Kuomintang of China 中國國民黨 中国国民党
Chairman	Wu Po-hsiung
Founded	1919-10-10 (modern) 1894-11-24 (as Revive China Society)
Headquarters	232–234 Bade Road, Sec. Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal The Xingzhonghui ( translated as the Revive China Society or the Society for Regenerating China, was founded by Dr 2 Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan, Republic of China
Newspaper	Central Daily News
Membership (2008)	1,090,000 [1]
Ideology	Three Principles of the People, Conservatism, Anti-communism, Centre-right. Chungshan and Chung-shan redirect here See Zhongshan (disambiguation for other meanings Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Three Principles of the People, also Translated as Three People's Principles, or collectively San-min Doctrine, is a Political Philosophy Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Anti-communism refers to opposition to Communism. Historically the word "communism" has been used to refer to several types of communal social organization and The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals political parties or organizations (such as Think tanks whose views
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Official colours	Blue
Website www.kmt.org.tw

The Kuomintang of China ^[2] (IPA: /ˈkwoʊˌmɪnˈtæŋ, -ˈtɑŋ/) ^[3] (abbreviation KMT), also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is the ruling political party of the Republic of China (ROC), located in Taiwan, and is currently the majority party in terms of seats in the Legislative Yuan, and the oldest political party in the Republic of China. The International Democrat Union (IDU is an Center-right international grouping of conservative, Christian-democratic and Liberal-conservative Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by The ruling party in a Parliamentary system is the Political party or Coalition of the majority in Parliament. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and The KMT is a member of the International Democrat Union. The International Democrat Union (IDU is an Center-right international grouping of conservative, Christian-democratic and Liberal-conservative Current President Ma Ying-jeou is the 7th KMT member to hold the office of president. NOTICE***************

Together with the People First Party and Chinese New Party, the KMT forms what is known as the Taiwanese Pan-Blue coalition, which supports eventual reunification with the mainland. The People First Party (親民黨 Pinyin: Qīnmíndǎng is a Centre-right conservative Political party in the Republic of China The New Party (新黨 Xīn Dăng formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP 中華新黨 Zhōnghúa Xīn Dăng is a Centre-right Political party The Pan-Blue Coalition ( or Pan-Blue Force ( is a Political alliance in the Republic of China (Taiwan consisting of the Kuomintang There is also a specific Chinese reunification of 1928. Chinese reunification ( is a goal of Chinese nationalism that refers to However, the KMT has been forced to moderate their stance by advocating political and legal status quo of modern Taiwan. The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu should remain effectively independent as territory Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" The KMT accepts a one-China policy but defines "One China" to mean the Republic of China and not the People's Republic of China. The One-China policy ( is a principle that there is one China and that Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are all part of REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

The KMT originated in China in 1912, founded by Song Jiaoren and Sun Yat-sen shortly after the Xinhai Revolution. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Song Jiaoren ( ( 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary political leader and a founder of the Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often The Xinhai Revolution or Shinhai Revolution ( also known as the 1911 Revolution or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising Later led by Chiang Kai-shek, it ruled much of China from 1928 untiI its retreat to Taiwan in 1949 after defeat by the Communist Party of China (CPC) during the Chinese Civil War. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the There, the KMT controlled the government under a single party state until reforms in the late 1970s through the 1990s loosened its grip on power. A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of Party system Government in which a single Political party The ROC was once referred to synonymously with the KMT and known simply as "Nationalist China" after its ruling party. This article discusses history of the state which currently governs Taiwan Area. The ruling party in a Parliamentary system is the Political party or Coalition of the majority in Parliament.

Support

The flag of the Kuomintang consists of a twelve ray sun (originating from the twelve traditional Chinese hours of the day) to symbolize the spirit of progress. The Blue Sky with a White Sun ( serves as the design for the party Flag and Emblem of the Kuomintang (KMT the canton of the Flag China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The flag forms the canton of the flag of the Republic of China. The National Flag of the Republic of China ( is a well-known symbol of the Republic of China (ROC

Support for the Kuomintang in the Republic of China encompasses a wide range of groups. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Kuomintang support tends to be higher in northern Taiwan and in urban areas, where it draws its backing from small to medium and self-employed business owners, who make up the majority of commercial interests in Taiwan. Big businesses are also likely to support the KMT because of its policy of maintaining commercial links with mainland China. The KMT also has strong support in the labor sector because of the many labor benefits and insurance implemented while the KMT was in power. The KMT traditionally has strong cooperation with labor unions, teachers, and government workers. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Among the ethnic groups in Taiwan, the KMT has solid support among mainlanders and their descendants for ideological reasons and among Taiwanese aboriginals. Mainlanders (also called Inlanders) are people who live in a region considered a "mainland" Taiwanese aborigines ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-oē-jī: gôan-chū-bîn literally “original inhabitants” is the term commonly applied in reference to the Indigenous peoples

Opponents of the KMT include strong supporters of Taiwan independence, and rural residents particularly in southern Taiwan, though supporters of unification include Hoklo and supporters of independence include mainlanders. Taiwan independence ( Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân To̍k-li̍p ūn-tōng abbreviated to 台獨 Táidú Tâi-to̍k is a There is opposition due to an image of KMT both as a mainlanders' and a Chinese nationalist party out of touch with local values. In addition, many oppose the KMT on the basis of its authoritarian past, large amount of party assets, alleged corruption, and patronage networks.

History

Early years

The Kuomintang was founded in Guangdong Province on August 25, 1912 from a collection of several revolutionary groups that had successfully overthrown the Qing Dynasty in the Xinhai Revolution, including the Revolutionary Alliance, as a moderate democratic socialist party. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The Xinhai Revolution or Shinhai Revolution ( also known as the 1911 Revolution or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising The Tongmenghui (中國同盟會 Pinyin: Tóngménghuì Wade-Giles: T'ung-meng Hui lit Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements tendencies and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation Thus, the party traces its roots to the Revive China Society, which was founded in 1895 and merged with several other anti-monarchist societies as the Revolutionary Alliance in 1905. The Xingzhonghui ( translated as the Revive China Society or the Society for Regenerating China, was founded by Dr

Sun Yat-sen [middle] and Chiang Kai-shek [on stage in uniform] at the founding of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924. Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The Nationalist Party of China Army Officer Academy ( commonly known as the Whampoa Military Academy ( was a Military academy in the Republic of China

Sun Yat-sen, who had just stepped down as provisional president of the Republic of China, was chosen as its overall leader under the title of premier (traditional Chinese: 總理; pinyin: zǒnglǐ), and Huang Xing was chosen as Sun's deputy. Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often The President of the Republic of China ( is the Head of state of the Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan since the 1970s A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Huang Xing or Huang Hsing ( October 25, 1874 – October 31, 1916) Chinese Revolutionary leader Militarist However, the most influential member of the party was the third ranking Song Jiaoren, who mobilized mass support from gentry and merchants for the KMT in winning the 1912 National Assembly election, on a platform of promoting constitutional parliamentary democracy. Song Jiaoren ( ( 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary political leader and a founder of the Though the party had an overwhelming majority in the first National Assembly, President Yuan Shikai started ignoring the parliamentary body in making presidential decisions, counter to the Constitution, and assassinated its parliamentary leader Song Jiaoren in Shanghai in 1913. The National Assembly of the Republic of China ( refers to several Parliamentary bodies that existed in the History of the Republic of China. The President of the Republic of China ( is the Head of state of the Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan since the 1970s Yuan Shikai ( Courtesy Weiting 慰亭 Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 ( September 16, 1859 &ndash June 6, Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million Members of the KMT led by Sun Yat-sen staged the Second Revolution in July 1913, a poorly planned and ill-supported armed rising to overthrow Yuan, and failed. This article discusses history of the state which currently governs Taiwan Area. Yuan dissolved the KMT in November (whose members had largely fled into exile in Japan) and dismissed the parliament early in 1914. Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor in December 1915. Yuan Shikai ( Courtesy Weiting 慰亭 Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 ( September 16, 1859 &ndash June 6,

Chiang Kai-shek, who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925

While exiled in Japan in 1914, Sun established the Chinese Revolutionary Party, but many of his old revolutionary comrades, including Huang Xing, Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming, refused to join him or support his efforts in inciting armed uprising against Yuan Shikai. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often The Chinese Revolutionary Party ( Traditional Chinese: 中華革命黨 Pinyin: Zhōnghúa Gémìngdǎng was the short lived renaming of the Kuomintang Huang Xing or Huang Hsing ( October 25, 1874 – October 31, 1916) Chinese Revolutionary leader Militarist Wang Jingwei ( Traditional Chinese: 汪精衛 Simplified Chinese: 汪精卫 Pinyin: Wāng Jīngwèi Wade-Giles: Wang Ching-wei ( Hu Hanmin ( Traditional:胡漢民 Simplified: 胡汉民 born in Panyu, Guangdong, China, December 9, 1879; Chen Jiongming (1878-1933 was a revolutionary figure in the early periods of the Republic of China. Yuan Shikai ( Courtesy Weiting 慰亭 Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 ( September 16, 1859 &ndash June 6, In order to join the Chinese Revolutionary Party, members must take an oath of personal loyalty to Sun, which many old revolutionaries regarded as undemocratic and contrary to the spirit of the revolution. Thus, many old revolutionaries did not join Sun's new organization, and he was largely sidelined within the Republican movement during this period. Sun returned to China in 1917 to establish a rival government at Guangzhou, but was soon forced out of office and exiled to Shanghai. Guangzhou ( Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹; Yale: Gwóngjàu) is the Capital and a Sub-provincial city There, with renewed support, he resurrected the KMT on October 10, 1919, but under the name of the Chinese Kuomintang, as the old party had simply been called the Kuomintang. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1920, Sun and the KMT were restored in Guangdong. In 1923, the KMT and its government accepted aid from the Soviet Union after being denied recognition by the western powers. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Soviet advisers – the most prominent of whom was Mikhail Borodin, an agent of the Comintern – began to arrive in China in 1923 to aid in the reorganization and consolidation of the KMT along the lines of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, establishing a Leninist party structure that lasted into the 1990s. Mikhail Markovich Borodin (Михаи́л Mapkóвич Бороди́н ( July 9 1884, Yanovich, modern Belarus &mdash May 29 The Comintern ( Com munist Intern ational also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organisation founded in Moscow Leninism refers to various related political and economic theories elaborated by Bolshevik revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was under Comintern instructions to cooperate with the KMT, and its members were encouraged to join while maintaining their separate party identities, forming the First United Front between the two parties.

Soviet advisers also helped the Nationalists set up a political institute to train propagandists in mass mobilization techniques, and in 1923 Chiang Kai-shek, one of Sun's lieutenants from the Tongmenghui days, was sent to Moscow for several months' military and political study. Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The Tongmenghui (中國同盟會 Pinyin: Tóngménghuì Wade-Giles: T'ung-meng Hui lit At the first party congress in 1924, which included non-KMT delegates such as members of the CCP, they adopted Sun's political theory, which included the Three Principles of the People - nationalism, democracy, and people's livelihood. The Three Principles of the People, also Translated as Three People's Principles, or collectively San-min Doctrine, is a Political Philosophy

War

Nationalist soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The National Revolutionary Army ( NRA) ( sometimes shortened to 國軍 or National Army) was the National Army The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the

Following the death of Sun Yat-sen, General Chiang Kai-shek emerged as the KMT leader and launched the Northern Expedition in 1926 to defeat the northern warlords and unite China under the party. Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash The Northern Expedition ( was a military campaign led by the Kuomintang (KMT from 1926 to 1928. The Warlord era is the period in the History of the Republic of China, from 1916 to the late-1930s when the country was divided among military cliques, a division He halted briefly in Shanghai in 1927 to purge the Communists who had been allied with the KMT, which sparked the Chinese Civil War. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million When Kuomintang forces took Beijing, as the city was the de jure internationally recognized capital, though previously controlled by the feuding warlords, this event allowed the Kuomintang to receive widespread diplomatic recognition in the same year. The capital was moved from Beijing to Nanjing, the original capital of the Ming Dynasty, and thus a symbolic purge of the final Qing elements. The Ming Dynasty ( or Empire of the Great Ming ( was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol -led This period of KMT rule in China between 1927 and 1937 became known as the Nanjing decade. The Nanjing decade (also Nanking decade, 南京十年 was the Decade from 1927 (or 1928 to 1937 in the History of the Republic of China.

In sum, the KMT began as a heterogeneous group advocating American-inspired federalism and provincial independence. However, after its reorganization along Soviet lines, the party aimed to establish a centralized one party state with one ideology - Three Principles of the People. A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of Party system Government in which a single Political party The Three Principles of the People, also Translated as Three People's Principles, or collectively San-min Doctrine, is a Political Philosophy This was even more evident following Sun's elevation into a cult figure after his death. The control by one single party began the period of "political tutelage," whereby the party was to control the government while instructing the people on how to participate in a democratic system. After several military campaigns and with the help of German military advisors (German planned fifth "extermination campaign"), the Communists were forced to withdraw from their bases in southern and central China into the mountains in a massive military retreat known famously as the Long March, an undertaking which would eventually increase their reputation among the peasants. The Long March ( was a massive Military retreat undertaken by the Red Armies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP the forerunner of the People's Liberation Out of the 86,000 Communist soldiers that broke out of the pocket, only 20,000 would make the 10,000 km march to Shaanxi province. The Kuomintang continued to attack the Communists. This was in line with Chiang's policy of solving internal conflicts (warlords and communists) before fighting external invasions (Japan). However, Zhang Xueliang, who believed that the Japanese invasion constituted the greater prevailing threat, took Chiang hostage during the Xi'an Incident in 1937 and forced Chiang to agree to an alliance with the Communists in the total war against the Japanese. Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang ( English occasionally Peter Hsueh Liang Chang) ( 3 June 1901 (according to other accounts in The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 ( is an important episode of Chinese modern history, taking place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War The Second Sino-Japanese War had officially started, and would last until the Japanese surrender in 1945. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the However in many situations the alliance was in name only; after a brief period of cooperation, the armies began to fight the Japanese separately, rather than as coordinated allies. Conflicts between KMT and communists were still common during the war, and documented claims of Communist attacks upon the KMT forces, and vice versa, abound.

In these incidents, it should be noted that The KMT armies typically utilized more traditional tactics while the Communists chose guerilla tactics, leading to KMT claims that the Communists often refused to support the KMT troops, choosing to withdraw and let the KMT troops take the brunt of Japanese attacks. These same guerilla tactics, honed against the Japanese forces, were used to great success later during open civil war, as well as the Allied forces in the Korean War and the U. S. forces in the Vietnam War.

Full-scale civil war between the Communists and KMT resumed after the defeat of Japan. The Communist armies, previously a minor faction, grew rapidly in influence and power due to several errors on the KMT's part: first, the KMT reduced troop levels precipitously after the Japanese surrender, leaving large numbers of able-bodied, trained fighting men who became unemployed and disgruntled with the KMT as prime recruits for the Communists. Second, the KMT government proved thoroughly unable to manage the economy, allowing hyperinflation to result. Among the most despised and ineffective efforts it undertook to contain inflation was the conversion to the gold standard for the national treasury and the Gold Standard Script (traditional Chinese: 金圓券; pinyin: jīn yuán quàn) in August 1948, outlawing private ownership of gold, silver, and foreign exchange, collecting all such precious metals and foreign exchange from the people and issuing the Gold Standard Script in exchange. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use The new script became worthless in only ten months and greatly reinforced the nationwide perception of KMT as a corrupt or at best inept entity. Third, Chiang Kai-shek ordered his forces to defend the urbanized cities. This decision gave the Communists a chance to move freely through the countryside. At first, the KMT had the edge with the aid of weapons and ammunition from the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the However, with hyperinflation and other economic ills, widespread corruption, the KMT continued to lose popular support. Certain figures in this article use Scientific notation for readability At the same time, the suspension of American aid and tens of thousands of deserted or decommissioned soldiers being recruited to the Communist cause tipped the balance of power quickly to the Communist side, and the overwhelming popular support for the Communists in most of the country made it all but impossible for the KMT forces to carry out successful assaults against the Communists. By the end of 1949, the Communists controlled almost all of mainland China, as the KMT retreated to Taiwan with a significant amount of China's national treasures and 2 million people, including military forces and refugees. Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. Some party members stayed in the mainland and broke away from the main KMT to found the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang, which still currently exists as one of the eight minor registered parties in the People's Republic of China. The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang ( abbreviated 民革 is one of eight registered minor political parties (in addition to the Communist Party of China The People's Republic of China (PRC is formally a multi-party state under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CCP in the Popular front model similar Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

KMT in Taiwan

The former KMT headquarters in Taipei City; the imposing structure directly faced the Presidential Building, was seen as a symbol of the party's wealth and dominance. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of The Presidential Office Building ( houses the Office of the President of the Republic of China.

In 1895, Taiwan, including the Pescadores, became a Japanese colony, a concession by the Qing Empire after it lost the First Sino-Japanese War. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The First Sino-Japanese War ( 日清戦争 Romaji: Nisshin Sensō ( 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a war fought between After Japan's defeat at the end of World War II in 1945, Allied Command ordered Japan, who surrendered to the US, to surrender its troops in Taiwan to the forces of the Republic of China Kuomintang. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Taiwan was placed under the administrative control of the Republic of China by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), and the ROC put Taiwan under military occupation. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA was proposed to the United States Congress by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June Tensions between the local Taiwanese and mainlanders from mainland China increased in the intervening years culminating in a flashpoint on February 27, 1947 in Taipei when a dispute between a female cigarette vendor and an anti-smuggling officer triggered civil disorder and protests that would last for days. Mainlanders (also called Inlanders) are people who live in a region considered a "mainland" Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of The uprising turned bloody and was shortly put down by the ROC Army in the 228 Incident. The Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan maintains a large and technologically advanced military establishment which accounted for The 228 Incident ( Pe{{unicode|̍}}h-ōe-jī: Jī-jī-pat sū-kiāⁿ also known as the 228 Massacre ( was an anti-government Anti-Chinese uprising

Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, the commanders of the PRC People's Liberation Army believed that Kinmen and Matsu had to be taken before a final assault on Taiwan. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Kinmen, ( Traditional Chinese: 金門 Simplified Chinese: 金门 Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnmén Tongyong Pinyin: Jinmén Wades-Giles KMT fought the Battle of Kuningtou and stopped the invasion. The Battle of Kuningtou (古寧頭之役 or Battle of Jinmen (金门战役 was a battle fought over Kinmen (Quemoy in the Taiwan Strait during the In 1950 Chiang took office in Taipei under the Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of The Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion ( was a series of temporary constitutional provisions passed by the National Assembly of the Republic The provision declared martial law in Taiwan and halted some democratic processes, including presidential and parliamentary elections, until the mainland could be recovered from the Communists. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice KMT estimated it would take 3 years to defeat the Communists. The slogan was "prepare in the first year, start fighting in the second, and conquer in the third year. " However, various factors, including international pressure, are believed to have prevented the KMT from militarily engaging the Communists full-scale. A cold war with a couple of minor military conflicts was resulted in the early years. The various government bodies previously in Nanjing were re-established in Taipei as the KMT-controlled government actively claimed sovereignty over all China. ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles The Republic of China in Taiwan retained China's seat in the United Nations until 1971 . REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES China's seat in the United Nations and membership of the United Nations Security Council has been occupied by the People's Republic of China (PRC since October

Chiang Ching-kuo , was the son of Chiang Kai-shek and Leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) between 1975 – 1988. Chiang Ching-kuo ( POJ: ChiúⁿKeng-kok ( April 27 1, 1910 – January 13, 1988) Kuomintang (KMT Politician

Until the 1970s, KMT successfully pushed ahead with land reforms, developed the economy, implemented a democratic system in a lower level of the government, improved cross-Taiwan Strait relations, and created the Taiwan economic miracle. Taiwan's quick industrialization and rapid growth during the latter half of the twentieth century has been called the " Taiwan Miracle " (台灣奇蹟 or 臺灣奇蹟 However KMT controlled the government under a one-party authoritarian state until reforms in the late 1970s through the 1990s. As a result of the 228 Incident in 1947, Taiwanese people had to endure what is called the "White Terror", a KMT-led political repression. The 228 Incident ( Pe{{unicode|̍}}h-ōe-jī: Jī-jī-pat sū-kiāⁿ also known as the 228 Massacre ( was an anti-government Anti-Chinese uprising In general the term White Terror refers to acts of violence carried out by Reactionary (usually monarchist or conservative) groups as part of a The ROC in Taiwan was once referred to synonymously with the KMT and known simply as "Nationalist China" after its ruling party. In the 1970s, the KMT began to allow for "supplemental elections" in Taiwan to fill the seats of the aging representatives in parliament. Although opposition parties were not permitted, Tangwai (or, "outside the party") representatives were tolerated. The Tangwai movement (黨外 Pinyin: dăngwài literally "outside the party" was a Political movement in the Republic of China ( Taiwan In the 1980s, the KMT focused on transforming the government from a single-party system to a multi-party democracy one and embracing "Taiwanizing". A multi-party system is a system in which three or more political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition With the founding of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986, the KMT started competing against the DPP in Parliamentary elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans In 1991, martial law ceased when President Lee Teng-Hui terminated the Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion. Martial law is the system of rules that takes effect when the military takes control of the normal administration of justice Lee Teng-hui ( POJ: Lí Teng-hui born 15 January 1923 is a Politician of Taiwan. The Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion ( was a series of temporary constitutional provisions passed by the National Assembly of the Republic All parties started to be allowed to compete at all levels of elections, including the presidential election. Lee Teng-hui, the ROC's first democratically elected President and the leader of the KMT during the 1990s, announced his advocacy of "special state-to-state relations" with the PRC. Lee Teng-hui ( POJ: Lí Teng-hui born 15 January 1923 is a Politician of Taiwan. The PRC associated it with Taiwan independence. Taiwan independence ( Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân To̍k-li̍p ūn-tōng abbreviated to 台獨 Táidú Tâi-to̍k is a

The KMT faced a split in 1994 that led to the formation of the Chinese New Party, alleged to be a result of Lee's "corruptive ruling style". The New Party (新黨 Xīn Dăng formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP 中華新黨 Zhōnghúa Xīn Dăng is a Centre-right Political party The New Party has, since the purging of Lee, largely reintegrated into KMT. A much more serious split in the party occurred as a result of the 2000 Presidential election. The Election for the 10th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十任中華民國總統、副總統選舉 the second ever direct elections for President Upset at the choice of Lien Chan as the party's presidential nominee, former party Secretary-General James Soong launched an independent bid, which resulted in the expulsion of Soong and his supporters and the formation of the People's First Party (PFP). Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. James Chu-yu Soong ( born March 16, 1942) is a Politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The KMT candidate placed third behind Soong in the elections. After the election, Lee's strong relationship with the opponent became apparent. In order to prevent defections to the PFP, Lien moved the party away from Lee's pro-independence policies and became more favorable toward Chinese reunification. There is also a specific Chinese reunification of 1928. Chinese reunification ( is a goal of Chinese nationalism that refers to This shift led to Lee's expulsion from the party and the formation of the Taiwan Solidarity Union. The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU ( Traditional Chinese: 臺灣團結聯盟 Pinyin: Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng is a Political party in the Republic

Current issues and challenges

Lien Chan [middle] and Wu Po-hsiung [second left] and the Kuomintang touring the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, the People's Republic of China. Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT The Mausoleum of Dr Sun Yat-sen (中山陵 is situated at the foot of the second peak of Mount Zijin ( Purple Mountain) in Nanjing ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Pan-Blue coalition visited the mainland in 2005. The 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China, also known as the Third United Front of China (第三次國共合作 were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations

As the ruling party on Taiwan, the KMT amassed a vast business empire of banks, investment companies, petrochemical firms, and television and radio stations, thought to have made it the world's richest political party, with assets once estimated to be around US$ 2–10 billion^[4]. Although this war chest appeared to help the KMT until the mid-1990s, it later led to accusations of corruption (see Black gold (politics)). Black gold ( is a term used in the Republic of China ( Taiwan) to refer to political corruption. After 2000, the KMT's financial holdings appeared to be more of a liability than a benefit, and the KMT started to divest its assets. However, the transactions were not disclosed and the whereabouts of the money earned from selling assets (if it has gone anywhere) is unknown. There were accusations in the 2004 presidential election that the KMT retained assets that were illegally acquired. The Election for the 11th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十一任中華民國總統、副總統選舉 the third direct presidential election in Taiwan's Currently, there is a law proposed by the DPP in the Legislative Yuan to recover illegally acquired party assets and return them to the government; however, since the pan-Blue alliance, the KMT and its smaller partner PFP, control the legislature, it is very unlikely to be passed. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and The KMT also acknowledged that part of its assets were acquired through extra-legal means and thus promised to "retro-endow" them to the government. However, the quantity of the assets which should be classified as illegal are still under heated debate; DPP, in its capacity as ruling party from 2000–2008, claimed that there is much more that the KMT has yet to acknowledge. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans Also, the KMT actively sold assets under its title in order to quench its recent financial difficulties, which the DPP argues is illegal. Former KMT Chairman Ma Ying-Jeou's position is that the KMT will sell some of its properties at below market rates rather than return them to the government and that the details of these transactions will not be publicly disclosed. NOTICE***************

In December 2003, then-KMT chairman (present chairman emeritus) and presidential candidate Lien Chan initiated what appeared to some to be a major shift in the party's position on the linked questions of Chinese reunification and Taiwan independence. Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. Speaking to foreign journalists, Lien said that while the KMT was opposed to "immediate independence," it did not wish to be classed as "pro-reunificationist" either.

At the same time, Wang Jin-pyng, speaker of the Legislative Yuan and the Pan-Blue Coalition's campaign manager in the 2004 presidential election, said that the party no longer opposed Taiwan's "eventual independence. Wang Jin-pyng ( Chinese: 王金平 Pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng (born March 17, 1941) Taiwanese politician is the President The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and The Election for the 11th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十一任中華民國總統、副總統選舉 the third direct presidential election in Taiwan's " This statement was later clarified as meaning that the KMT opposes any immediate decision on unification and independence and would like to have this issue resolved by future generations. The KMT's position on the cross-strait relationship was redefined as hoping to remain in the current neither-independent-nor-united situation.

Current ROC President Ma Ying-jeou was the former chairman of the Kuomintang from 2005 to 2007. NOTICE***************

In 2005, then-party chairman Lien Chan announced that he was to leave his office. Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. The two leading contenders for the position include Ma Ying-jeou and Wang Jin-pyng. NOTICE*************** Wang Jin-pyng ( Chinese: 王金平 Pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng (born March 17, 1941) Taiwanese politician is the President On April 5, 2005, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said he wished to lead the opposition Kuomintang with Wang Jin-pyng. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On 16 July 2005, Ma was elected as KMT chairman in the first contested leadership in Kuomintang's 93-year history. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chinese Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2005 (2005年中國國民黨主席選舉 was held on July 16, 2005 in the Republic of China (Taiwan Some 54 percent of the party's 1. 04 million members cast their ballots. Ma Ying-jeou garnered 72. NOTICE*************** 4 percent of vote share, or 375,056 votes, against Wang Jin-pyng's 27. Wang Jin-pyng ( Chinese: 王金平 Pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng (born March 17, 1941) Taiwanese politician is the President 6 percent, or 143,268 votes. After failing to convince Wang to stay on as a vice chairman, Ma named holdovers Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄), Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤), and Lin Cheng-chi (林澄枝), as well as long-time party administrator and strategist John Kuan (關中), as vice-chairmen; all appointments were approved by a hand count of party delegates. Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT Chiang Pin-kung ( (born December 16, 1932) is a Politician in the Republic of China (ROC on Taiwan.

There has been a recent warming of relations between the pan-blue coalition and the PRC, with prominent members of both the KMT and PFP in active discussions with officials on the Mainland. The Pan-Blue Coalition ( or Pan-Blue Force ( is a Political alliance in the Republic of China (Taiwan consisting of the Kuomintang In February 2004, it appeared that KMT had opened a campaign office for the Lien-Soong ticket in Shanghai targeting Taiwanese businessmen. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million However, after an adverse reaction in Taiwan, the KMT quickly declared that the office was opened without official knowledge or authorization. In addition, the PRC issued a statement forbidding open campaigning in the Mainland and formally stated that it had no preference as to which candidate won and cared only about the positions of the winning candidate.

On March 28, 2005, thirty members of the Kuomintang (KMT), led by KMT vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung, arrived in mainland China. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chiang Pin-kung ( (born December 16, 1932) is a Politician in the Republic of China (ROC on Taiwan. The 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China, also known as the Third United Front of China (第三次國共合作 were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations This marked the first official visit by the KMT to the mainland since it was defeated by communist forces in 1949 (although KMT members including Chiang had made individual visits in the past). The delegates began their itinerary by paying homage to the revolutionary martyrs of the Tenth Uprising at Huanghuagang. They subsequently flew to the former ROC capital of Nanjing to commemorate Sun Yat-sen. ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles During the trip KMT signed a 10-points agreement with the CPC. The opponents regarded this visit as the prelude of the third KMT-CPC cooperation. Weeks afterwards, in May, Chairman Lien Chan visited the mainland and met with Hu Jintao. Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. Hu Jintao ( born 21 December 1942 is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist No agreements were signed because Chen Shui-bian's government threatened to prosecute the KMT delegation for treason and violation of R. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. O. C. laws prohibiting citizens from collaborating with Communists.

On February 13, 2007, Ma was indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of allegedly embezzling approximately NT$11 million (US$339,000), regarding the issue of "special expenses" while he was mayor of Taipei. Shortly after the indictment, he submitted his resignation as chairman of the Kuomintang at the same press conference at which he formally announced his candidacy for President. Ma argued that it was customary for officials to use the special expense fund for personal expenses undertaken in the course of their official duties. In December 2007, Ma was acquitted of all charges and immediately filed suit against the prosecutors who are also appealing the acquittal.

Elections and results

Pan-blue supporters at a rally during the 2004 presidential election. The Pan-Blue Coalition ( or Pan-Blue Force ( is a Political alliance in the Republic of China (Taiwan consisting of the Kuomintang The Election for the 11th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十一任中華民國總統、副總統選舉 the third direct presidential election in Taiwan's

The KMT won a landslide victory in the Republic of China Presidential Election on March 22, 2008. The election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China was held in the Republic of China (ROC Taiwan on Saturday March 22, The KMT fielded former Taipei mayor and former KMT chairman Ma Ying-jeou to run against the DPP's Frank Hsieh. NOTICE*************** Ma won by a large margin of 17% against Hsieh. Ma will take office on May 20, 2008 and will end 8 years of the DPP presidency. The KMT also won a landslide victory in the 2008 legislative elections, winning 81 of 113 seats, or 71. Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China (Taiwan. 7% of seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and These two elections gave the KMT firm control of both the executive and legislative yuans.

Prior to this, the party's voters had defected to both the PFP and TSU, and the KMT did poorly in the December 2001 legislative elections and lost its position as the largest party in the Legislative Yuan. The Election for the 5th Legislative Yuan (五屆立法委員選舉 of the Republic of China (ROC on Taiwan was held on December 1, 2001. The Legislative Yuan ( is the Legislative body of the Republic of China (ROC which administers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and However, the party did well in the 2002 local government mayoral and council election with Ma Ying-jeou, its candidate for Taipei mayor, winning reelection by a landslide and its candidate for Kaohsiung mayor narrowly losing but doing surprisingly well. NOTICE*************** Since 2002, the KMT and PFP have coordinated electoral strategies. In 2004, the KMT and PFP ran a joint presidential ticket, with Lien running for president and Soong running for vice-president.

The loss of the presidential election of 2004 to DPP President Chen Shui-bian by merely over 30,000 votes was a bitter disappointment to party members, leading to large scale rallies for several weeks protesting alleged electoral fraud and the "odd circumstances" of the shooting of President Chen. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. The 2004 Chen Shui-bian assassination attempt, also known as the 3-19 shooting incident ( was an Assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian However, the fortunes of the party were greatly improved when the KMT did well in the legislative elections held in December 2004 by maintaining its support in southern Taiwan achieving a majority for the pan-blue coalition. The Election for the 6th Legislative Yuan (第六屆立法委員選舉 of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on December 11, The Pan-Blue Coalition ( or Pan-Blue Force ( is a Political alliance in the Republic of China (Taiwan consisting of the Kuomintang Soon after the election, there appeared to be a falling out with the KMT's junior partner the People's First Party and talk of a merger seemed to have ended. This split appeared to widen in early 2005, as the leader of the PFP, James Soong appeared to be reconciling with President Chen Shui-Bian and the Democratic Progressive Party. James Chu-yu Soong ( born March 16, 1942) is a Politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian ( born October 12, 1950) is a Taiwanese politician and former President of the Republic of China. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans Many PFP members including legislators and municipal leaders have defected to the KMT, and the PFP is seen as a fading party.

The KMT won a decisive victory in the 3-in-1 local elections of December 2005, replacing the DPP as the largest party at the local level. The Election of County Magistrates County Councilmen and Township Governors ( commonly known as the " Three-in-One Election " (三合一選舉 sānhéyīxuǎnjǔ This was seen as a major victory for the party ahead of legislative elections in 2007. There were elections for the 2 Municipalities of the ROC, Taipei and Kaohsiung on December 2006. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of The KMT won a clear victory in Taipei, but lost to the DPP in the southern city of Kaohsiung by the slim margin of 1,100 votes. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ( Taiwanese: Bîn-chú-chìn-pō͘-tóng Traditional Chinese: zh-Hant 民主進步黨 Simplified Chinese: zh-Hans

After 8 years of the KMT legislative majority sharing rule with a DPP president, the KMT regained the presidency by winning the 2008 Presidential Election. The citizens of the ROC elected Presidential candidate Ma Ying Jeou and Vice-Presidential candidate Vincent Siew. This followed an earlier election in January of the Legislative Yuan in which the KMT increased their control of the legislature by winning 3 quarters of the total seats.

Organization

The Kuomintang headquarters in Taipei City. Taipei ( Taiwanese Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak-chhī Jhuyin Fuhao: ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ Hakka: Thòi-pet-sṳ has been the capital of In June 2006, the Kuomintang Central Committee moved to Bade building, a much more modest building, and has sold the original headquarters to private investors of the EVA Airways Corporation. EVA Airways Corporation (E-V-A Air(ways) is a Taiwanese Airline based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan

The KMT maintains offices in all the major Chinatowns of the world. A Chinatown is a section of an urban area with a large number of Chinese outside the majority-Chinese countries of Greater China. Its United States party headquarters are located in San Francisco Chinatown, directly across the Chinese Six Companies. San Francisco 's Chinatown is the oldest Chinatown in North America.

The Kuomintang Eastern U. S. headquarters is in New York Chinatown. ||-||-||-||}The Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan &mdash (紐約華埠 a borough of New York City &mdash is an Ethnic enclave with a large

List of leaders of the Kuomintang (1912–1914)

President:

1. Song Jiaoren (1912–1913)

Premier:

1. Sun Yat-sen (1913–1914)

List of leaders of the Kuomintang of China (1919–present)

Premier:

1. Sun Yat-sen (1919–1925)
2. Zhang Renjie (1925–1926)

Chairman of Central Executive Committee:

1. Hu Hanmin (1927–1931)
2. Wang Jingwei (1931–1933)
3. Chiang Kai-shek (1933–1938) (self-proclaimed)

Director-General:

1. Chiang Kai-shek (1926–1927)
   Vacancy (1927–1935)
2. Hu Hanmin (1935–1936)
   Vacancy (1936–1938)
3. Chiang Kai-shek (1938–1975)

Chairman:

1. Chiang Ching-kuo (1975–1988)
2. Lee Teng-hui (1988-2000)
3. Lien Chan (2000-2005)
4. Ma Ying-jeou (2005-2007)
5. Wu Po-hsiung (2007) (acting)
6. Chiang Pin-kung (2007) (acting)
7. Wu Po-hsiung (April 2007–present)

Current vice chairpersons

• John Kuan (關中)
• Lin Yi-shih (林益世)
• Chang Jen-Hsiang (章仁香)
• Chan Chuen-pao (詹春柏)

List of Secretaries-General of the Kuomintang of China

Seceretaries-General of the Central Executive Committee:

1. Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang (1926–1927)
2. Post abolished (1927–1929)
3. Chen Li-fu (陳立夫) (1929–1931)
4. Ting Wei-feng (1931)
5. Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang (1931–1938)
6. Chu Chia-hua (1938–1939)
7. Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang (1939–1941)
8. Wu Tieh-cheng (1941–1948)
9. Cheng Yen-feng (1948–1950)

Seceretaries-General of the Central Reform Committee:

1. Chang Chi-yun (1950–1952)

Seceretaries-General of the Central Committee:

1. Chang Chi-yun (1952–1954)
2. Chang Li-sheng (1954–1959)
3. Tang Tsung (1959–1964)
4. Ku Feng-hsiang (1944–1968)
5. Chang Pao-shu (1968–1979)
6. Chiang Yen-si (1979–1985)
7. Ma Su-lei (1985–1987)
8. Lee Huan (李煥) (1987–1989)
9. James Soong (宋楚瑜) (1989–1993)
10. Hsu Shui-teh (許水德) (1993–1996)
11. Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄) (1996–1998)
12. Chang Hsiao-yen (章孝嚴) (1998–1999)
13. Huang Kun-fei (1999-2000)
14. Lin Fong-cheng (林豐正) (2000-2005)
15. Chan Chuen-pao (詹春柏) (2005-2007)
16. Wu Tun-yi (吳敦義) (2007-present)

See also

This article contains Chinese text. Song Jiaoren ( ( 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary political leader and a founder of the Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often Sun Yat-sen ( November 12, 1866 &ndash March 12, 1925) was a Chinese Revolutionary and political leader often Hu Hanmin ( Traditional:胡漢民 Simplified: 胡汉民 born in Panyu, Guangdong, China, December 9, 1879; Wang Jingwei ( Traditional Chinese: 汪精衛 Simplified Chinese: 汪精卫 Pinyin: Wāng Jīngwèi Wade-Giles: Wang Ching-wei ( Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash Hu Hanmin ( Traditional:胡漢民 Simplified: 胡汉民 born in Panyu, Guangdong, China, December 9, 1879; Chiang Kai-shek ( POJ: Chiúⁿ Kài-se̍k Jyutping: zoeng2gaai3sek6 GCB ( October 31, 1887 &ndash Chiang Ching-kuo ( POJ: ChiúⁿKeng-kok ( April 27 1, 1910 – January 13, 1988) Kuomintang (KMT Politician Lee Teng-hui ( POJ: Lí Teng-hui born 15 January 1923 is a Politician of Taiwan. Lien Chan ( POJ: Liân Chùn (born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an China) is a Politician in Taiwan. NOTICE*************** Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT Chiang Pin-kung ( (born December 16, 1932) is a Politician in the Republic of China (ROC on Taiwan. Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT Chang Chi-yun ( Chinese: 張其昀 Pinyin: Zhāng Qíyùn 1901 - 1985 was a historian geographer educator and politician Chang Chi-yun ( Chinese: 張其昀 Pinyin: Zhāng Qíyùn 1901 - 1985 was a historian geographer educator and politician Lee Huan ( (born 1916 is a Politician in the Republic of China. James Chu-yu Soong ( born March 16, 1942) is a Politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. Wu Po-hsiung ( born June 19, 1939) is a politician in the Republic of China (ROC is currently chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT John Hsiao-yen Chiang ( Chinese: 蔣孝嚴 Pinyin: Jiǎng Xiàoyán (born May 2, 1941) formerly surnamed Chang (章 Zhāng is Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Chinese characters. Mojibake is the happenstance of incorrect unreadable characters (garbage characters shown when Computer software fails to render a text correctly according to its associated A Chinese character, also known as a Han character ( is a Logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi Japanese (

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• Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang

References

• Bergere, Marie-Claire; Janet Lloyd (2000). This article discusses history of the state which currently governs Taiwan Area. The Politics of the Republic of China (ROC takes place in a framework of a Semi-presidential representative democratic Republic, The Republic of China (ROC (commonly known as Taiwan maintains a large and technologically advanced military establishment which accounted for Elections of the Republic of China gives information on Election and election results in the Republic of China ( with effective control over Taiwan Political parties in the Republic of China lists political parties participating in politics of the Republic of China (ROC. The Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party is a political party active in the Republic of China (Taiwan The Republic of China currently administers two historical Provinces of China (one completely and a small part of another one and centrally administers two Direct-controlled The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu should remain effectively independent as territory The Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang ( abbreviated 民革 is one of eight registered minor political parties (in addition to the Communist Party of China Sun Yat-sen. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4011-9.  
• Roy, Denny (2003). Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-8805-2.  

Notes

Further reading

• Chris Taylor, "Taiwan's Seismic shift," Asian Wall Street Journal, February 4, 2004 (not available online)

External links

• Kuomintang Official Website
• The History of Kuomintang