Executive Yuan

Executive Yuan

行政院
Agency overview
Formed	25 October 1928
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	No. 1, ZhongXiao E. Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei
Employees	407
Agency executives	Chang San-cheng, President[1] Woody Duh, Vice President Chien Tai-lang, Secretary-General Shyu Jong-shyong, Sung Yu-hsieh, Deputy Secretary-General[2]
Website	www.ey.gov.tw

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The Executive Yuan (EY; Chinese: 行政院; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Yuàn; Wade–Giles: Hsing²-cheng⁴ Yüan⁴; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng-chèng Īⁿ; literally: "Executive Court") is the executive branch of the central government of the Republic of China (中華民國).

Organization and structure

Executive Yuan in Mainland China (1928-1949)

It is headed by a president (often translated as premier), and has a vice president (vice premier), and twelve cabinet ministers, various chairpersons of commissions, and five to nine ministers without portfolio as its members. The vice premier, ministers and chairpersons are appointed by the President of the Republic of China on the recommendation of the premier.^[3]

Its formation, as one of five Yuans of the government, stemmed from the Three Principles of the People, the constitutional theory of Sun Yat-sen, but was adjusted constitutionally over the years to adapt to the situation in the ROC by changes in the laws and the Constitution of the Republic of China.

Ministries

Councils and Commissions

Empowered by various laws, or even the Constitution, under the Executive Yuan Council several individual boards are formed to enforce different executive functions of the government. Unless regulated otherwise, the chairs are appointed by and answer to the Premier. The committee members of the boards are usually (a) governmental officials for the purpose of interdepartmental coordination and cooperation; or (b) creditable professionals for their reputation and independence.

• Veterans Affairs Council
• Council of Agriculture
• Atomic Energy Council
• Hakka Affairs Council
• Council of Indigenous Peoples
• Mainland Affairs Council
• National Development Council
• Public Construction Commission

Minister-presided Commissions

According to Articles three and four of the organic law of the Executive Yuan Council, the commissioners of following two commissions hold the rank of minister.

• Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
• Overseas Community Affairs Council

Independent Commissions

There are, or would be, five independent executive commissions under the Executive Yuan Council. The chiefs of these five institutions would not be affected by any change of the Premier. However, the related organic laws are currently under revision or dispute.

• Central Bank
• Central Election Commission
• Fair Trade Commission
• Financial Supervisory Commission
• National Communications Commission

Directorates General

• Environmental Protection Administration
• Coast Guard Administration

Authorized by Article Five of the organic law of the Executive Yuan Council]]

• Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics

Authorized by Article Nine of the amendments of the Constitution of the Republic of China:

• Directorate-General of Personnel Administration

National Museum

• National Palace Museum

Organizations no longer under Executive Yuan

Due to periodical restructuring of the government body, there are some agencies which may be dissolved or be merged with other bigger and more active agencies. Based on Executive Yuan website, the following bodies are no longer the agencies under Executive Yuan:^[4]

• Aviation Safety Council, since 20 May 2012^[5]
• Consumer Protection Committee, since 1 January 2012
• National Disaster Prevention and Protection Commission: a task-force-grouped committee authorized by the law of Disaster Prevention and Protection.

Dissolved or cease to function

• National Unification Council on 27 February 2006
• Government Information Office on 20 May 2012^[3]
• Council for Economic Planning and Development on 21 January 2014
• Research, Development and Evaluation Commission on 21 January 2014

Ministers without portfolio

In the Executive Yuan Council, the current ministers without portfolio are:^[6]

• Joyce Feng
• Jaclyn Tsai, also serving as the Minister of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
• Hsu Chun-yat
• Lin Chu-chia, also serving as the Governor of Fujian Province and Minister of National Development Council
• Lin Junq-tzer
• Yan Hong-sen
• Hsiao Chia-chi
• Chung Char-dir

Executive Yuan Council

The Executive Yuan Council, commonly referred to as "The Cabinet" (內閣), is the chief policymaking organ of the ROC government. It consists of the premier, who presides over its meetings, the vice premier, ministers without portfolio, the heads of the ministries, and the heads of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission. The secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan also attend, as well as heads of other Executive Yuan organizations by invitation, but they have no vote. Article 58 of the Constitution empowers the Executive Yuan Council to evaluate statutory and budgetary bills concerning martial law, amnesty, declarations of war, conclusion of peace or treaties, and other important affairs before submission to the Legislative Yuan.

Relationship with the Legislative Yuan

The Executive Yuan Council must present the Legislators with an annual policy statement and an administrative report. The Legislative Committee may also summon members of the Executive Yuan Council for questioning.

Whenever there is disagreement between the Legislative Council and Executive Yuan Council, the Legislative Committee may pass a resolution asking the Executive Yuan Council to alter the policy proposal in question. The Executive Yuan may, in turn, ask the Legislators to reconsider. Afterwards, if the Legislative Council upholds the original resolution, the premier must abide by the resolution or resign. The Executive Yuan Council may also present an alternative budgetary bill if the one passed by the Legislative Committee is deemed difficult to execute.

Leaders

Chang San-cheng, the President of the Executive Yuan

Executive Yuan Presidents

Executive Yuan Vice Presidents

Executive Yuan Secretary-Generals

• Authur Iap (20 May 2004 – 1 February 2005)
• Lee Ying-yuan (1 February 2005 – 19 September 2005)
• Liu Yuh-san (19 September 2005 – 21 May 2007)
• Chen Chin-jun (21 May 2007 – 20 May 2008)
• Hsueh Hsiang-chuan (20 May 2008 – 10 September 2009)
• Lin Join-sane (10 September 2009 – 5 February 2012)
• Lin Yi-shih (6 February 2012 – 29 June 2012)
• Chen Shyh-kwei (10 July 2012 – 18 February 2013)
• Chen Wei-zen (18 February 2013 – 25 February 2014)
• Lee Shih-chuan (26 February 2014 – 24 January 2015)
• Chien Tai-lang (24 January 2015 –)

Transportation

The Executive Yuan building is accessible within walking distance east of Railway Station or west of Shandao Temple Station of the MRT.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Executive Yuan.

• Politics of the Republic of China
• Government of the Republic of China

References

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Executive Yuan Officials Premier (Chang San-cheng) Vice Premier (Woody Duh) Ministries Culture Hung Meng-chi Economic Affairs John Deng Education Wu Se-hwa Finance Chang Sheng-ford Foreign Affairs David Lin Health and Welfare Chiang Been-huang Interior Chen Wei-zen Justice Luo Ying-shay Labor Chen Hsiung-wen National Defense Kao Kuang-chi Science and Technology Shyu Jyuo-min Transportation and Communications Chen Jian-yu Commissions Central Election Liu I-chou Financial Supervisory Tseng Ming-chung Fair Trade Commission Wu Shiow-ming Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Jaclyn Tsai National Communications Howard S.H. Shyr Public Construction Hsu Chun-yat Councils Agriculture Chen Bao-ji Atomic Energy Tsai Chuen-horng Hakka Affairs Liu Ching-chung Indigenous Peoples Lin Chiang-yi Mainland Affairs Andrew Hsia National Development Woody Duh Overseas Community Affairs Chen Shyh-kwei Veterans Affairs Tung Hsiang-lung Agencies Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Shih Su-mei Coast Guard Administration Wang Chung-yi Environmental Protection Administration Wei Kuo-yen Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Huang Fu-yuan Other bodies Central Bank Perng Fai-nan National Palace Museum Feng Ming-chu