List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party

Chairperson of the Central Headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan
台灣民主進步黨中央黨部主席
Party emblem
Commander-in-chief flag
Incumbent Tsai Ing-wen since 20 May 2008
Style	Madam Chairperson
Status	Head of party
Seat	Taipei
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	Direct party members vote (as Opposition Party) President hold the position (as Ruling Party)
Term length	Two years, renewable once
Formation	28 November 1986
First holder	Chiang Peng-chien
Unofficial names	Chairperson of the DPP of Taiwan
Salary	$1.5 million TWD annually
Website	www.dpp.org.tw

The following is a list of people who held Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.

List of Chairpersons[]

Order	Term	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Elected	Party Congress	Notes
1	1		Chiang Peng-chien	28 November 1986	20 December 1987	(unopposed)
2	2		Yao Chia-wen	20 December 1987	30 October 1988
3	3		Huang Hsin-chieh	30 October 1988	20 January 1992
	4
4	5		Hsu Hsin-liang resigned	20 January 1992	4 December 1993			Resigned after defeat in the .
—			Shih Ming-teh interim	4 December 1993	18 July 1994	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Hsu Hsin-liang.
5	6		Shih Ming-teh resigned	18 July 1994	23 March 1996			Resigned after defeat in the 1996 presidential election.
—			Chang Chun-hung interim	23 March 1996	18 July 1996	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Shih Ming-teh.
(4)	7		Hsu Hsin-liang	18 July 1996	18 July 1998
6	8		Lin Yi-hsiung	18 July 1998	20 April 2000	Lin Yi-hsiung - 58,560 (unopposed)
7	9		Frank Hsieh Chang-ting	20 April 2000	21 July 2002	Frank Hsieh - 53,510 (unopposed)
8	10		Chen Shui-bian resigned	21 July 2002	11 December 2004	President as Party Chair (unopposed)		Resigned after defeat in the 2004 legislative election.
	11
—			Ker Chien-ming interim	11 December 2004	15 January 2005	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.
9			Su Tseng-chang resigned	15 January 2005	3 December 2005	Su Tseng-chang - 68,406 (unopposed)		Resigned after defeat in the 2005 local elections.
—			Annette Lü Hsiu-lien interim	3 December 2005	15 January 2006	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Su Tseng-chang.
10	12		Yu Shyi-kun resigned	15 January 2006	21 September 2007	2006		Resigned after being charged with corruption allegations over embezzlement and of using false receipts to write-off expenses.
—			Chai Trong-rong interim	21 September 2007	15 October 2007	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Yu Shyi-kun.
(8)			Chen Shui-bian resigned	15 October 2007	12 January 2008	President as Party Chair (unopposed)		Resigned after defeat in the 2008 legislative election.
—			Frank Hsieh Chang-ting interim	12 January 2008	20 May 2008	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.
11	13		Tsai Ing-wen temporarily leave	20 May 2008	17 March 2011	2008		Temporarily leave of chairwomanship to focus on the 2011 DPP presidential primary.
	14					Tsai Ing-wen - 78,192 You Ching - 8,406
—			Ker Chien-ming interim	17 March 2011	27 April 2011	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after temporarily leave of Tsai Ing-wen .
(11)			Tsai Ing-wen resigned	27 April 2011	29 February 2012	resumes chair		Resigned after defeat in the 2012 presidential and 2012 legislative elections.
—			Chen Chu interim	29 February 2012	30 May 2012	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.
(9)	15		Su Tseng-chang	30 May 2012	28 May 2014	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
(11)	16		Tsai Ing-wen resigned	28 May 2014	24 November 2018	Tsai Ing-wen - 85,410 - 5,734		Resigned after defeat in the 2018 local elections.
	17					President as Party Chair (unopposed)
	18
—			Lin Yu-chang interim	28 November 2018	9 January 2019	elevated from deputyship		Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.
12			Cho Jung-tai	9 January 2019	20 May 2020	Cho Jung-tai - 24,699 Michael You Ying-lung - 9,323
(11)	19		Tsai Ing-wen	20 May 2020		President as Party Chair (unopposed)

Timeline[]

See also[]

• List of Secretaries-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
• List of leaders of the Kuomintang
• List of Secretaries-General of the Kuomintang

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