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This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China.
The Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and surrounding islands as a result of the takeover of the mainland by the Chinese Communist Party and founding of the People's Republic of China. Since 1949, the Republic of China, now commonly known as "Taiwan", has only controlled Taiwan and nearby islands. Martial law ended in Taiwan in the 1980s and direct elections were introduced in 1996.
The official name of the office in Chinese has changed several times.
Year | Chinese | Mandarin Pinyin |
Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ |
English Translation |
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1912–1928 | 大總統 | Dàzǒngtǒng | Tōa-chóng-thóng | Thai-chúng-thúng | Great President |
1928–1947 | 國民政府主席 | Guómín Zhèngfǔ Zhǔxí | Kok-bîn Chèng-hú Chú-se̍k | Koet-mìn Chṳn-fú Chú-si̍t | Chairman of the Nationalist Government |
1947–present | 總統 | Zǒngtǒng | Chóng-thóng | Chúng-thúng | President |