Minister of National Defense (Republic of China)

The Minister of National Defence (Chinese: 中華民國國防部部長; pinyin: Zhōnghuá mínguó guófáng bù bùzhǎng) is the minister responsible for the Ministry of National Defense.

Minister of National Defence
中華民國國防部部長 (Chinese)
Flag of the minister of national defence
Incumbent Chiu Kuo-cheng since 23 February 2021
Ministry of National Defense
Type	Minister
Member of	Executive Yuan
Reports to	the Premier
Seat	Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan
Precursor	Minister of War Minister of the Navy
Formation	23 May 1946 (23 May 1946)
First holder	Bai Chongxi
Website	Official website

Ministers of National Defense

The following ministers have served:

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Party		Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Bai Chongxi (1893–1966)	23 May 1946	2 June 1948	2 years, 10 days		Kuomintang	Soong Zhang Weng
2		He Yingqin (1890–1987)	3 June 1948	21 December 1948	201 days		Kuomintang	Weng Sun II
3		Xu Yongchang (1885–1959)	22 December 1948	30 April 1949	129 days		Kuomintang	Sun II He
(2)		He Yingqin (1890–1987)	1 May 1949	11 June 1949	41 days		Kuomintang	He Yan
4		Yan Xishan (1883–1960)	12 June 1949	31 January 1950	233 days		Kuomintang	Yan
5		Gu Zhutong (1893–1987)	1 February 1950	31 March 1950	58 days		Kuomintang	Yan C. Chen I
6		Yu Ta-wei (1897–1993)	1 April 1950	28 February 1951	333 days		Independent	C. Chen I
7		Kuo Chi-chiao (1902–1998)	1 March 1951	31 May 1954	3 years, 91 days		Kuomintang	C. Chen I
(6)		Yu Ta-wei (1897–1993)	1 June 1954	13 January 1965	10 years, 226 days		Independent	C. Chen I H. C. Yu C. Chen II Yen
9		Chiang Ching-kuo (1910–1988)	14 January 1965	30 June 1969	4 years, 167 days		Kuomintang	Yen
10		Huang Chieh (1902–1995)	1 July 1969	31 May 1972	2 years, 335 days		Kuomintang	Yen Chiang
11		Chen Ta-ching (1904–1973)	1 June 1972	30 June 1973	1 year, 29 days		Kuomintang	Chiang
12		Kao Kuei-yuan (1907–2012)	1 July 1973	19 November 1981	8 years, 141 days		Kuomintang	Chiang Sun Y.
13		Song Chang-chih (1916–2002)	1 December 1981	30 June 1986	4 years, 211 days		Kuomintang	Sun Y. Yu
14		Wang Daoyuan (1913–2011)	1 July 1986	28 April 1987	301 days		Kuomintang	Yu
15		Cheng Wei-yuan (1913–1993)	29 April 1987	4 December 1989	2 years, 219 days		Kuomintang	Yu Lee
16		Hau Pei-tsun (1919–2020)	5 December 1989	31 May 1991	1 year, 177 days		Kuomintang	Lee
17		Chen Li-an (born 1937)	1 June 1991	26 February 1993	1 year, 270 days		Kuomintang	Hau
18		Sun Chen (born 1934)	27 February 1993	15 December 1994	1 year, 291 days		Kuomintang	Lien
19		Chiang Chung-ling (1922–2015)	16 December 1994	31 January 1999	4 years, 46 days		Kuomintang	Lien Siew
20		Tang Fei (born 1932)	1 February 1999	19 May 2000	1 year, 108 days		Kuomintang	Siew
21		Wu Shih-wen (born 1934)	20 May 2000	31 January 2002	1 year, 256 days		Kuomintang	T. Fei C. H. Chang I
22		Tang Yao-ming (1938–2021)	1 February 2002	19 May 2004	2 years, 108 days		Kuomintang	Yu
23		Lee Jye (born 1940)	20 May 2004	19 May 2007	2 years, 108 days		Independent	Yu Hsieh Su I
24		Lee Tien-yu (born 1940)	20 May 2007	24 February 2008	280 days		Kuomintang	Su I C. H. Chang II
25		Michael Tsai (born 1941)	25 February 2008	19 May 2008	84 days		Democratic Progressive Party	C. H. Chang II
26		Chen Chao-min (born 1940)	20 May 2008	9 September 2009	1 year, 112 days		Kuomintang	Liu
27		Kao Hua-chu (born 1946)	10 September 2009	31 July 2013	3 years, 324 days		Kuomintang	Wu S. Chen Jiang
28		Andrew Yang (born 1946)	1 August 2013	7 August 2013	6 days		Kuomintang	Jiang
29		Yen Ming (born 1949)	8 August 2013	30 January 2015	1 year, 175 days		Kuomintang	Jiang Mao
30		Kao Kuang-chi (born 1950)	31 January 2015	19 May 2016	1 year, 109 days		Kuomintang	Mao S. Chang
31		Feng Shih-kuan (born 1945)	20 May 2016	26 February 2018	1 year, 282 days		Independent	Lin Lai
32		Yen Teh-fa (born 1952)	26 February 2018	23 February 2021	2 years, 363 days		Independent	Lai Su II
33		Chiu Kuo-cheng (born 1953)	23 February 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 74 days		Independent	Su II Chen Chien-jen