Secretary-General to the President (Republic of China)

Secretary-General to the President 總統府秘書長
Incumbent David Lee since 3 August 2020 (2020-08-03)
Reports to	President of the Republic
Appointer	President of the Republic
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Constituting instrument	Office of the President Organization Act
Formation	20 May 1948 (1948-05-20) (Office of the President established) 26 January 1996 (1996-01-26) (Current Organization Act)
First holder
Deputy	Liu Chien-sin, Yao Jen-to
Website	english.president.gov.tw (in English)

Politics of the Republic of China
Government Constitution Additional Articles of the Constitution Freedom of religion (Article 13) Law Taxation
Presidency President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen (DPP) Vice President of the Republic of China Lai Ching-te (DPP) Office of the President National Security Council
Executive Premier of the Republic of China Su Tseng-chang (DPP) Vice Premier of the Republic of China Shen Jong-chin (DPP) Executive Yuan The Cabinet
Legislature Legislative Yuan Speaker Yu Shyi-kun (DPP) Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (DPP) 10th Legislative Yuan National Assembly (defunct) Control Yuan (chamber defunct)
Judiciary Judicial Yuan President and Chief Justice Hsu Tzong-li Supreme Court High Courts District Courts
Other branches Examination Yuan President Huang Jong-tsun Control Yuan President Chen Chu Local government Mayors and Magistrates
Elections Central Election Commission Presidential elections Legislative elections Local elections Referendums
Political parties Nationally represented Democratic Progressive Party Kuomintang Taiwan People's Party New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party Others People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Green Party Taiwan
Foreign relations Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu Cross-Strait relations Ma–Xi meeting Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Sino–Soviet relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations
Related topics Political status of Taiwan Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and the United Nations Taiwan independence movement Chinese Taipei Chinese unification Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement Taiwanization Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
Taiwan portal Other countries
v t

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 David Lee.

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."^[1]

Deputy Secretaries-General[]

The Secretary-General is assisted by two Deputy Secretaries-General. The current Deputy Secretaries-General are Liu Chien-sin and Yao Jen-to.

List of Secretaries-General[]

  Kuomintang (Nationalist)   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

See also[]

• President of the Republic of China
• Office of the President (Taiwan)
• Presidential Office Building

References[]

External links[]

• Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)