On 15 March 2016, president-elect of the Republic of China

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; pinyin: ''Cài Yīngwén''; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party ...

named

Lin Chuan Lin Chuan (; born 13 December 1951) is a Taiwanese economist, lawyer, and politician who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 2016 to 2017. He was the first cabinet head under the Tsai Ing-wen government. Before his premiership ...

premier. He was confirmed by the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

soon after and took office on 20 May 2016. On 3 September 2017, Premier

tendered his resignation to President

, which was reluctantly accepted. A recent poll showed Lin's approve rating to be a mere 28.7%, with 6 in 10 respondents dissatisfied with the performance of his cabinet.

Members of the Executive Yuan

Ministers

* Lin Hsi-yao, Vice Premier *

Yeh Jiunn-rong Yeh Jiunn-rong (; born October 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar and academic. Education Yeh graduated from National Taiwan University with his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and master's degree in law in 1981 and 1985, respectively. He then was awa ...

, Interior * David Lee, Foreign Affairs *

Feng Shih-kuan Feng Shih-kuan (; born 25 November 1945) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1967 to 2006, retiring with the rank of General before assuming the post of Minister of National Defense in 2016. Feng stepped ...

, National Defense * Sheu Yu-jer, Finance * Pan Wen-chung, Education *

Chiu Tai-san Chiu Tai-san (; born 30 August 1956) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2004. He then served as the vice minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, and later as deputy mayor of Kaohsiung C ...

, Justice *

Lee Chih-kung Chih-Kung Lee (C.K. Lee; ; born October 1959) is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer. He is a distinguished professor of the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, the Institute of Applied Mechanics (IAM) and the Dept. of Engineering Scienc ...

, Economic Affairs *

Hochen Tan Hochen Tan (; born 6 December 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan), Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China from 20 May 2016 until 16 July 2018. He is t ...

, Transportation and Communications * Lin Tzou-yien, Health and Welfare *

Cheng Li-chun Cheng Li-chiun (; born 19 June 1969) is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the vice premier of the Republic of China since 2024. Before her vice premiership, she served as the minister of Culture from 2016 to 2020. Early life and educat ...

, Culture *

Kuo Fang-yu Kuo Fang-yu (; born 1 April 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the Minister of Labor since 20 May 2016 until 7 February 2017. Education Kuo obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in diplomacy from National Chengchi University ...

, Labor *

Yang Hung-duen Yang Hung-duen (; born 3 September 1965) is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the National Science and Technology Council. Academic career Yang earn ...

, Science and Technology

Ministers without portfolio

In the Lin cabinet, the following held office as ministers without portfolio: *

Audrey Tang Tang Feng ( zh, t=唐鳳, p=Táng Fèng; born 18 April 1981), also known by her English name Audrey, is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese politician and free software programmer who served as the first Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan from Augu ...

Chang Ching-sen Chang Ching-sen (; born 8 October 1959) is a Taiwanese civil engineer and politician. He is known for his advocacy to resolve the North-South divide in Taiwan. Early life and education Chang graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bac ...

, also serving as Governor of

Fujian Province Fujian is a province in southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Qua ...

Chen Tain-jy Chen Tain-jy () is a Taiwanese economist. He was the Minister of National Development Council from 2016 to 2017. Education Chen graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, then completed doctor ...

, also serving as Minister of National Development Council *

Hsu Jan-yau Hsu Jan-yau (; born 8 August 1951) is a Taiwanese politician and current chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Education Hsu obtained his bachelor's degree in accounting and statistics from National Cheng Kung University in 1974 and master's d ...

, also serving as Governor of

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province ( zh, t=臺灣省 , p=Táiwān Shěng , poj=Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a ''de jure'' administrative division of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Provinces remain a titular division as ...

and Minister of

Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission The Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission (MTAC) was a ministry-level commission of the Executive Yuan in the Republic of China. It was disbanded on 15 September 2017. History The first model was created during the Qing dynasty in 1636 ...

John Deng John Deng (; born 29 July 1952) is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan), currently minister without portfolio in charge of the Office of Trade Negotiations. He was the Minister of Economic Affairs since 8 December 2014 until 20 May 20 ...

Lin Wan-i Lin Wan-i () is a Taiwanese sociologist, academic, and minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan, having taken office on 20 May 2016. Education Lin obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology from National Taiwan Universi ...

* Wu Hong-mo, also serving as Minister of

Public Construction Commission The Public Construction Commission (PCC; ) is an independent government agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is responsible for planning, reviewing, coordination, and supervision of public construction projects such ...

* Wu Tsung-tsong

Staff

Chen Mei-ling Chen Mei-ling (; born 1958) is a Taiwanese legal scholar. She was the Minister of National Development Council in 2017–2020 and the Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2016-2017. Education Chen obtained her bachelor's degree in law ...

, Secretary-General * Ho Pei-shan and

Sung Yu-hsieh Sung Yu-hsieh (; born 5 March 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan since 13 August 2014. Education Sung obtained his bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from National C ...

, Deputy Secretaries-General

References

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