thumb|[[Official residence of Foreign Minister of the Republic of China.]]
This is a list of foreign ministers of the Republic of China (based in Taiwan since 1949), heading its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Beiyang and Nationalist governments
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!Name||Took office||Left office||Portrait
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| rowspan="3" | Lu Zhengxiang || March 1912 || September 1912 || rowspan="3" | 50px
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| November 1912 || September 1913
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| 27 January 1915 || 17 May 1916
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| Wu Tingfang || 7 November 1917 || 30 November 1917 || 50px
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| Lu Zhengxiang || 30 November 1917 || 13 August 1920 || 50px
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| Chen Lu (acting) || November 1918 || December 1919 || 50px
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| Wu Ting-fang|| 1921 || 1922 || 50px
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|Wu Chaoshu
| 1923<br>1927
| 1924<br>1928
| 50px
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|Huang Fu
| 1924
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| 50px
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|Chengting T. Wang
| June 14, 1928
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| 50px
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|Alfred Sao-ke Sze
| 1931
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| 50px
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|Eugene Chen
| June 1, 1931
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| 50px
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|Luo Wengan
| 1932
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| 50px
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|Wang Jingwei
| August 18, 1933
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| 50px
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|Zhang Qun
| December 16, 1933
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| 50px
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|Wang Chonghui
| March 6, 1937
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| 50px
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|Guo Taiqi
| June 30, 1941
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| 50px
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|T. V. Soong
| October 30, 1942
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| 50px
|}
Post-1947 Constitution
Political Party:
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!
! Portrait
! width="250"|Name
! colspan=2 width="220"|Term of office
! Days
! width="150"|Political party
! width="180"|Cabinet
|--
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |1
| 50px
|Wang Shijie
|July 30, 1945
|December 27, 1948
|
|Kuomintang
|Weng Wenhao<br>Sun Fo
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |2
| 50px
|Wu Tiecheng
|December 27, 1948
|March 21, 1949
|
|Kuomintang
|Sun Fo<br>He Yingqin
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |3
| 50px
|Fu Bingchang
|colspan=2| Did not take office
|
|Kuomintang
|He Yingqin
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" |4
| 50px
|Hu Shih
|colspan=2| Did not take office
|
|Independent
|Yan Xishan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |5
| 50px
|George Yeh
|October 1, 1949
|July 14, 1958
|
|Kuomintang
|Yan Xishan<br>Chen Cheng I<br>Yu Hung-Chun<br>Chen Cheng II
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |6
| 50px
|Huang Shao-ku
|July 14, 1958
|May 31, 1960
|
|Kuomintang
|Chen Cheng II
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |7
| 50px
|Shen Chang-huan
|May 31, 1960
|May 27, 1966
|
|Kuomintang
|Chen Cheng II<br>Yen Chia-kan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |8
| 50px
|Wei Tao-ming
|May 27, 1966
|March 31, 1971
|
|Kuomintang
|Yen Chia-kan
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |9
| 50px
|Chou Shu-kai
|March 31, 1971
|May 29, 1972
|
|Kuomintang
|Yen Chia-kan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |10
| 50px
|Shen Chang-huan
|May 29, 1972
|December 16, 1978
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|Kuomintang
|Chiang Ching-kuo<br>Sun Yun-suan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |11
| 50px
|Chiang Yen-si
|December 20, 1978
|December 19, 1979
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|Kuomintang
|Sun Yun-suan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |12
| 50px
|Chu Fu-sung
|December 19, 1979
|April 22, 1987
|
|Kuomintang
|Sun Yun-suan<br>Yu Kuo-hua
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |13
| 50px
|Ting Mao-shih
|April 22, 1987
|July 20, 1988
|
|Kuomintang
|Yu Kuo-hua
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |14
| 50px
|Lien Chan
|July 20, 1988
|June 1, 1990
|
|Kuomintang
|Yu Kuo-hua<br>Lee Huan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |15
| 50px
|Fredrick Chien (Chien Foo)
|June 1, 1990
|June 10, 1996
|
|Kuomintang
|Hau Pei-tsun<br>Lien Chan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |16
| 50px
|John Chang (Chiang Hsiao-yen)
|June 10, 1996
|October 20, 1997
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|Kuomintang
|Lien Chan<br>Vincent Siew
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |17
| 50px
|Jason Hu (Hu Chih-chiang)
|October 20, 1997
|November 30, 1999
|
|Kuomintang
|Vincent Siew
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |18
| 50px
|Chen Chien-jen
|November 30, 1999
|May 20, 2000
|
|Kuomintang
|Vincent Siew
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" |19
| 50px
|Tien Hung-mao
|May 20, 2000
|February 1, 2002
|
|Independent
|Tang Fei<br>Chang Chun-hsiung I
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |20
| 50px
|Eugene Chien (Chien You-hsin)
|February 1, 2002
|April 16, 2004
|
|Kuomintang
|Yu Shyi-kun
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |21
| 50px
|Mark Chen (Chen Tang-shan)
|April 16, 2004
|January 25, 2006
|
|Democratic Progressive Party
|Yu Shyi-kun<br>Frank Hsieh
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" |22
| 50px
|James Huang (Huang Chih-Fang)
|January 25, 2006
|May 5, 2008
|
|Independent
|Su Tseng-chang I<br>Chang Chun-hsiung II
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" |—
| 50px
|Yang Tzu-pao
|May 6, 2008
|May 19, 2008
|
|Independent
|Chang Chun-hsiung II
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |23
| 50px
|Francisco Ou (Ou-Hung-lian)
|May 20, 2008
|September 10, 2009
|
|Kuomintang
|Liu Chao-shiuan
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |24
| 50px
|Timothy Yang (Yang Chin-tien)
|September 10, 2009
|September 26, 2012
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|Kuomintang
|Wu Den-yih<br>Sean Chen
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:black;" |25
| 50px
| David Lin (Lin Yung-Lo)
| September 27, 2012
| May 20, 2016
|
|Independent
|Sean Chen<br>Jiang Yi-huah<br>Mao Chi-kuo<br>Chang San-cheng
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |26
| 50px
| David Lee (Lee Ta-wei)
| May 20, 2016
| February 26, 2018
|
|Kuomintang
|Lin Chuan<br>William Lai
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |27
|
| Joseph Wu (Wu Chao-hsieh)
| February 26, 2018
| May 20, 2024
|
|Democratic Progressive Party
|William Lai<br>Su Tseng-chang II<br>Chen Chien-jen
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|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:; color:white;" |28
| 50px
| Lin Chia-lung
| May 20, 2024
| Incumbent
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|Democratic Progressive Party
|Cho Jung-tai
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|}
See also
- Foreign relations of the Republic of China
References
- List of Foreign ministers of ROC (with period, Chinese)