Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

David Lin, the incumbent Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.

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

NameStarting DateLeaving DatePortrait
C. C. Wu (Wu Chaoshu)[1] 1923
1927
1924
1928
Huang Fu 1924 ?
Wang Zhengting[2] June 14, 1928
Alfred Sze (Shi Zhaoji) 1931
Eugene Chen (Chen Youren)[3] June 1, 1931
Luo Wengan 1932
Wang Jingwei August 18, 1933
Chang Chun (Zhang Qun) December 16, 1933
Wang Ch'ung-hui (Wang Chonghui) March 6, 1937
Quo Tai-chi (Guo Taiqi) June 30, 1941
T. V. Soong (Song Ziwen)[4] October 30, 1942
Wang Shih-chieh (Wang Shijie) May 31, 1948
Wu Tieh-cheng (Wu Tiecheng) December 22, 1948
Fu Bingchang (Appointed only)
Hu Shih (Hu Shi) (Appointed only)
George Yeh (Yeh Kung-ch'ao) 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 (Chien Foo) June 1, 1990 June 10, 1996
John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)[5] June 10, 1996 October 20, 1997
Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)[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 (Chien You-hsin)[8] February 1, 2002 April 16, 2004
Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)[9] April 16, 2004 January 25, 2006
James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang)[10] January 25, 2006 May 19, 2008
Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian) May 20, 2008 September 10, 2009
Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien) September 10, 2009 September 26, 2012
David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo) September 27, 2012 Incumbent

See also

References

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