List of presidents of the Republic of China
This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China.
The Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government [Retreat of the Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China to Taiwan|retreated] to Taiwan and surrounding islands as a result of the takeover of the mainland by the Chinese Communist Party and founding of the People's Republic of China. Since 1949, the Republic of China, now commonly known as "Taiwan", has only controlled Taiwan and nearby islands. Martial law ended in Taiwan in 1987 and direct elections were introduced in 1996.
The official name of the office in Chinese has changed as follows:
| Year | Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin | Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ | English Translation |
| 1912–1928 | Dàzǒngtǒng | Tōa-chóng-thóng | Thai-chúng-thúng | Great President | |
| 1928–1947 | Guómín Zhèngfǔ Zhǔxí | Kok-bîn Chèng-hú Chú-se̍k | Koet-mìn Chṳn-fú Chú-si̍t | Chairman of the Nationalist Government | |
| 1947–present | Zǒngtǒng | Chóng-thóng | Chúng-thúng | President |
List
Provisional Government:Beiyang Government:
Nationalist to Constitutional Government:
Presidents of the [Provisional [Government of the Republic of China (1912)|Provisional Government]]
! No.! Portrait
! width=18% |Name
! colspan=2 |Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 |Vice President
! Assembly
! style="background:#031096; color:white;"|1
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"|2
Presidents of the [Beiyang Government]
! No.! Portrait
! width=18% |Name
! colspan=2 |Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 |Vice President
! Assembly
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;" | 1
! style="background:#008000; color:white;" | 2
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"| —
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"| 3
! style="background:#013C78; color:white;"| —
! style="background:#008000; color:white;"|
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;" | —
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;" |4
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
! rowspan=2 style="background:#CD853F; color:white;" | 5
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:black;"| —
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:black;"| —
! style="background:#CD853F; color:white;"| 6
Chairman of the [Nationalist Government]
Note:! No.
! Portrait
! width=18% |Name
! colspan=2 |Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=3 |Assembly
! style="background:; color:white;"| 1
! style="background:; color:white;" | 2
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:white;"| 3
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:white;"| 4
Presidents after the 1947 Constitution
! No.! Portrait
! width=18% |Name
! colspan=2 |Term of office
! Political party
! colspan=2 |Vice President
! Term
! style="background:; color:white;" |1
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:white;"| —
! style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=7|
! style="background:; color:white;"| 2
! style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2| 3
! style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=3| 4
! style="background:; color:white;" rowspan=2| 5
! rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;" | [Presidency of Ma Ying-jeou|]
! rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;" | [Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen|]
! rowspan=1 style="background:; color:white;" | [Presidency of Lai Ching-te|]
Presidential age-related data (post-1947 Constitution)
'''Key:'''Oldest living
Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a president older than any living ex-president. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest president.| President | Date range | Age at start | Age at end | Time span |
| Chiang Kai-shek | – April 5, 1975 | |||
| Yen Chia-kan | – December 24, 1993 | |||
| Lee Teng-hui | – July 30, 2020 | |||
| Ma Ying-jeou | – present |
Graphical representation
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of the Republic of China and they are listed in order of office.The following chart shows presidents by their age, with the years of their presidency in blue.