Secretary-General to the President (Republic of China)

Secretary-General to the President 總統府秘書長
Incumbent Lin Chia-lung since 31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
Reports to	President
Appointer	President
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	Wu Dingchang
Deputy	Liu Chien-sin, Yao Jen-to
Website	english.president.gov.tw (in English)

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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 Lin Chia-lung.

Duties[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  Kuomintang (Nationalist)   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent/ unknown

See also[edit]

• Presidential Office Building, Taipei

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)