List of vice presidents of the Republic of China

Not to be confused with the List of vice presidents of the People's Republic of China.

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

Name	Chinese	Mandarin Pinyin	Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī	Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Vice President	副總統	Fùzǒngtǒng	Hù-chóng-thóng	Fu-chúng-thúng

• 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 and the first biracial vice president.

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

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[note 1]	12 March 1954[note 2][1]	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[note 3]	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)

#	Vice President	Born	Age at start of vice presidency	Age at end of vice presidency	Post-vice presidency timespan	Lifespan
						Died	Age
01	Li Zongren	Aug 13, 1890	57 years, 281 days May 20, 1948	63 years, 209 days Mar 10, 1954	14 years, 326 days	Jan 30, 1969	78 years, 170 days
02	Chen Cheng	Jan 4, 1898	56 years, 136 days May 20, 1954	67 years, 60 days Mar 5, 1965	0 days	Mar 5, 1965	67 years, 60 days
03	Yen Chia-kan	Oct 23, 1905	60 years, 209 days May 20, 1966	69 years, 164 days Apr 5, 1975	18 years, 263 days	Dec 24, 1993	88 years, 62 days
04	Hsieh Tung-min	Jan 25, 1908	70 years, 115 days May 20, 1978	76 years, 116 days May 20, 1984	16 years, 324 days	Apr 9, 2001	93 years, 74 days
05	Lee Teng-hui	Jan 15, 1923	61 years, 126 days May 20, 1984	64 years, 363 days Jan 13, 1988	32 years, 199 days	Jul 30, 2020	97 years, 197 days
06	Lee Yuan-tsu	Sep 24, 1923	66 years, 238 days May 20, 1990	72 years, 239 days May 20, 1996	20 years, 292 days	Mar 8, 2017	93 years, 165 days
07	Lien Chan	Aug 27, 1936	59 years, 267 days May 20, 1996	63 years, 267 days May 20, 2000	24 years, 362 days	2025-05-17(living)	88 years, 263 days
08	Annette Lu	Jun 7, 1944	55 years, 348 days May 20, 2000	63 years, 348 days May 20, 2008	16 years, 362 days	2025-05-17(living)	80 years, 344 days
09	Vincent Siew	Jan 3, 1939	69 years, 138 days May 20, 2008	73 years, 138 days May 20, 2012	12 years, 362 days	2025-05-17(living)	86 years, 134 days
10	Wu Den-yih	Jan 30, 1948	64 years, 111 days May 20, 2012	68 years, 111 days May 20, 2016	8 years, 362 days	2025-05-17(living)	77 years, 107 days
11	Chen Chien-jen	Jun 6, 1951	64 years, 349 days May 20, 2016	68 years, 349 days May 20, 2020	4 years, 362 days	2025-05-17(living)	73 years, 345 days
12	Lai Ching-te	Oct 6, 1959	60 years, 227 days May 20, 2020	64 years, 227 days May 20, 2024	362 days	2025-05-17(living)	65 years, 223 days
13	Hsiao Bi-khim	Aug 7, 1971	52 years, 287 days May 20, 2024	53 years, 283 days(incumbent)	(incumbent)	2025-05-17(living)	53 years, 283 days

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.

President	Date range	Age at start	Age at end	Time span
Li Zongren	May 20, 1948* – January 30, 1969	57 years, 281 days	78 years, 170 days	20 years, 255 days
Yen Chia-kan	January 30, 1969 – December 24, 1993	63 years, 99 days	88 years, 62 days	24 years, 328 days
Lee Teng-hui	December 24, 1993 – July 30, 2020	70 years, 343 days	97 years, 197 days	26 years, 219 days
Lien Chan	July 30, 2020 – present	83 years, 338 days	88 years, 263 days(living)	4 years, 291 days

Notes

1. Acting president from 21 January 1949 to 1 March 1950 on Chiang Kai-shek's declaration of incapacity.
2. Vacancy by recall motion.
3. Died in office.