Presidency of Lai Ching-te
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| Presidency of Lai Ching-te 20 May 2024 – present | |
Vice President | |
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| Cabinet | Cho |
| Party |  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) |
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| Seat | Wanli Residence, Zhongzheng, Taipei |
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The presidency of Lai Ching-te began on 20 May 2024, when Lai Ching-te was sworn in as 16th president of the Republic of China and the eighth president of the republic since it became established on the island of Taiwan, succeeding Tsai Ing-wen. Lai and running mate Hsiao Bi-khim won the 2024 presidential election with 5.58 million votes, breaking the practice of two-term political party rotation with the Kuomintang since the first direct presidential election in 1996, and retaining the presidency for the Democratic Progressive Party for a record consecutive third term. However, unlike the previous two-term presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, the DPP failed to obtain a majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan alone, making Lai Ching-te's government the second minority government since Taiwan's democratisation.[1]
Lai is the third incumbent vice president of Taiwan to become president, and the first to assume the office through election instead of a predecessor's death. Hsiao, the former Taiwanese Representative to the United States and a former member of the Legislative Yuan, was sworn in on the same day as vice-president, and become Taiwan's first biracial vice president, having been born in Kobe, Japan to a Taiwanese father and European-American mother.
Administration
[edit]| Title | Picture | Name | Political party | Term | Deputy | Notes |
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| President |  |
Lai Ching-te[1] | DPP | 20 May 2024 – present | Not applicable | |
| Vice President |  |
Hsiao Bi-khim[1] | DPP | 20 May 2024 – present | Not applicable | |
| Secretary-General to the President |  |
Pan Men-an[2] | DPP | 20 May 2024 – present | Ho Chih-wei Xavier Chang |
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| Secretary General of the National Security Council |  |
Joseph Wu[3] | DPP | 20 May 2024 – present | Lin Fei-fan Hsu Szu-chien Liu Te-chin |
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| Director-General of the National Security Bureau |  |
Tsai Ming-yen[4] | Independent | 20 May 2024 – present | ||
| Spokesperson for the presidential palace |   |
Lii Wen, Karen Kuo | DPP, Independent | 20 May 2024 – present | ||
| Curator of National History Museum |  |
Chen Yi-shen | DPP | 5 July 2019 – 20 May 2024 | Deputy Director: He Zhilin | |
| Dean of Academia Sinica |  |
James C. Liao | Independent | 21 June 2016 – present | Vice Dean: Chin-Shing Huang, Mei-Yin Chou, Tang K. Tang |
Cabinets (Executive Yuan)
[edit]| Succession | Picture | Name | Political party | Term | Vice-Premier | Notes |
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| 1 |  |
Cho Jung-tai[1] | DPP | 20 May 2024 – present | Cheng Li-chun |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Harrison, Mark (21 May 2024). "Taiwanese politics under Lai: new ministers and a parliamentary minority". The Strategist. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Secretary-General Pan visits Palau National Aquaculture Center". president.gov.tw. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Hioe, Brian (18 April 2024). "Taiwan's Incoming Lai Administration Takes Shape". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Kuo, Mercy A. (29 May 2024). "Taiwan's New National Security Leadership". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
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