Minister of Foreign Affairs (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.

Joseph Wu, the incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

Republic of China (1912–1949)
NameTook officeLeft officePortrait
Lou Tseng-TsiangMarch 1912September 1912
Lou Tseng-TsiangNovember 1912September 1913
Lou Tseng-Tsiang27 January 191517 May 1916
Wu Tingfang7 November 191730 November 1917
Lou Tseng-Tsiang30 November 191713 August 1920
Chen Lu (acting)November 1918December 1919
Wu Tingfang19211922
C. C. Wu (Wu Chaoshu)[1] 1923
1927		 1924
1928
Huang Fu 1924
Wang Zhengting[2] June 14, 1928
Alfred Sze (Shi Zhaoji) 1931
Eugene Chen (Chen Youren)[3] June 1, 1931
Luo Wengan 1932
Wang Jingwei August 18, 1933
Chang Chun (Zhang Qun) December 16, 1933
Wang Ch'ung-hui (Wang Chonghui) March 6, 1937
Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi) June 30, 1941
T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen)[4] October 30, 1942
Wang Shih-chieh (Wang Shijie) May 31, 1948
Wu Tieh-cheng (Wu Tiecheng) December 22, 1948
Fu Bingchang (Appointed only)
Hu Shih (Appointed only)

Republic of China on Taiwan (1949–present)
№ Portrait Name Term of Office Days Political Party Premier
1 George Yeh (Yeh Kung-ch'ao) October 1, 1949 July 14, 1958 3208 Kuomintang Yan Xishan
Chen Cheng I
Yu Hung-Chun
Chen Cheng II
2 Huang Shao-ku July 14, 1958 May 31, 1960 687 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
3 Shen Chang-huan May 31, 1960 May 27, 1966 2187 Kuomintang Chen Cheng II
Yen Chia-kan
4 Wei Tao-ming May 27, 1966 March 31, 1971 1769 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan
5 Chou Shu-kai March 31, 1971 May 29, 1972 425 Kuomintang Yen Chia-kan
6 Shen Chang-huan May 29, 1972 December 16, 1978 2392 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
Sun Yun-suan
7 Chiang Yen-si December 20, 1978 December 19, 1979 364 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
8 Chu Fu-sung December 19, 1979 April 22, 1987 2681 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
Yu Kuo-hua
9 Ting Mao-shih April 22, 1987 July 20, 1988 455 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
10 Lien Chan July 20, 1988 June 1, 1990 681 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
Lee Huan
11 Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo) June 1, 1990 June 10, 1996 2201 Kuomintang Hau Pei-tsun
Lien Chan
12 John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)[5] June 10, 1996 October 20, 1997 497 Kuomintang Lien Chan
Vincent Siew
13 Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)[6] October 20, 1997 November 30, 1999 771 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
14 Chen Chien-jen November 30, 1999 May 20, 2000 172 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
15 Tien Hung-mao[7] May 20, 2000 February 1, 2002 622 Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung I
16 Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin)[8] February 1, 2002 April 16, 2004 805 Kuomintang Yu Shyi-kun
17 Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)[9] April 16, 2004 January 25, 2006 649 Democratic Progressive Party Yu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
18 James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang)[10] January 25, 2006 May 5, 2008 1196 Independent Su Tseng-chang I
Chang Chun-hsiung II
— Yang Tzu-pao May 6, 2008 May 19, 2008 13 Chang Chun-hsiung II
19 Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian) May 20, 2008 September 10, 2009 478 Kuomintang Liu Chao-shiuan
20 Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien) September 10, 2009 September 26, 2012 1112 Kuomintang Wu Den-yih
Sean Chen
21 David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo) September 27, 2012 May 20, 2016 1331 Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Chang San-cheng
22 David Lee (Lee Ta-wei) May 20, 2016 February 26, 2018 647 Kuomintang Lin Chuan
William Lai
23 Joseph Wu (Wu Jaushieh) February 26, 2018 Incumbent 1073 Democratic Progressive Party William Lai
Su Tseng-chang II

See also

References
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