The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (

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 ...

) responsible for all

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and

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affairs of Taiwan. The MND is headed by Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng.

History

The MND was originally established as Ministry of War in 1912 at the creation of the

Republic of China 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 northeast ...

. It established a military occupation operation center in Taipei, Formosa in November 1945, following the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Douglas MacArthur's September 2, 1945 General Order No. 1, for the surrender of Japanese troops and auxiliary forces in Formosa and the Pescadores to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It was changed to the Ministry of National Defense in 1946. Military operation activities in Formosa and the Pescadores were expanded after Japan renounced its title, right, and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores based on the April 28, 1952 Treaty of Peace with Japan. The Law of National Defense and the Organic Law of the ministry were officially promulgated for implementation on 1 March 2002. On 8 December 2014, the ministry moved out from its building from the previous one at Boai Building in

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to the current one in Dazhi area at Zhongshan District, where it houses the Air Force Command Headquarters, Navy Command Headquarters and Heng Shan Military Command Center. The completion of the building had been delayed for nearly two decades due to the compound original architecture and the bankruptcy of the project's original contractor. The planning for the new building and relocation had been done since 1997. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on 27 December 2014.

Headquarters

Ministry of National Defence Dazhi New Site Front View 20120930

The headquarters of the military was originally in eastern

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near

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. Today it is located in Dazhi area of Zhongshan District in

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. The 8-story main building was constructed at a cost of NT$15.8 billion, spreading over 19.5 hectares of area, which houses office buildings, dormitories and other facilities, such as post office, barbershop, sports center, conference hall and sport center to accommodate its 3,000 military personnel stationed there. It also includes several annex buildings around. The security features of the building include fingerprint and eye scanners that restrict access to certain areas, sensors that can detect vehicles in the unauthorized areas and that may carry explosives and bollards on the compound to block unauthorized vehicles. The compound also has eco-friendly features, such as stone walls, aluminum and low-emission exterior glass panels. The central

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system is provided by ice storage system to reduce peak load electricity demand. The building also has rainwater collecting facilities which can store up to 1,000 tons of water, complete with its waste water treatment and filtering systems.

Budget

In 2016 the annual defense budget for Taiwan was NT$320 billion. In 2021 the Ministry of National Defense began directly funding defense related research at civilian universities. NT$5 billion (US$147 million) were allocated for the first five years of the program with an initial focus on information security and robotics, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and quantum computing. Previously funding had been allocated through intermediaries with most going to military affiliated research organizations like National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).

Organizational structure

ROC-MND Armed Forces Reserve Command 20160816

ROC-MND National Defense Procurement Office 20131118

Headquarter departments

* Department of Strategic Planning (戰略規劃司) * Department of Resources Planning (資源規劃司) * Department of Military Justice (法律事務司) * Department of Integrated Assessment (整合評估司) * Office of the Inspector General (總督察長室) * National Defense Procurement Office (國防採購室) * Administration Office (政務辦公室) * Personnel Office (人事室) * Ethics Office (政風室) * Accounting Office (主計室)

Secondary or Affiliated authorities

* Political Warfare Bureau * Armaments Bureau * Comptroller Bureau (主計局) * Medical Affairs Bureau * All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency

General Staff Headquarters

* Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Personnel (人事參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence (情報參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Operations and Planning (作戰及計畫參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Logistics (後勤參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Communications, Electronics and Information (通信電子資訊參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Training (訓練參謀次長室) * Communication Development Office (電訊發展室) *

Military Intelligence Bureau The Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB; ; or TMIB) is an intelligence agency directly under the General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense. The main task is to collect information about China's political and military activities, and it ...

(軍事情報局)

Military authorities

* Army Command Headquarters (陸軍司令部) * Navy Command Headquarters (海軍司令部) * Air Force Command Headquarters (空軍司令部)

Military institutions

* Armed Forces Reserve Command (後備指揮部) *

Military Police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear recon ...

Command (憲兵指揮部) * Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command (資通電軍指揮部)

Affiliated Research Institute

* National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology(國家中山科學研究院) * Institute for National Defense and Security Research (國防安全研究院)

List of Ministers of War

1. Ministers of War during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (歷代陸軍總長)： * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1912–1915; 1st time *

Zhou Ziqi Zhou Ziqi () (17 November 1869 – 21 October 1923) was a Chinese educator and politician in the late Qing dynasty and early republican period. During the early part of the Republic, he served multiple roles: first in multiple ministry positio ...

(周自齊)：1913–1914 *

Wang Shizhen Wang Shizhen is the name of: *Wang Shizhen (Tang dynasty) (759–809), Tang dynasty warlord, de facto ruler of Chengde * Wang Shizhen (Ming dynasty) (1526–1590), Ming dynasty poet, writer, artist and litterateur. *Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government ...

(王士珍)：1914–1916; 1st time * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1916–1917; 2nd time *

Zhang Shiyu Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Z ...

(張士鈺)：1917 *

(王士珍)：1917; 2nd time * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1917; 3rd time *

(王士珍)：1917–1918; 3rd time * Duan Zhigui (段芝貴)：1918–1919 *

Jin Yunpeng Jin Yunpeng (); ; 1877 – 30 January 1951) was a Chinese general and politician of the Warlord Era of the Republic of China. He served as both Minister of War and then Premier of China several times. His ascent to the Premiership was support ...

(靳雲鵬)：1919–1921; 1st time * Cai Chengxun (蔡成勛)：1921 * Bao Guiqing (鮑貴卿)：1921–1922 * Wu Peifu (吳佩孚)：1922 *

Zhang Shaozeng Zhang Shaozeng (; Wade-Giles Chang Shao-ts'eng) (9 October 1879 – 21 March 1928) was a Beiyang Army general in charge of the 20th Division. Biography He was born in Zhili province and graduated from a Japanese military academy in 1901. He wa ...

(張紹增)：1922–1923 * Wang Tan (王坦)：1923; 1st time * Jin Shaozeng (金紹曾)：1923–1924; 2nd time * Lu Jin (陸錦)：1924 *

Li Shucheng Li Shucheng (; 1882–1965) was a senior leader of Kuomintang, and a politician of the People's Republic of China. In 1921, the first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in his house in Shanghai, thus the CCP was founded wit ...

(李書城)：1924 * Wu Guangxin (吳光新)：1924–1925 *

Jia Deyao Jia Deyao (; 1880–1940) was a Chinese military commander and politician, member of the Anhui clique during the Beiyang Government. After graduating the Baoding Military Academy and the Imperial Japanese Army Academy with a government scholarsh ...

(賈德耀)：1925–1926;

Anhui clique The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of its ...

* Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1926–1927 *

He Fenglin He Fenglin (; courtesy name Maoru (); 1873–1935) was a general in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Anhui clique and the Fengtian clique. Biography Born in Pingyin, Shandong, He Fenglin graduated the Beiyang Military Academy (), the ...

(何豐林)：1927–1928 2. Ministers of War during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代軍政部長)： * Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥)：1928–1929;

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 ...

Lu Zhonglin Lu, Lü, or LU may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Lu (music), Tibetan folk music * Lu (duo), a Mexican band ** ''Lu'' (album) * Character from Mike, Lu & Og * Lupe Fiasco or Lu (born 1982), American musician * Lebor na hUidre, a manuscrip ...

(鹿鍾麟)：1929;

* Chen Yi (陳儀)：1929;

(鹿鍾麟)：1929;

* Zhu Shouguang (朱綬光)：1929–1930;

* He Yingqin (何應欽)：1930–1944;

Chen Cheng Chen Cheng (; ; January 4, 1898 – March 5, 1965) was a Chinese political and military leader, and one of the main commanders of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. After moving ...

(陳誠)：1944–1946;

3. Ministers of the Navy during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (歷代海軍總長)： *

Liu Guanxiong Liu Guanxiong (; 1861, Fuzhou, Fujian – 1927, Tianjin) was a Chinese Admiral from the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China who was Navy Minister of China, from 1912 to 1916 and from 1917 to 1919. When he was young he entered th ...

(劉冠雄)：1912–1916; 1st time *

Cheng Biguang Cheng Biguang () (1861－26 February 1918) was a Chinese Admiral from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China. He served in the Beiyang Fleet and the Republic of China Navy. When Duan Qirui refused to valida ...

(程璧光)：1916–1917; 1st time * Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰)：1917; 1st time *

(劉冠雄)：1917–1919; 2nd time * Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰)：1919–1921; 2nd time *

Li Dingxin Li, li, or LI may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects * Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political tec ...

(李鼎新)：1921–1924; 2nd time *

Du Xigui Admiral Du Xigui (; November 12, 1875 – December 28, 1933) was a Chinese naval officer during the late Qing Dynasty and the Warlord Era. Biography Born in Fuzhou, he graduated from the Nanjing naval college in 1902. In July 1911, Du was appoi ...

(杜鍚圭)：1924; 1st time *

Lin Jianzhang Lin or LIN may refer to: People *Lin (surname) (normally ), a Chinese surname *Lin (surname) (normally 蔺), a Chinese surname * Lin (''The King of Fighters''), Chinese assassin character *Lin Chow Bang, character in Fat Pizza Places *Lin, Iran, ...

(林建章)：1924–1925; 1st time *

(杜鍚圭)：1925–1927; 2nd time 4. Ministers of the Navy during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代海軍部長)： * Yang Shuzhuang (楊樹莊)：1929–1932;

Chen Shaokuan Chen Shaokuan (; October 7, 1889 – July 30, 1969) was a Chinese Fleet Admiral who served as the senior commander of Chinese naval forces of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Early life and c ...

(陳紹寬)：1932–1938;

5. Chiefs of Staff during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (歷代參謀總長): *

Huang Xing Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (; 25 October 1874 – 31 October 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China. As one of the founders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Republic of ...

(黄興)：1912; 1st time *

Xu Shaozhen Xu or XU may refer to: People and characters * Xu (surname), one of two Chinese surnames ( or /), transliterated as Xu in English * ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people * ǃXu ( ...

(徐紹楨)：1912; 1st time * Li Yuanhong (黎元洪)：1912–1915; 1st time *

Feng Guozhang Feng Guozhang, (; courtesy: Huafu 華甫 or 華符) (January 7, 1859 – December 12, 1919) was a Chinese general and politician in early republican China. He held the office of Vice-President and then President of the Republic of China. He is ...

(馮國璋)：1915–1916; 1st time * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1916; 1st time *

(王士珍)：1916–1917; 1st time * Yin Chang (蔭昌)：1917–1919; 1st time *

Zhang Huaizhi Zhang Huaizhi () (1862 – 1934) was a brigade-general during the Boxer Rebellion; a warlord in the early Chinese Republic; Viceroy of Shandong. He was eliminated in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War The Second Zhili–Fengtian War (Second ...

(張懷芝)：1919–1924; 1st time * Li Liejun (李烈鈞)：1924–1925; 1st time *

Yang Sen Yang Sen (; 20 February 1884 – 15 May 1977) was a warlord and general of the Sichuan clique who had a long military career in China. Although he was a provincial warlord, he loyally served Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang (KMT) government, ...

(楊森)：1925–1926; 1st time * Liu Ruxian (劉汝賢)：1926; 1st time * Liu Xiang (劉湘)：1926–1927; 1st time 6. Chiefs of Staff during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代參謀總長)： * Li Jishen (李濟深)：1928–1929;

* He Yingqin (何應欽)：1929;

Zhu Peide Zhu or ZHU may refer to: *Zhu (surname), common Chinese surnames *Zhu River, or Pearl River, in southern China *Zhu (state), ancient Chinese state, later renamed Zou *House of Zhu, the ruling house of the Ming dynasty in Chinese history *Zhu (stri ...

(朱培德)：1929–1932;

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

(蔣中正)：1932–1935;

* Cheng Qian (程潛)：1935–1938;

* He Yingqin (何應欽)：1938–1946;

7. Directors of Training (歷代訓練總監部長)： * He Yingqin (何應欽)：1928–1931;

* Li Jishen (李濟深)：1931–1933;

(朱培德)：1933–1934;

Tang Shengzhi Tang Shengzhi (; Wade-Giles: Tang Sheng-chih; 12 October 1889 – 6 April 1970) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era, a military commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War and a politician after World War II. After participating i ...

(唐生智)：1934–1938;

Bai Chongxi Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 – 2 December 1966; , , Xiao'erjing: ) was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC) and a prominent Chinese Nationalist leader. He was of Hui ethnicity and of the Musli ...

(白崇禧)：1938–1946;

8. 歷代軍事參議院長： * Li Zongren (李宗仁)：1928–1929;

(唐生智)：1929–1931;

* Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1931;

* Zhang Yipeng (張翼鵬)：1931–1934;

* Chen Tiaoyuan (陳調元)：1934–1943;

* Li Jishen (李濟深)：1943–1945;

Long Yun Long Yun (; 27 November 1884 – 27 June 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to October 1945, when he was overthrown in a coup (known as "The Kunming Incident") by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai- ...

(龍雲)：1945–1946;

Ministers of National Defense

Notes

References

External links

Official website of the Ministry of National Defense

Official website of the Ministry of National Defense
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