The chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party is the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The incumbent chairman is Lai Ching-te, elected in January 2023.
Chairmanship In the early days of the DPP, the tenure of chairman was only one year. It was extended to two years in around 1990.
After amendments to the constitution of the DPP in 2000, the incumbent President of the Republic of China, if a member of the Party, shall be the chairperson of the DPP upon assuming office and until the end of their tenure as President. When in opposition, the chairman shall be directly elected by members of the DPP with a two-year term of office, renewable once.
When vacancy of chairmanship occurs and that the remaining term of office is within a year, the Central Committee shall elect a new chair amongst themselves. Otherwise, a by-election shall be held for party members to elect a successor. Before the amendments to the constitution, the vice-chairperson shall be acting chairman during vacancy.
List denotes interim chairman No.PortraitNameTerm of officeMandateParty sessionNotes 1 Chiang Peng-chien 28 November 1986 20 December 1987 1986 1st 2 Yao Chia-wen 20 December 1987 30 October 1988 1987 2nd 3 Huang Hsin-chieh 30 October 1988 20 January 1992 1988 3rd 1990 4th 4 Hsu Hsin-liang 20 January 1992 4 December 1993 1992 5th Resigned after 1993 local elections defeat — Shih Ming-teh 4 December 1993 18 July 1994 Vice-chair as acting Chair 5 18 July 1994 23 March 1996 1994 6th Resigned after 1996 presidential election defeat — Chang Chun-hung 23 March 1996 18 July 1996 Vice-chair as acting Chair Hsu Hsin-liang 18 July 1996 18 July 1998 1996 7th 6 Lin Yi-hsiung 18 July 1998 20 April 2000 1998Lin Yi-hsiung – 58,560 8th 7 Frank Hsieh 20 April 2000 21 July 2002 2000Frank Hsieh – 53,510 9th 8 Chen Shui-bian21 July 2002 11 December 2004 President as Party Chair 10th Resigned after 2004 legislative election defeat 11th — Ker Chien-ming 11 December 2004 15 January 2005 Vice-chair as acting Chair 9 Su Tseng-chang 15 January 2005 3 December 2005 2005Su Tseng-chang – 68,406 Resigned after 2005 local elections defeat — Annette Lü 3 December 2005 15 January 2006 Vice-chair as acting Chair 10 Yu Shyi-kun 15 January 2006 21 September 2007 2006 12th Resigned amid corruption charges — Chai Trong-rong 21 September 2007 15 October 2007 Vice-chair as acting Chair Chen Shui-bian 15 October 2007 12 January 2008 President as Party Chair Resigned after 2008 legislative election defeat — Frank Hsieh 12 January 2008 20 May 2008 Vice-chair as acting Chair 11 Tsai Ing-wen 20 May 2008 17 March 2011 2008 13th Temporary leave of chairwomanship to focus on 2011 presidential party primary.2010Tsai Ing-wen – 78,192 You Ching – 8,406 14th — Ker Chien-ming 17 March 2011 27 April 2011 Vice-chair as acting Chair Tsai Ing-wen 27 April 2011 29 February 2012 Resumes chair Resigned after 2012 presidential and legislative elections defeat — Chen Chu 29 February 2012 30 May 2012 Vice-chair as acting Chair Su Tseng-chang 30 May 2012 28 May 2014 2012Su Tseng-chang – 55,894 Su Huan-chih – 23,281Wu Rong-i – 16,315Chai Trong-rong – 12,497Hsu Hsin-liang – 2,763 15th Tsai Ing-wen 28 May 2014 24 November 2018 2014Tsai Ing-wen – 85,410 Kuo Tai-ling – 5,734 16th Resigned after 2018 local elections defeat President as Party Chair 17th 18th — Lin Yu-chang 28 November 2018 9 January 2019 Nominated by Central Committee 12 Cho Jung-tai 9 January 201920 May 2020 2019Cho Jung-tai – 24,699 Michael You Ying-lung – 9,323 Tsai Ing-wen 20 May 2020 26 November 2022President as Party Chair 19thResigned after 2022 local elections defeat20th — Chen Chi-mai 30 November 2022 18 January 2023 Nominated by Central Committee 13 William Lai 18 January 2023 Incumbent 2023
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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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