Minister of Foreign Affairs (Taiwan)

This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
中華民國外交部部長
Flag of the Republic of China
Incumbent Lin Chia-lung since 20 May 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Member of	Executive Yuan
Seat	Taipei
Nominator	Premier
Appointer	President
Inaugural holder	Wang Chonghui
Formation	1 January 1912; 113 years ago (1912-01-01)
Website	www.mofa.gov.tw

Official residence of Foreign Minister of the Republic of China.

Beiyang and Nationalist Governments

Name	Took office	Left office	Portrait
Lu Zhengxiang	March 1912	September 1912
Lu Zhengxiang	November 1912	September 1913
Lu Zhengxiang	27 January 1915	17 May 1916
Wu Tingfang	7 November 1917	30 November 1917
Lu Zhengxiang	30 November 1917	13 August 1920
Chen Lu (acting)	November 1918	December 1919
Wu Tingfang	1921	1922
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

Post-1948 Constitution

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent/ unknown

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Days	Political party	Cabinet
1		Wang Shijie	July 30, 1945	December 27, 1948	1246	Kuomintang	Weng Wenhao Sun Fo
2		Wu Tiecheng	December 27, 1948	March 21, 1949	84	Kuomintang	Sun Fo He Yingqin
3		Fu Bingchang	Did not take office			Kuomintang	He Yingqin
4		Hu Shih	Did not take office			Independent	Yan Xishan
5		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
6		Huang Shao-ku	July 14, 1958	May 31, 1960	687	Kuomintang	Chen Cheng II
7		Shen Chang-huan	May 31, 1960	May 27, 1966	2187	Kuomintang	Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan
8		Wei Tao-ming	May 27, 1966	March 31, 1971	1769	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
9		Chou Shu-kai	March 31, 1971	May 29, 1972	425	Kuomintang	Yen Chia-kan
10		Shen Chang-huan	May 29, 1972	December 16, 1978	2392	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo Sun Yun-suan
11		Chiang Yen-si	December 20, 1978	December 19, 1979	364	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan
12		Chu Fu-sung	December 19, 1979	April 22, 1987	2681	Kuomintang	Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua
13		Ting Mao-shih	April 22, 1987	July 20, 1988	455	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua
14		Lien Chan	July 20, 1988	June 1, 1990	681	Kuomintang	Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan
15		Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo)	June 1, 1990	June 10, 1996	2201	Kuomintang	Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan
16		John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)[5]	June 10, 1996	October 20, 1997	497	Kuomintang	Lien Chan Vincent Siew
17		Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)[6]	October 20, 1997	November 30, 1999	771	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
18		Chen Chien-jen	November 30, 1999	May 20, 2000	172	Kuomintang	Vincent Siew
19		Tien Hung-mao[7]	May 20, 2000	February 1, 2002	622	Independent	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I
20		Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin)[8]	February 1, 2002	April 16, 2004	805	Kuomintang	Yu Shyi-kun
21		Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)[9]	April 16, 2004	January 25, 2006	649	Democratic Progressive Party	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh
22		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	Independent	Chang Chun-hsiung II
23		Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian)	May 20, 2008	September 10, 2009	478	Kuomintang	Liu Chao-shiuan
24		Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien)	September 10, 2009	September 26, 2012	1112	Kuomintang	Wu Den-yih Sean Chen
25		David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo)	September 27, 2012	May 20, 2016	1331	Independent	Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
26		David Lee (Lee Ta-wei)	May 20, 2016	February 26, 2018	647	Kuomintang	Lin Chuan William Lai
27		Joseph Wu (Wu Chao-hsieh)	February 26, 2018	May 20, 2024	2275	Democratic Progressive Party	William Lai Su Tseng-chang II Chen Chien-jen
28		Lin Chia-lung	May 20, 2024	Incumbent	449	Democratic Progressive Party	Cho Jung-tai

See also

• Foreign relations of the Republic of China