1972 in Taiwan

Events from the year 1972 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 61 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in Taiwan → 1973 1974 1975
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1972 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President – Chiang Kai-shek
• Vice President – Yen Chia-kan
• Premier – Yen Chia-kan, Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice Premier – Chiang Ching-kuo, Hsu Ching-chung

Events

January

• 1 January – The establishment of CTS Education and Culture.

March

• 17 March – The commissioning of Unit 2 of Linkou Power Plant in Taipei County.^[1]
• 27 March – The establishment of Van Nung School of Industrial Skills in Zhongli City, Taoyuan County.

April

• 24 April – The 7.2 M_s Ruisui earthquake occurred in Hualien County.

May

• 16 May – The establishment of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Xinyi District, Taipei City.

July

• 1 July – The upgrade of Banqiao and Fongshan from urban townships to be county-administered cities.
• 12 July – The reopening of Yunlin Prison after relocation in Huwei Township, Yunlin County.^[2]

December

• 23 December – 1972 Republic of China National Assembly and legislative election.
• 29 December – The changing of Tourism Council to Tourism Bureau.

Full date unknown

• The Death Duel, a Taiwanese and Hong Kong film is released.^[3]

Births

• 10 January – Chang Hung-lu, member of Legislative Yuan
• 30 March – Mickey Huang, comedian and television host
• 23 April – Hsu Hsin-ying, founder and Chairperson of Minkuotang (2015–2018)
• 26 June – Yang Cheng-wu, Magistrate of Kinmen County
• 29 June – Chao Chien-ming, surgeon
• 24 July – Chiu Chih-wei, member of Legislative Yuan
• 9 August – A-mei, singer and songwriter
• 24 August – Francesca Kao, actress, singer and television host
• 7 October – Will Liu, singer, composer, songwriter and actor
• 11 December – Brenda Wang, actress and model
• 25 December – Jeannie Hsieh, singer-songwriter, dancer, actress and model

Deaths

• 23 February – Chen Wei-ping, 95, diplomat and chaplain.
• 6 March – Chen Jia-shang, 62–63, general.
• 20 April – Xie Yingzhou, 77, politician and jurist, Vice President of the Judicial Yuan (1966–1972), President of the Supreme Court (1948–1966).
• 15 May – Lee Shih-tsung, 73, President of the Control Yuan (1965–1972).
• 25 June – Ku Meng-yu, 83–84, Vice Premier of the Republic of China (1948).
• 5 July – Huang Chao-chin, 74, politician and diplomat.