2005 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2005 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 94 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President - Chen Shui-bian
• Vice President - Annette Lu
• Premier - Yu Shyi-kun, Frank Hsieh
• Vice Premier - Yeh Chu-lan, Wu Rong-i

Events

January

• 1 January - The founding of Taipei Fubon Bank with the merger of Fubon Bank and TaipeiBank.

March

• 14 March - Mainland China passed the Anti-Secession Law, a bill to prevent Taiwan from being an independent nation.^[1]

April

• 29 April - The opening of Baguashan Tunnel.

May

County-level units won by the Democratic Progressive Party (green) and the Kuomintang (blue).

• 14 May - 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election. Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party won the election.^[2]
• 17 May - The relocation of Pingtung Airport to the southern field upon the completion of the new airport building.

July

• 1 July - The establishment of Taiwan Indigenous Television, Asia's first aboriginal television channel.^[3]
• 16 July - 2005 Kuomintang chairmanship election took place. Ma Ying-jeou won the election, casting a total votes cast of 370,054 and a percentage of vote of 72.4%.^[4]
• 18 July - Typhoon Haiting hit Taiwan. The typhoon has winds up to 114 mph.^[5]
• 22 July - The establishment of TTV World.

August

• 31 August - Typhoon Talim hit Taiwan. It caused about $1.5 billion in damage.^[6][7]

September

• 3-6 September - The 10th Computer Olympiad took place in Taipei. It was a competition where computer programs competed each other in a variety of games.^[8]

October

• 27 October - The opening of Linkou Line of Taiwan Railways Administration.

December

• 3 December - 2005 Republic of China local election.^[9]

Deaths

• 1 November - Ma Ho-ling, 84, father of President Ma Ying-jeou.

See also

• Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season

References

External links

• Year 2005 Calendar - Taiwan
• Taiwan, 2005 Timeline

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