List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party

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

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
StatusHead of party
SeatTaipei
NominatorPolitical parties
AppointerDirect party members vote
(as Opposition Party)
President hold the position
(as Ruling Party)
Term lengthTwo years, renewable once
Formation28 November 1986
First holderChiang Peng-chien
Unofficial namesChairperson of the DPP of Taiwan
Salary$1.5 million TWD annually
Websitewww.dpp.org.tw

List of Chairpersons
Order Term Portrait Name Term of Office Elected Party Congress Notes
1 1 Chiang Peng-chien 28 November 198620 December 1987 1986
(unopposed)		 1st
2 2 Yao Chia-wen 20 December 198730 October 1988 1987 2nd
3 3 Huang Hsin-chieh 30 October 198820 January 1992 1988 3rd
4 1990 4th
4 5 Hsu Hsin-liang
resigned		 20 January 19924 December 1993 1992 5th Resigned after defeat in the 1993 local elections.
— Shih Ming-teh
interim		 4 December 199318 July 1994 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Hsu Hsin-liang.
5 6 Shih Ming-teh
resigned		 18 July 199423 March 1996 1994 6th Resigned after defeat in the 1996 presidential election.
— Chang Chun-hung
interim		 23 March 199618 July 1996 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Shih Ming-teh.
(4) 7 Hsu Hsin-liang 18 July 199618 July 1998 1996 7th
6 8 Lin Yi-hsiung 18 July 199820 April 2000 1998
Lin Yi-hsiung - 58,560
(unopposed)		 8th
7 9 Frank Hsieh
Chang-ting		 20 April 200021 July 2002 2000
Frank Hsieh - 53,510
(unopposed)		 9th
8 10 Chen Shui-bian
resigned		 21 July 200211 December 2004 President as Party Chair
(unopposed)		 10th Resigned after defeat in the 2004 legislative election.
11 11th
— Ker Chien-ming
interim		 11 December 200415 January 2005 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Chen Shui-bian.
9 Su Tseng-chang
resigned		 15 January 20053 December 2005 2005
Su Tseng-chang - 68,406
(unopposed)		 Resigned after defeat in the 2005 local elections.
— Annette Lü
Hsiu-lien
interim		 3 December 200515 January 2006 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Su Tseng-chang.
10 12 Yu Shyi-kun
resigned		 15 January 200621 September 2007 2006 12th Resigned after being charged with corruption allegations
over embezzlement and of using false receipts to write-off expenses.
— Chai Trong-rong
interim		 21 September 200715 October 2007 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Yu Shyi-kun.
(8) Chen Shui-bian
resigned		 15 October 200712 January 2008 President as Party Chair
(unopposed)		 Resigned after defeat in the 2008 legislative election.
— Frank Hsieh
Chang-ting
interim		 12 January 200820 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 200817 March 2011 2008 13th Temporarily leave of chairwomanship to focus on the 2011 DPP presidential primary.
14 2010
Tsai Ing-wen - 78,192
You Ching - 8,406		 14th
— Ker Chien-ming
interim		 17 March 201127 April 2011 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after temporarily leave of Tsai Ing-wen .
(11) Tsai Ing-wen
resigned		 27 April 201129 February 2012 resumes chair Resigned after defeat in the 2012 presidential and 2012 legislative elections.
— Chen Chu
interim		 29 February 201230 May 2012 elevated from deputyship Became the interim chairman after the resignation of Tsai Ing-wen.
(9) 15 Su Tseng-chang 30 May 201228 May 2014 2012
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		 15th
(11) 16 Tsai Ing-wen
resigned		 28 May 201424 November 2018 2014
Tsai Ing-wen - 85,410
Kuo Tai-ling - 5,734		 16th Resigned after defeat in the 2018 local elections.
17 President as Party Chair
(unopposed)		 17th
18 18th
— 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 2019
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
Cho Jung-taiTsai Ing-wenYu Shyi-kunSu Tseng-changChen Shui-bianFrank HsiehLin Yi-hsiungShih Ming-tehHsu Hsin-liangHuang Hsin-chiehYao Chia-wenChiang Peng-chien

See also

References
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