Events in the year 1949 in Taiwan, Republic of China.

Incumbents

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 ...

– Chiang Kai-shek *

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–

Li Zongren 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 ...

* Premier –

He Yingqin He Yingqin, (; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Republic of China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. Early years A native of Guizhou, H ...

Yan Xishan Yan Xishan (; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960, ) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. He effectively controlled the province of Shanxi from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the 1949 Communist victory in ...

* Vice Premier – Wu Tiecheng,

Chia Ching-teh Chia Ching-teh (1880-1960; ) was a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Vice Premier in 1949. Background Chia was educated at Hubei Military Academy. Chinese government records indicated that he was a member of the Examination Yuan, ...

Chu Chia-hua Zhu Jiahua or Chu Chia-hua (; 30 May 1893 – 3 January 1963) was a politician in the Republic of China. In the early 1930s he served as Minister of Communications for the Nationalist Government in Nanjing. He was the List of vice premiers of th ...

Events

January

* 5 January –

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 ...

became a Chairperson of

Taiwan Province Taiwan Province (; PFS: ''Thòi-vàn-sén'' or ''Thòi-vân-sén'') is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Its definition has remained part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but the province is no lo ...

Provincial Government.

June

* 6 June – The establishment of China News. * 15 June – The replacement of

Old Taiwan dollar The Old Taiwan dollar was in use from 1946 to 1949, beginning shortly after Taiwan's handover from Japan to the Republic of China. The currency was issued by the Bank of Taiwan. Hyperinflation prompted the introduction of the New Taiwan dollar ...

with

New Taiwan dollar The New Taiwan dollar ( code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dol ...

October

* 25–27 October –

Battle of Guningtou The Battle of Kuningtou or Battle of Guningtou (), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (), was a battle fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in t ...

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separat ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of 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 cap ...

December

* 8 December – The Republic of China becomes exiled from mainland China, despite being a widely recognized UN member state, moved to

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 ...

as the ''de facto'' capital. * 21 December –

left as Chairperson of

Provincial Government. * 30 December – The establishment of

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei ( la, Archidioecesis Taipehensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Taiwan. Pope Pius XII erected it as the Apostolic Prefecture of Taipei on 30 December 1949. On 7 August 1952, it was eleva ...

Births

* 20 January – Lin Bih-jaw, Secretary-General of the Presidential Office (2016) * 13 February –

Yeh Chu-lan Yeh Chu-lan (; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. She served as acting mayor of Kaohsiung and Vice Premier of the Republic of China. Career Yeh worked in advertising for seventeen years prior to entering politics after her husband, Cheng Na ...

, Vice Premier (2004–2005) * 14 June –

Peng Pai-hsien Peng Pai-hsien (; born 14 June 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. Political career He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1990 to 1997 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. Peng was a member of the DPP's Justice Alliance faction until ...

, Magistrate of Nantou County (2001) * 28 September –

Hsieh Ing-dan Hsieh Ing-dan (; born 28 September 1949) is a Taiwanese police officer. Hsieh was born on 28 September 1949, and raised in Changhua County. He began study of administrative management in 1967, at what became Central Police University. Hsieh join ...

, police officer * 29 September – Liu Kuo-chuan, Deputy Minister of

Veterans Affairs Council The Veterans Affairs Council (VAC; ) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with "responsibilities to assist in education assistance, employment assistance, medical care, home care and other general services" for reti ...

. * 1 September –

Chang Sheng-ford Chang Sheng-ford (; born 1 September 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Finance of the Republic of China from 2012 to 2016. ROC Finance Ministry Cross-strait finance In early April 2013, Chang said that representative ...

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

. * 8 October – Cheng Yung-chin, Magistrate of Hsinchu County (2001–2009) * 13 October – Sean Chen, former

Premier of the Republic of China The Premier of the Republic of China, officially the President of the Executive Yuan ( Chinese: 行政院院長), is the head of the government of the Republic of China of Taiwan and leader of the Executive Yuan. The premier is nominally the ...

. * 30 October –

Lin Chiang-yi Lin Chiang-yi or Mayaw Dongi (; born 30 October 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) from 1 August 2013 until 20 May 2016. He is of the Amis people, one of the indigenous peoples of ...

, Minister of

Council of Indigenous Peoples The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP; ), formerly known as the Council of Aboriginal Affairs, is a ministry-level body under the Executive Yuan in Taiwan (Republic of China). It was established to serve the needs of the country's indigenous ...

. * 14 November –

Yen Ming Yen Ming (; born 14 November 1949) was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 8 August 2013 to 30 January 2015. Education Yen graduated from the Republic of China Air Force Academy in Kaohsiung. Early career ...

Minister of National Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

References

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