2013 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2013 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 102 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President - Ma Ying-jeou
• Vice President - Wu Den-yih
• Premier - Jiang Yi-huah
• Vice Premier - Mao Chi-kuo

Events

January

• 1 January
  • The establishment of Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance.
  • The establishment of K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education.
  • The renaming of Sports Affairs Council to Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education.
  • The renaming of Department of Education to K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education.
  • The renaming of National Youth Commission to Youth Development Administration and being put under the Ministry of Education.

February

• 21 February - The opening of Hsinchu Taiwan Pavilion Expo Park in East District, Hsinchu City.^[1]

March

• 27 March - March 2013 Nantou earthquake.

May

• 1 May - The opening of Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park in Zhushan Township, Nantou County.
• 3 May - The upgrade approval for Taoyuan County to become special municipality from county.^[2]
• 9 May - The first meeting of the China Affairs Committee of Democratic Progressive Party.^[3][4]
• 31 May - The opening of Embassy of Kiribati in Taipei.^[5]

June

• 2 June - June 2013 Nantou earthquake.
• 9 June - The official opening of At-Taqwa Mosque in Taoyuan County.

July

• 4 July - Death of Hung Chung-chiu.
• 7–14 July - Typhoon Soulik.
• 20 July - 2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election.^[6]
• 23 July - The establishment of the Ministry of Health and Welfare from the former Department of Health.
• 29 July - The opening of Kaisyuan Night Market in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City.

August

• The establishment of University of Taipei from the merger of Taipei Municipal University of Education and Taipei Physical Education College.

October

• 2013 Taiwan food scandal.
• 10 October - The 102nd anniversary of the National Day of the Republic of China.^[7]
• 24 October - The official opening of Asia Museum of Modern Art in Wufeng District, Taichung.^[8]

November

• 3–11 November - Typhoon Haiyan.
• 10 November - 19th National Congress of Kuomintang in Taichung.
• 14 November - The Gambia cut diplomatic relation with the Republic of China.^[9]
• 18 November - The ROC officially terminated its diplomatic relations with The Gambia.^[10]
• 24 November - The opening of Xinyi Line of Taipei Metro.

Deaths

• 13 April - Lin Yang-kang, former President of Judicial Yuan.

References

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