Events from the year 1992 in Taiwan,
Republic of China
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. This year is numbered Minguo 81 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Incumbents
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President
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Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...
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Vice President
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Li Yuan-tsu
Lee Yuan-tsu (; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017), was a Kuomintang politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry.
Early life
His family was Hakka had origin in Meixi ...
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Premier
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Hau Pei-tsun
Hau Pei-tsun (, 8 August 1919 – 30 March 2020) was a Mainland Chinese, Chinese politician and military officer who was the Premier of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1 June 1990 to 27 February 1993, and the longest-serving Chief of the Genera ...
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Vice Premier –
Shih Chi-yang
Shih Chi-yang ( ; 5 May 1935 – 5 May 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and convener of the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Committee, which was established in 1988, and beca ...
Events
January
* 1 January – The establishment of
Institute of Yilan County History in
Yilan City
Yilan City (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yílán Shì''; Hokkien POJ: ''Gî-lân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yilan County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China. The city lies on the north side of the Lanyang River.
Histo ...
,
Yilan County.
* 27 January – The establishment of
Fair Trade Commission.
February
* 12 February – The operation commencement of
Cosmos Bank
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.
* 25 February – The establishment of
Taishin International Bank
The Taishin International Bank (; often abbreviated to Taishin Bank) is a bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The bank was established on 25 February 1992 and inaugurated on 23 March the same year. The bank merged Dah An Commercial Bank ...
.
April
* 28–29 April –
Taiwan McDonald's bombings.
July
* 31 July – The passing of
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August
* 1 August – The disestablishment of
Taiwan Garrison Command
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* 23 August – The termination of
diplomatic relation with
South Korea
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September
* 10 September – The upgrade of
Puzi
Puzi (Hokkien POJ: ''Phò-chú'') is a county-administered city in Chiayi County, Taiwan. The Chiayi County Council is located in Puzi.
History
The settlement was formerly called ''Pho-a-kha'' () in Hokkien. In 1920, during Japanese rule, ...
from
township
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to
county-administered city
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.
October
* 5 October – The opening of
Central Signal Station of
Taiwan Railways Administration
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in
Shizi Township,
Pingtung County
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November
* 7 November – The abolishment of Battle Field Administration.
December
* 19 December – The
1992 Republic of China legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 19 December 1992.
Background
The Constitution of the Republic of China took effect on December 25, 1947 (36th year of the Republic) and held its first parliamentary election in 1948. Amidst the back ...
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Births
* 15 February –
Cheng I-ching
Cheng I-ching (; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei ...
, table tennis player
* 16 February –
Nono Ku
Nono Ku (), born as Ku Kuan-yun, is a Taiwanese actress and model.
Filmography
Television series
References
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1992 births
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Actresses from Taipei
Living people
Taiwanese female ...
, actress and model
* 23 February –
Wei Chen-yang
Wei Chen-yang (; born 23 February 1992 in Nantou County) is a Taiwanese retired taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the 58 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; he defeated Le Huynh Chau in the preliminary round and was eliminated by Alexe ...
, taekwondo athlete
* 2 March –
Lai Pin-yu
Lai Pin-yu (; born 2 March 1992) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party who was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2020. She is also a cosplayer.
Education and early activism
Lai was born on 2 March 1992 in Zhonghe, Tai ...
, cosplayer and member-elect of
Legislative Yuan
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* 9 March –
Dewi Chien
Dewi Chien (born 9 March 1992) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She is member of musical duo Dears. She is known for her role as Tao Min-min in the 2015 film ''Our Times''.
Filmography Television series
* ''The Devil Punisher'' (2020) as Se ...
, singer
* 30 April –
Chen Hao-wei
Chen Hao-wei (; born 30 April 1992) is a Taiwanese professional footballer who currently plays as a center forward for Taiwan Football Premier League club Taichung Futuro.
Club career Eastern
On 17 July 2019, Eastern unveiled Chen as one of th ...
, football player
* 28 September –
Chen Ting-yang, football player
* 21 October –
Vivian Sung
Vivian Sung Yun-hua (; born 21 October 1992) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actress. She is best known for the films ''Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014) and ''Our Times'' (2015), as well as the television series ''Lost Romance'' (2020). She wa ...
, actress
* 28 October –
Lo Kuo-hua, baseball player
References
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