Events from the year 2017 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 106 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
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- 8 January – Chin Chin-sheng [zh], 69, Taiwanese politician, Secretary-General of People First Party, heart attack.[32]
- 22 January – Chen Yu-mei, 50, Taiwanese politician, deputy minister of the OCAC (2013–14).[33]
- 23 January – Leslie Koo, 62, Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement), fall.[34]
- 24 January – Mike Hua [zh], 92, Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo).[35][36]
- 9 February – Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer.[37]
- 16 February – Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer.[38][39][40]
- 8 March – Li Yuan-tsu, 93, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (1990–1996), kidney failure.[41]
- 11 March – Tsui Hsiao-ping, 94, Taiwanese radio director.[42]
- 26 March – Chen Uen, 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.[43]
- 8 April – Pei Pu-yen, 96, Taiwanese literary scholar, brain tumor.[44][45]
- 18 April – Li Yih-yuan, 85, Taiwanese anthropologist, complications of pneumonia.[46]
- 20 April – Chen Lien-hua (陳蓮花), 93, Taiwanese comfort woman, intestinal infection.[47][48]
- 22 April – Lee Chi-chun, 74, Taiwanese radio presenter.[49]
- 25 April – Hsieh Chin-ting, 81, Taiwanese politician, Miaoli County Magistrate (1981–1989).[50]
- 27 April – Lin Yi-han, 26, Taiwanese writer, suicide by hanging.[51]
- 15 May – Chu Ke-liang, 70, Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin, David Loman, The Wonderful Wedding) and comedian, liver failure.[52]
- 31 May – Jerry Martinson, 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.[53]
- 10 June – Chi Po-lin, 52, Taiwanese film director (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above), helicopter crash.[54][55]
- 18 June – Shih Chun-jen, 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon, Minister of the Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.[56]
- 21 June – Chen Li-hung [zh], 52, Taiwanese political commentator, brain tumor.[57]
- Jeffrey Ying (應天華), 63, Taiwanese aviator, first Taiwanese pilot to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane, plane crash.[58][59]
- 18 July – Robert Wu [zh], 66, Taiwanese businessman, (Eslite Bookstore).[60][61]
- 22 July – Daniel Ross [zh], 83, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest.[62]
- 31 July – Liu Wen-hsiung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2008).[63]
- 22 August – Matthew Kia Yen-wen, 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of Kiayi (1970–1974) and Hwalien (1974–1978).[64]
- 22 September – Lee Yung-ping [zh], 70, Sarawak-born Taiwanese novelist, multiple organ failure.[65]
- 27 September – Shen Che-tsai, 91, Taiwanese painter.[66]
- 28 September – Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.[67]
- 4 November – Cheng Ch'ing-wen, 85, Taiwanese writer.[68]
- 16 November – Hsiao Teng-tzang, 83, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1973–1986), Minister of Justice (1988–1989).[69]
- 19 November – Tai Chen-yao, 69, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1990–1996, 1999–2002), pancreatic cancer.[70]
- 9 December – Ching Li, 72, Taiwanese actress.[71]
- 14 December – Yu Kwang-chung, 89, Taiwanese poet.[72]
- 22 December – Wang Panyuan, 109, Taiwanese painter, multiple organ failure.[73]
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