Taiwan Provincial Government

Taiwan Provincial Government is the nominal government of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. Since 2018, its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Template:Refimprove section At the end of World War II, Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945. The Nationalist government started the process to takeover Taiwan on behalf of the Allies. The Taiwan Provincial Administrative Office was established by the Executive Yuan in Chungking on September 1, 1945. The office moved to Taipei on October 25, 1945. After the February 28 incident in 1947, the Executive Yuan decided to restructure the Provincial Administrative Office as a provincial government. On May 16, 1947, the Taiwan Provincial Government was established.

As the Republic of China progressively lost control of mainland China to Communist Party forces in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the national government relocated to Taiwan in late 1949. However, Taiwan continued to be governed by a provincial government even though from 1955 it was one of only two provincial governments still functioning (the other being Fujian province, controlling some islands off the mainland coast). The remainder of Fujian province still under Republic of China control was placed under military administration in 1956, and its provincial government was downsized and relocated to Taiwan island. This left Taiwan province as the only fully functioning provincial government. From 1967, a number of major cities in Taiwan were elevated to special municipalities directly controlled by the national government, and moved outside the jurisdiction of Taiwan province.

During the constitutional reform initiated in 1996, the ROC authorities decided to downsize the provincial structure due to the reasons that to solve the problem of overlapping personnel and administrative resources between the provincial and central governments, and cut excessive public spending.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> The provinces were streamlined and ceased to be self-governing bodies in December 1998, with their administrative functions transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan as well as second-tier local governments such as counties. However, the position of the Chairman of the Provincial Government and Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council are retained to comply with the Constitution.

In July 2018, all provincial governmental organs were formally abolished, with budget and personnel removed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Historical government buildings

Historically, before the provincial government's duties and functions were handed to the Executive Yuan in July 2018, the provincial government was located in Taipei from 1947 to 1956, and in Zhongxing New Village from 1957 to July 2018.

Order	First	Second
Location	Ch'êng-chung, Taipei City (now Zhongzheng, Taipei)	Zhongxing New Village, Nantou City, Nantou County
Date in use	May 1947 to 1956	1957 to July 2018
Photo	File:Executive Yuan 20050703.jpg	File:Taiwan the Province Government Building.JPG
Notes	Currently the Executive Yuan building	Currently the Office of the Zhongxing New Village Revitalization Project, National Development Council

Governor of Taiwan

Official titles of the governor

Year	Full title			Literal meaning	Notes
	Chinese	Mandarin (Pinyin)	Hokkien (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
1945–1947	Template:Lang	Táiwānshěng Xíngzhèng Zhǎngguān	Tâi-oân-séng Hêng-chèng Tióng-Kuaⁿ	Chief Executive of Taiwan Province	The position of Chief Executive was temporarily part of the Executive Yuan as specified in the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Executive Office Organizational Outline (Template:Lang Táiwān-shěng xíngzhèng zhǎngguān gōngshǔ zǔzhī tiáolì) of September 20, 1945.
1947–1994	Template:Lang	Táiwānshěng Zhèngfǔ Zhǔxí	Tâi-oân-séng Chèng-hú Chú-se̍k	Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government	After the February 28 Incident, the Administrative Executive Office was reorganized as a provincial government. The title was often abbreviated as Template:Lang shěngzhǔxí.
1994–1998	Template:Lang	Táiwānshěng Shěngzhǎng	Tâi-oân-séng Séng-tiúⁿ	Governor of Taiwan Province	During the democratic reforms, the title "Governor" was first legally used in the Self-Governance Law for Provinces and Counties (Template:Lang) of July 29, 1994. The governor was directly elected by the people of the province.
1998–2018	Template:Lang	Táiwānshěng Zhèngfǔ Zhǔxí	Tâi-oân-séng Chèng-hú Chú-se̍k	Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government	Since the streamlining of the Taiwan Provincial Government in 1998, the government was headed by a provincial council of nine members, including one chairperson, all of which were appointed by the President. Since July 2018, no council members nor chairpersons were appointed.

List of governors

All governors of Taiwan Province are codified in Chapter XI, Article 113, Section 2 of the constitution.

Chief Executive
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	File:Chen Yi.jpg	Chen Yi Template:Lang Chén Yí (1883–1950)	August 29, 1945	April 22, 1947	Kuomintang
Chairperson of the Provincial Government
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	File:Wei Daoming.jpg	Wei Tao-ming Template:Lang Wèi Dàomíng (1899–1978)	May 16, 1947	January 5, 1949	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2	File:Chen Cheng.jpg	Chen Cheng Template:Lang Chén Chéng (1897–1965)	January 5, 1949	December 21, 1949	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3	File:K. C. Wu 1950s 2.jpg	K. C. Wu Template:Lang Wú Guózhēn (1903–1984)	December 21, 1949	April 16, 1953	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4	File:Yu Hung-Chun.jpg	Yu Hung-chun Template:Lang Yú Hóngjūn (1897–1960)	April 16, 1953	June 7, 1954	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5	File:Yen Chia-kan 1965.jpg	[[Yen Chia-kan|Yen Chia-kan Template:Small]] Template:Lang Yán Jiāgàn (1905–1993)	June 7, 1954	August 16, 1957	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6	File:Zhou Zhirou.jpg	Template:Interlanguage link multi Template:Lang Zhōu Zhìróu (1899–1986)	August 16, 1957	December 1, 1962	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7	File:Army (ROCA) General Huang Chieh 陸軍上將黃杰.jpg	Huang Chieh Template:Lang Huáng Jié (1902–1995)	December 1, 1962	July 5, 1969	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8	File:Army (ROCA) General Chen Ta-ching 陸軍上將陳大慶.jpg	Chen Ta-ching Template:Lang Chén Dàqìng (1904–1973)	July 5, 1969	June 6, 1972	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9	File:Hsieh Tung Ming.jpg	Hsieh Tung-min Template:Lang Xiè Dōngmǐn (1908–2001)	June 6, 1972	May 20, 1978	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| —		Template:Interlanguage link multi Template:Lang Qú Sháohuá (1914–1996)	May 20, 1978	June 11, 1978	Kuomintang
As acting; Secretary General of the Provincial Government.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10	File:林洋港省主席.jpg	Lin Yang-kang Template:Lang Lín Yánggǎng (1927–2013)	June 12, 1978	December 5, 1981	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11	File:Lee Teng-hui 2004 cropped.jpg	Lee Teng-hui Template:Lang Lǐ Dēnghuī (1923–2020)	December 5, 1981	May 20, 1984	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| —		Liu Chao-tien Template:Lang Liú Zhàotián	May 20, 1984	June 8, 1984	Kuomintang
As acting; Secretary General of the Provincial Government.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12	File:Encyclopedia of Law by Sanmin Books Chuang-huan Chiu.jpg	Chiu Chuang-huan Template:Lang Qīu Chuànghuàn (1925–2020)	June 9, 1984	June 16, 1990	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 13	File:2005KMT NanjingTour LienChan.jpg	Lien Chan Template:Lang Lián Zhàn (1936–)	June 16, 1990	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| —		Tu Teh-chi Template:Lang Tú Déqí	February 27, 1993	March 19, 1993	Kuomintang
As acting; Secretary General of the Provincial Government.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 14	File:宋楚瑜主席2016.jpg	James Soong Template:Lang Sòng Chǔyú (1942–)	March 20, 1993	December 20, 1994	Kuomintang
Governor
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1	File:宋楚瑜主席2016.jpg	James Soong Template:Lang Sòng Chǔyú (1942–)	December 20, 1994	December 21, 1998	Kuomintang
Chairperson of the Provincial GovernmentTemplate:Citation needed
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 15	File:2008TIBE Day5 Hall1 ActivityCenter1 Shou-po Chao.jpg	Chao Shou-po Template:Lang Zhào Shǒubó (1941–)	December 21, 1998	May 2, 2000	Kuomintang
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| —	File:江清馦代理主席.jpg	Template:Ill Template:Lang Jiāng Qīngxiān (1942–2018)	May 2, 2000	May 19, 2000	Independent
As acting; Secretary General of the Provincial Government.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| 16	File:監察院長 張博雅 (cropped).jpg	Chang Po-ya Template:Lang Zhāng Bóyă (1942–)	May 20, 2000	February 1, 2002	Independent
First female chairperson. Concurrently held post of Minister of the Interior.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 17	File:范光群省主席.jpg	Fan Kuang-chun Template:Lang Fàn Guāngqún (1939–)	February 1, 2002	October 7, 2003	Democratic Progressive Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 18	File:林光華前縣長.jpg	Lin Kuang-hua Template:Lang Lín Guānghuá (1945–)	October 13, 2003	January 25, 2006	Democratic Progressive Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| —	File:鄭培富秘書長.jpg	Template:Interlanguage link multi Template:Lang Zhèng Péifù	January 25, 2006	December 7, 2007	Independent
As acting; Secretary General of the Provincial Government.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| 19	File:Lin Hsi-yao.jpg	Lin Hsi-yao Template:Lang Lín Xíyào (1961–)	December 7, 2007	May 19, 2008	Democratic Progressive Party
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| 20	File:蔡勳雄省主席.jpg	Tsai Hsun-hsiung Template:Lang Cài Xūnxióng (1941–)	May 20, 2008	September 10, 2009	Kuomintang
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| 21	File:2008 WiMAX Expo Taipei Executive Yuan Chin-fu Chang.jpg	Chang Jin-fu Template:Lang Zhāng Jìnfú (1948–)	September 10, 2009	February 26, 2010	Independent
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan=2| 22	File:Lin Junq-tzer.jpg	Lin Junq-tzer Template:Lang Lín Zhèngzé (1944–)	February 26, 2010	May 20, 2016	Kuomintang
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| 23	File:Shih Jun-ji 20170908.jpg	Shih Jun-ji Template:Lang Shī Jùnjí (1955–)	May 20, 2016	June 30, 2016	Independent
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio. Shortest serving chairperson.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| 24	File:Hsu Chang-yao (cropped).jpg	Hsu Jan-yau Template:Lang Xǔ Zhangyáo (1951–)	July 1, 2016	November 5, 2017	Independent
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.
style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan=2| 25	File:Picture of (Wu Ze-cheng, sometimes Wu Tze-cheng) from the website of the Yilan County Government.jpg	Wu Tze-cheng Template:Lang Wú Zéchéng (1945–)	November 6, 2017	June 30, 2018Template:Citation needed	Independent
Concurrently held post of Minister Without Portfolio.

Timeline

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See also

• Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
• Fujian Provincial Government

External links

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