai Su Tseng-chang II Chen Chien-jen
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |28	File:林佳龍秘書長.jpg	Lin Chia-lung	May 20, 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in days	Democratic Progressive Party	Cho Jung-tai

See also

• Foreign relations of the Republic of China

References

• List of Foreign ministers of ROC (with period, Chinese)