The secretary-general to the president is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President, Republic of China, and supervises the staff of the office. The current secretary-general is Pan Men-an.
Duties
According to Article 9 of the Office of the President Organization Act, "The Office of the President shall have one secretary-general to the president. The secretary-general shall be a special-grade political appointee and shall, under the direction of the president, take overall charge of the affairs of the Office of the President and direct and supervise all staff."
Deputy secretaries-general The secretary-general is assisted by two deputy secretaries-general. The current deputy secretaries-general are Ho Chih-wei and Xavier Chang.
List of secretaries-general
No. Name Term of office Political party President 1 Wu Dingchang March 1948 December 1948 Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek 2 Wu Zhongxin December 1948 February 1949 Kuomintang 3 Weng Wenhao March 1949 June 1949 Kuomintang 4 Qiu Changwei 26 June 1949 March 1950 Kuomintang 5 Wang Shijie 23 March 1950 16 November 1953 Kuomintang — Xu Jingzhi 17 November 1953 17 May 1954 Kuomintang 6 Zhang Qun 18 May 1954 28 May 1972 Kuomintang 7 Zheng Yanfen 29 May 1972 19 May 1978 Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shekYen Chia-kan 8 Chiang Yen-si 20 May 1978 19 December 1978 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo 9 Ma Chi-chuang 20 December 1978 31 May 1984 Kuomintang 10 Shen Chang-huan 1 June 1984 16 October 1988 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuoLee Teng-hui 11 Lee Yuan-tsu 18 October 1988 19 May 1990 Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui 12 Chiang Yen-si 20 May 1990 12 December 1994 Kuomintang 13 Wu Po-hsiung 19 December 1994 4 August 1996 Kuomintang 14 Huang Kun-huei 5 August 1996 17 November 1999 Kuomintang 15 John Chiang 18 November 1999 22 December 1999 Kuomintang 16 Ting Mao-shih 12 December 1999 19 May 2000 Kuomintang 17 Chang Chun-hsiung 20 May 2000 31 July 2000 Democratic Progressive Chen Shui-bian — Chen Che-nan 1 August 2000 5 October 2000 Democratic Progressive 18 Yu Shyi-kun 6 October 2000 31 January 2002 Democratic Progressive 19 Chen Shih-meng 1 February 2002 5 February 2003 Democratic Progressive 20 Chiou I-jen 6 February 2003 19 May 2004 Democratic Progressive 21 Su Tseng-chang 20 May 2004 31 January 2005 Democratic Progressive 22 Yu Shyi-kun 1 February 2005 16 December 2005 Democratic Progressive — Ma Yung-chen 17 December 2005 24 January 2006 Democratic Progressive 23 Chen Tan-sun 25 January 2006 6 February 2007 Democratic Progressive 24Chiou I-jen 6 February 2007 20 May 2007 Democratic Progressive — Cho Jung-tai 21 May 2007 19 August 2007 Democratic Progressive 25Yeh Chu-lan 20 August 2007 22 March 2008 Democratic Progressive 26Chen Tan-sun 23 March 2008 20 May 2008 Democratic Progressive 27Chan Chun-po 20 May 2008 9 September 2009 Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou 28Liao Liou-yi 10 September 2009 30 January 2011 Kuomintang 29Wu Jin-lin 31 January 2011 5 February 2012 Kuomintang 30Tseng Yung-chuan 6 February 2012 26 September 2012 Kuomintang 31Timothy Yang 27 September 2012 11 February 2015 Kuomintang 32Tseng Yung-chuan 12 February 2015 19 May 2016 Kuomintang 33Lin Bih-jaw 20 May 2016 19 October 2016 Kuomintang Tsai Ing-wen — Liu Chien-sin 20 October 2016 17 May 2017 Democratic Progressive 34Joseph Wu 18 May 2017 26 February 2018 Democratic Progressive — Liu Chien-sin 26 February 2018 23 April 2018 Democratic Progressive 35Chen Chu 23 April 2018 20 May 2020 Democratic Progressive 36Su Jia-chyuan 20 May 2020 2 August 2020 Democratic Progressive — Liu Chien-sin 2 August 2020 3 August 2020 Democratic Progressive 37 David Lee 3 August 2020 31 January 2023 Kuomintang 38 Lin Chia-lung 31 January 2023 20 May 2024 Democratic Progressive 39Pan Men-an 20 May 2024 Incumbent Democratic Progressive William Lai
See also Presidential Office Building, Taipei
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References
External links Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)