| Order | Term | Portrait | Name | Term of Office | Elected | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Chiang Peng-chien | 28 November 1986 | 20 December 1987 | see 1986 election |
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| 2 | 2 | Yao Chia-wen | 20 December 1987 | 30 October 1988 | see 1987 election |
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| 3 | 3 | | Huang Hsin-chieh | 30 October 1988 | 20 January 1992 | see 1988 election | |
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| 4 | see 1990 election |
| 4 | 5 | Hsu Hsin-liang
{{small|resigned}} | 20 January 1992 | 4 December 1993 | see 1992 election |
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| — | Shih Ming-teh
{{small|interim}} | 4 December 1993 | 18 July 1994 | acting |
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| 5 | 6 | Shih Ming-teh
{{small|resigned}} | 18 July 1994 | 23 March 1996 | see 1994 election | Incumbent Member of the Legislative Yuan(1993-2002)
Leader of Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go Movement (2006-2007) |
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| — | Chang Chun-hung
{{small|interim}} | 23 March 1996 | 18 July 1996 | acting |
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| {{small|(4) | 7 | Hsu Hsin-liang | 18 July 1996 | 18 July 1998 | see 1996 election |
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| 6 | 8 | Lin Yi-hsiung | 18 July 1998 | 20 April 2000 | Lin Yi-hsiung - 58,560
{{small>(unopposed)}} |
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| 7 | 9 | Frank Hsieh
{{small|Hsieh Chang-ting}} | 20 April 2000 | 21 July 2002 | Frank Hsieh - 53,510
{{small>(unopposed)}} | Incumbent Mayor of Kaohsiung (1998-2005) |
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| 8 | 10 | | Chen Shui-bian
{{small|resigned}} | 21 July 2002 | 11 December 2004 | President holds a concurrent post}}
{{small|(unopposed)}} | Incumbent President (2000-2008) |
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| 11 | President holds a concurrent post}}
{{small|(unopposed)}} |
| — | Ker Chien-ming
{{small|interim}} | 11 December 2004 | 15 January 2005 | acting |
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| 9 | Su Tseng-chang
{{small|resigned}} | 15 January 2005 | 3 December 2005 | Su Tseng-chang - 68,406
{{small>(unopposed)}} | Taipei County Magistrate (1997-2004)
Secretary General of the Office of the President (2005) |
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| — | Annette Lü
{{small|Lü Hsiu-lien}}
{{small|interim}} | 3 December 2005 | 15 January 2006 | acting | Incumbent Vice President (2000-2008) |
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| 10 | Yu Shyi-kun
{{small|resigned}} | 15 January 2006 | 21 September 2007 | see 2006 by-election
Yu Shyi-kun - 25,297
Chai Trong-rong - 16,846
Wong Chin-chu - 4,406 | Yilan County magistrate (1989-1997)
Deputy Prime Minister (2000)
Secretary General of the Office of the President (2000-2002)
Premier (2002-2005) |
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| — | Chai Trong-rong
{{small|interim}} | 21 September 2007 | 15 October 2007 | acting |
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| {{small|(8) | Chen Shui-bian
{{small|resigned}} | 15 October 2007 | 12 January 2008 | President holds a concurrent post}}
{{small|(unopposed)}} | Incumbent President (2000-2008) |
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| — | Frank Hsieh
{{small|Hsieh Chang-ting}}
{{small|interim}} | 12 January 2008 | 20 May 2008 | acting | Mayor of Kaohsiung (1998-2005)
Premier (2005-2006) |
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| 11 | 12 | | Tsai Ing-wen
{{small|temporarily leave}} | 20 May 2008 | 17 March 2011 | see 2008 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 73,865
Koo Kwang-ming - 48,882
Chai Trong-rong - 6,530 | Vice Premier (2006-2007) |
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| 13 | see 2010 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 78,192
You Ching - 8,406 |
| — | Ker Chien-ming
{{small|interim}} | 17 March 2011 | 27 April 2011 | acting |
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| {{small|(11) | Tsai Ing-wen
{{small|resigned}} | 27 April 2011 | 29 February 2012 | resumes chair |
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| — | Kiku Chen
{{small|Chen Chu}}
{{small|interim}} | 29 February 2012 | 30 May 2012 | acting | Mayor of Kaohsiung (2006-2018) |
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| {{small|(9) | 14 | Su Tseng-chang | 30 May 2012 | 28 May 2014 | see 2012 election
Su Tseng-chang - 55,894
Su Huan-chih - 23,281
Wu Rong-i - 16,315
Chai Trong-rong - 12,497
Hsu Hsin-liang - 2,763 | Taipei County Magistrate (1997-2004)
Secretary General of the Office of the President (2004-2005)
Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (2005)
Premier (2006-2007)
(2019-) |
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| {{small|(11) | 15 | | Tsai Ing-wen
{{small|resigned}} | 28 May 2014 | 24 November 2018 | see 2014 election
Tsai Ing-wen - 85,410
Kuo Tai-ling - 5,734 | Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (2008-2012)
Incumbent President (2016-present) |
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| 16 | President holds a concurrent post}}
{{small|(unopposed)}} |
| — | Lin Yu-chang
{{small|interim}} | 28 November 2018 | 9 January 2019 | acting | Mayor of Keelung (2014-present) |
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| 12 | 17 | Cho Jung-tai | 9 January 2019 |
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