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The Office of the President () is an organ 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 ...

) that handles the general administrative affairs of the

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

and the

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

. The office, together with the National Security Council, serve as the two advisory agencies to the

. The Office of the President is led by a

Secretary-General Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...

and oversees * Academia Sinica () and * Academia Historica ().

History

The Office of the President was established according to the

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, ...

on May 20, 1948 in the Presidential Palace in

Nanking Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

, with the inauguration of the first

Chiang Kai-shek and the first

Li Tsung-jen Li Zongren or Li Tsung-jen (; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969), courtesy name Telin (Te-lin; ), was a prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese C ...

. However, with the outbreak of

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

, the

government of the Republic of China The Government of the Republic of China, is the national government of the Republic of China whose ''de facto'' territory currently consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other island groups in the "free area". Governed by the ...

retreated to

in December 1949. On March 1, 1950, Chiang Kai-shek resumed his presidency in the former office of the

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

Government-General of Taiwan The Government-General of Taiwan (Japanese: , Kyūjitai: , Hepburn: ''Taiwan Sōtoku-fu''; ; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân Tsóng-tok-hú; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ=Thòi-vân Chúng-tuk-fú) was the government that governed Taiwan under Japanese rule between 189 ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

. The building is used as the Presidential Office Building since then.

Organization

* First Bureau * Second Bureau * Third Bureau * Department of Special Affairs * Department of Security Affairs * Department of Public Affairs * Personnel Department * Department of Accounting and Statistics * Government Ethics Department * Legal Affairs Committee * Academia Sinica () * Academia Historica ()

Secretaries-General

The Secretary-General to the President is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President and supervises the staff of the Office. Following the resignation of

Su Jia-chyuan Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; ; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissi ...

on 2 August 2020,

Liu Chien-sin Liu Chien-sin or Jason Liu (; born 8 June 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. He was appointed as the Deputy Secretary-General to the President on 21 April 2018, and the acting Secretary-General to the President on three occasions the latest bein ...

took over as acting Secretary-General until 3 August. As of 3 August, David Lee was appointed to the position.

References

{{reflist Government of Taiwan Presidents of the Republic of China on Taiwan

History

Organization

Secretaries-General

See also

References