Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

This is the List of foreign ministers of the Republic of China, heading ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Name Starting Date Leaving Date
Wu Chaoshu[1] 1927
Huang Fu
Wang Zhengting[2] June 14, 1928
Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1931
Eugene Chen[3] June 1, 1931
Luo Wengan 1932
Wang Jingwei August 18, 1933
Zhang Qun December 16, 1933
Wang Ch'ung-hui March 6, 1937
Quo Tai-chi June 30, 1941
T. V. Soong[4] October 30, 1942
Wang Shih-chieh May 31, 1948
Wu T'ieh-ch'eng December 22, 1948
Fu P'ing-ch'ang (Appointed only)
Hu Shih (Appointed only)
Yeh Kung-ch'ao (George Yeh) October 1, 1949 July 14, 1958
Huang Shao-ku July 14, 1958 May 31, 1960
Shen Chang-huan May 31, 1960 May 27, 1966
Wei Tao-ming May 27, 1966 March 31, 1971
Chou Shu-kai March 31, 1971 May 29, 1972
Shen Chang-huan May 29, 1972 December 16, 1978
Chiang Yang-shih December 20, 1978 December 19, 1979
Chu Fu-Sung December 19, 1979 April 22, 1987
Ting Mao-shih April 22, 1987 July 20, 1988
Lien Chan July 20, 1988 June 1, 1990
Fredrick Chien June 1, 1990 June 10, 1996
John Chang[5] June 10, 1996 October 20, 1997
Jason C. Hu)[6] October 20, 1997 November 30, 1999
Chen Chien-jen November 30, 1999 May 20, 2000
Tien Hung-mao[7] May 20, 2000 February 1, 2002
Eugene Chien[8] February 1, 2002 April 16, 2004
Mark Chen[9] April 16, 2004 January 25, 2006
James Huang[10] January 25, 2006 May 19, 2008
Francisco Ou May 20, 2008 September 10, 2009
Timothy Yang September 10, 2009 present

See also

References

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