1956 in Taiwan

Incumbents

• President – Chiang Kai-shek
• [Vice President of the Republic of China|President of the Republic of China|Vice President] – Chen Cheng
• Premier – Yu Hung-chun
• Vice Premier – Huang Shao-ku

Events

July

• 16 July – The streamlining of Fujian Province Government.

August

• 1 August – The establishment of Fuxing Broadcasting Station.

Births

• 22 February – Lu Kuo-hua, Magistrate of Yilan County
• 2 March – Chen Hung-chang, member of Legislative Yuan
• 5 March – Sung Yu-hsieh, Deputy Minister of National Development Council
• 13 March – Kuo Yao-chi, Minister of Transportation and Communications
• 15 May – Yang Chiu-hsing, Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
• 24 May – Teng Chia-chi, Deputy Mayor of Taipei
• 21 June – Lee Hong-yuan, Minister of the Interior
• 7 July – Pu Tze-chun, Vice Minister of National Defense
• 20 July – Su Huan-chih, Magistrate of Tainan County
• 14 August – Lo Chih-tsung, head coach of Chinese Taipei national football team
• 15 August – Kuan Chung-ming, Minister of National Development Council
• 24 August – Chu T’ien-wen, writer
• 30 August – King Pu-tsung, Secretary-General of National Security Council
• 23 September – Chen Liang-gee, Political Deputy Minister of Education
• 29 September – Akio Chen, actor
• 10 October – Huang Fu-yuan, Minister of Directorate-General of Personnel Administration
• 22 October – Su Jia-chyuan, President of the Legislative Yuan
• 16 December – Sra Kacaw, member of Legislative Yuan
• 9 December – Kuan Bi-ling, member of Legislative Yuan

Deaths

• 25 April – He Jian, 69, general and politician.
• 28 June – Hsu Mo, 62, lawyer, politician, diplomat, judge at the International Court of Justice .
• 24 July – Qiu Changwei, 57, politician, Secretary-General to the President.
• 8 September – Lin Hsien-tang, 74, politician.
• 11 December – Mao Renfeng, 58, general and spymaster, director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.