List of vice presidents of the Republic of China facts for kids

• Top left: Li Zongren was the first vice president under the 1947 Constitution and the only vice president to have acted as president.
• Top right: Lien Chan was the first vice president directly elected by popular vote.
• Bottom left: Annette Lu was the first female vice president and the only individual to have served two full terms in the post.
• Bottom right: Hsiao Bi-khim is the incumbent officeholder.

To avoid confusion, all the names on this list follow the Eastern order convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.

This is a list of all the vice presidents of the Republic of China (1912–present).

Timeline

List

Provisional Government:       Tongmenghui       Beiyang clique, etc.       Independent
Beiyang Government:       Beiyang clique, etc.       Progressive Party
Constitutional Government:       Kuomintang (KMT)       Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)       Independent

Vice presidents of the Provisional Government
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	President		Assembly (elected)
1		Li Yuanhong 黎元洪 (1864–1928)	1 January 1912	10 October 1913	Independent		Sun Yat-sen (Tongmenghui)	Provisional (1911)
							Yuan Shikai (Beiyang clique)	Provisional (1912)
Vice presidents of the Beiyang Government
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	President		Assembly (elected)
1		Li Yuanhong 黎元洪 (1864–1928)	10 October 1913	6 June 1916	Progressive Party		Yuan Shikai (Beiyang clique)	1st (1913)
2		Feng Guozhang 馮國璋 (1859–1919)	6 June 1916	17 July 1917	Beiyang clique		Li Yuanhong (Progressive Party)	1st (1916)
Vice presidents after the 1947 Constitution
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	President		Term (elected)
1		Li Zongren 李宗仁 (1890–1969)	20 May 1948	12 March 1954	Kuomintang		Chiang Kai-shek (Kuomintang)	1 (1948)
Office vacant 12 March – 19 May 1954
2		Chen Cheng 陳誠 (1898–1965)	20 May 1954	5 March 1965	Kuomintang			2 (1954)
								3 (1960)
Office vacant 5 March 1965 – 19 May 1966
3		Yen Chia-kan (C. K. Yen) 嚴家淦 (1905–1993)	20 May 1966	5 April 1975	Kuomintang			4 (1966)
								5 (1972)
Office vacant 5 April 1975 – 19 May 1978							Yen Chia-kan (Kuomintang)
4		Hsieh Tung-min 謝東閔 (1908–2001)	20 May 1978	19 May 1984	Kuomintang		Chiang Ching-kuo (Kuomintang)	6 (1978)
5		Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 (1923–2020)	20 May 1984	13 January 1988	Kuomintang			7 (1984)
Office vacant 13 January 1988 – 19 May 1990							Lee Teng-hui (Kuomintang)
6		Li Yuan-tsu 李元簇 (1923–2017)	20 May 1990	20 May 1996	Kuomintang			8 (1990)
Vice presidents after the introduction of direct election
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	President		Term (elected)
7		Lien Chan 連戰 (born 1936)	20 May 1996	20 May 2000	Kuomintang		Lee Teng-hui (Kuomintang)	9 (1996)
8		Annette Lu (Lü Hsiu-lien) 呂秀蓮 (born 1944)	20 May 2000	20 May 2008	Democratic Progressive		Chen Shui-bian (DPP)	10 (2000)
								11 (2004)
9		Vincent Siew (Siew Wan-chang) 蕭萬長 (born 1939)	20 May 2008	20 May 2012	Kuomintang		Ma Ying-jeou (Kuomintang)	12 (2008)
10		Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 (born 1948)	20 May 2012	20 May 2016	Kuomintang			13 (2012)
11		Chen Chien-jen 陳建仁 (born 1951)	20 May 2016	20 May 2020	Independent		Tsai Ing-wen (DPP)	14 (2016)
12		Lai Ching-te 賴清德 (born 1959)	20 May 2020	20 May 2024	Democratic Progressive			15 (2020)
13		Hsiao Bi-khim 蕭美琴 (born 1971)	20 May 2024	Incumbent	Democratic Progressive		Lai Ching-te (DPP)	16 (2024)

Vice presidential age-related data (post-1947 Constitution)

Oldest living

Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a vice president older than any living ex-vice president. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest vice president.

See also

• List of vice presidents of the Republic of China by other offices held
• List of presidents of the Republic of China
• List of premiers of the Republic of China
• List of political office-holders of the Republic of China by age