Government of the Republic of China

Government of the Republic of China
Formation
JurisdictionRepublic of China (Free area)
Websitetaiwan.gov.tw
Legislative branch
Legislature
Meeting placeLegislative Yuan Building, Taipei
Executive branch
LeaderPremier
Appointernominated by the president
Main organExecutive Yuan
Departments35
Judicial branch
CourtJudicial Yuan
SeatTaipei
Government of the
Republic of China
Traditional Chinese中華民國政府
Simplified Chinese中华民国政府
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Mínguó Zhèngfǔ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳChûng-fà Mìn-koet Chṳn-fú
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chèng-hú
Tâi-lôTiong-huâ Bîn-kok Tsìng-hú
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCDṳ̆ng-huà Mìng-guók Céng-hū

The Government of the Republic of China[note 1], is the national authority whose actual-controlled territory consists of main island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other island groups, collectively known as Taiwan Area or Free Area. A unitary state, the ROC government, under the current constitutional amendments, is run by a de facto semi-presidential system, consists of the presidency and five branches (Yuan): the Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, and Control Yuan. The president is the head of state, with the premier as the head of government, currently ruled by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2016. Since the 2005 amendments of the Additional Articles of the Constitution, the Legislative Yuan has been the de facto unicameral parliamentary body of the country.

Originally established in 1912 in Nanjing, the Government of the Republic of China relocated several times before finally moving to Taipei, Taiwan, in 1949 because of its military losses in the Chinese Civil War. Up until the 1990s, the government has historically been dominated by the Kuomintang (KMT) under the one-party state Dang Guo authoritarian regime, before evolving into a multi-party democracy after martial law and the climate of White Terror gradually ended. This government was the internationally recognized official government of China until 1971 by the United Nations and until 1979 by the United States.

  1. ^ "Rome and Peking in Accord on Ties". The New York Times. 7 November 1970. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2020.


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