This is a list of presidents of the

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Prior to constitutional reforms in the 1990s, the Control Yuan, along with National Assembly (electoral college) and the Legislati ...

of the Republic of China.

List

Before the 1947 Constitution

During the Nationalist government era, the President of Control Yuan was appointed by the Central Committee of the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

(Nationalist Party). * Period: 1928 – 1948

After the 1947 Constitution (indirect elections)

The

was a

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

ary chamber under the 1947 ''

Constitution of the Republic of China The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fifth and current constitution of the Republic of China (ROC), ratified by the Kuomintang during the session on 25 December 1946, in Nanjing, and adopted on 25 December 1947. The constitution, ...

''. The first Control Yuan election was held indirectly by provincial and

municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

assemblies between 1947 and 1948. However, the

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retreated to Taiwan in 1949. Members of the first Control Yuan had their terms extended indefinitely and sessions of the first Control Yuan were conducted in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

until December 31, 1991 while the supplementary members kept serving until January 31, 1993. The President of the Control Yuan was elected by and from the members like the

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of many other

ary bodies. * Period: 1948 – 1993

After the 1947 Constitution (presidential nomination)

Since the 2nd constitutional amendment in 1992, the

was redesigned as a commission-style agency. The President of Control Yuan was nominated by the President of the Republic and approved by the parliament of

(initially by the

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, currently by the Legislative Yuan). * Period: 1993 – present

Timeline

References

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