President of the Republic of China
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The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the democratic country known officially as the Republic of China. The Republic of China government has controlled Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other islands after the Nationalist lost the war and moved the government from mainland China in 1949.
Quick Facts President of the Republic of China 中華民國總統, Style ...
President of the Republic of China 中華民國總統 | |
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Status | Head of state |
Member of | National Security Council |
Residence | Yonghe Residence |
Seat | Presidential Office, Taipei |
Nominator | Political parties or self-nomination |
Appointer | Directly elected by plurality voting |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Republic of China and its additional articles |
Precursor | Emperor of the Great Qing Governor-General of Taiwan |
Formation | January 1, 1912 October 25, 1945 (in Taiwan) |
First holder | Sun Yat-sen Chiang Kai-shek (1947 constitution) |
Unofficial names | President of Taiwan |
Deputy | Vice President of the Republic of China |
Salary | $6.42 million TWD annually[1] |
Website | english |
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Quick Facts Chinese name, Traditional Chinese ...
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Traditional Chinese | 中華民國總統 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中华民国总统 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Chinese Republic President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tibetan | ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་དམངས་གཙོའི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།༌སྲིད་སྐྱོང༌ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улсын Ерөнхийлөгч | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mongolian script | ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠶᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uyghur | جۇڭگو جۇمھۇرىيىتى پرېزىدېنتى | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manchu script | ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᠪᠧᠯᠢᠢᠬᠢᠲ ᠤᠠᠨᠳᠧ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romanization | Dulimbai irgen' gurun Beliihi tiyande | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The presidential office was created in 1948 under the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China.
In the previous Kuomintang administration, the title of "President of the Republic of China" was used (Chinese: 中華民國總統). The current Democratic Progressive Party administration refers to the President as the "President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)" (Chinese: 中華民國(臺灣)總統).