Lai cabinet

Lai cabinet
File:Flag of Taiwan.svg 49th premiership of the ROC Taiwan
File:2019年1月11日行政院臨時院會內閣總辭後合影.jpg Lai cabinet in 2019
Date formed	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08)
Date dissolved	11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)
People and organisations
Head of state	Tsai Ing-wen
Head of government	William Lai Ching-te
Deputy head of government	Shih Jun-ji
Total no. of members	?
Member parties	Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Status in legislature	DPP majority, pan-green majority
Opposition parties	Kuomintang
Opposition leader	Johnny Chiang
History
Election	2016 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislature term	Ninth Legislative Yuan
Predecessor	Lin cabinet
Successor	Second Su cabinet

History

On 3 September 2017, Premier Lin Chuan tendered his resignation to President Tsai Ing-wen, which was reluctantly accepted. A recent poll showed Lin's approve rating to be a mere 28.7%, with 6 in 10 respondents dissatisfied with the performance of his cabinet. On 5 September President Tsai announced at a press conference that Lai would become the country's next head of the Executive Yuan, with the Premier-designate saying that running the government is like running in a relay race, and he vowed to take the baton from Lin and complete his unfinished major policies. Lai took office on 8 September as the 49th Premier of the Republic of China. On 17 September following Lai's appointment as premier, Tsai's approval ratings reached 46%, rebounding by more than 16 points since August. Lai made his first appearance as premier at the Legislative Yuan on 26 September, where he stated "I am a political worker who advocates Taiwan independence" but that "We are already an independent sovereign nation called the Republic of China. We don't need a separate declaration of independence". Lai has appeared to have moderated his position on Taiwanese independence particularly when he proposed the idea of "being close to China while loving Taiwan" in June 2017. He also expressed no desire to run against Tsai Ing-wen in the 2020 presidential election. On 28 September the New Party called on the KMT to join it in filing a formal complaint against the Premier for sedition. Lai's cabinet resigned on 11 January 2019. His cabinet was succeeded by the second cabinet of Su Tseng-chang.

Members

Leaders

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Premier	院長		Lai Ching-te	File:賴清德市長.jpg
Vice Premier	副院長		Shih Jun-ji	File:施俊吉副院長.jpg
Secretary-General	秘書長		Cho Jung-tai	File:卓榮泰主任肖像.jpg

Ministries

Name		Minister
English Name	Chinese
Interior	內政部		Hsu Kuo-yung	File:Hsu Kuo-Yung-02 - by Zil Chang (cropped).jpg
Foreign Affairs	外交部		Joseph Wu	File:Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu (cropped).jpg
National Defense	國防部		Yen Teh-fa	File:國防部長嚴德發.jpg
Finance	財政部		Su Jain-rong	File:Jain-Rong,Su (cropped).jpg
Education	教育部		Yao Leeh-ter (acting)	File:考試委員姚立德肖像.jpg
Justice	法務部		Tsai Ching-hsiang	File:蔡清祥部長.jpg
Economic Affairs	經濟部		Shen Jong-chin	File:沈榮津部長.jpg
Transportation and Communications	交通部		Wang Kwo-tsai (acting)	File:20190112王國材jpg.jpg
Labor	勞動部		Hsu Ming-chun	File:勞動部部長許銘春肖像.jpg
Health and Welfare	衛生福利部		Chen Shih-chung	File:陳時中部長肖像.jpg
Culture	文化部		Cheng Li-chun	File:鄭麗君部長.jpg
Science and Technology	科技部		Chen Liang-gee	File:Chen Liang-Ji (cropped).jpg

Councils and Commissions

Empowered by various laws, or even the Constitution, under the Executive Yuan Council several individual boards are formed to enforce different executive functions of the government. Unless regulated otherwise, the chairs are appointed by and answer to the Premier. The committee members of the boards are usually (a) governmental officials for the purpose of interdepartmental coordination and cooperation; or (b) creditable professionals for their reputation and independence.

  To become a ministry

  To be merged into other organs

Name		Chair
English Name	Chinese
Council of Agriculture	農業委員會		Chen Chi-chung (acting)	File:陳吉仲主任委員.jpg
National Development Council	國家發展委員會		Chen Mei-ling	File:新任行政院秘書長陳美伶 (cropped).jpg
Mainland Affairs Council	大陸委員會		Chen Ming-tong	File:陳明通主任委員.jpg
Financial Supervisory Commission	金融監督管理委員會		Wellington Koo	File:Koo Li-Hsiung-1-by Ring Chang (cropped).JPG
Ocean Affairs Council	海洋委員會		Hwung Hwung-hweng	File:Master-oac-01.jpg
Overseas Community Affairs Council	僑務委員會		Wu Hsin-hsing	File:Wu Hsin-hsing 吳新興 (Voice of America (VOA) Image 美國之音圖像 ED1D80CC-53FD-487C-A718-F81A79C2C0EF w650 r0 s).jpg
Veterans Affairs Council	國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會		Chiu Kuo-cheng	File:國防部長邱國正.png
Council of Indigenous Peoples	原住民族委員會		Icyang Parod	File:Icyang Parod at Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee 20161227.jpg
Hakka Affairs Council	客家委員會		Lee Yung-te	File:行政院李永得政務委員肖像.jpg
Public Construction Commission	公共工程委員會		Wu Tze-cheng	File:Picture of (Wu Ze-cheng, sometimes Wu Tze-cheng) from the website of the Yilan County Government.jpg
Atomic Energy Council	原子能委員會		Hsieh Shou-shing	File:原能會主委謝曉星.jpg

Independent Commissions

There are, or would be, independent executive commissions under the Executive Yuan Council. The chiefs of these five institutions would not be affected by any change of the Premier. However, the related organic laws are currently under revision.

Name		Chair
English Name	Chinese
Central Election Commission	中央選舉委員會		Chen Chao-chien (acting)	File:陳朝建副主任委員.jpg
Fair Trade Commission	公平交易委員會		Huang Mei-ying
National Communications Commission	國家通訊傳播委員會		Chan Ting-I	File:立法院交通委員會就新任國家通訊傳播委員會被提名人進行審查 (cropped).jpg

Other organs

  To become a ministry

  To be merged into other organs

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Environmental Protection Administration	環境保護署		Tsai Hung-teh (acting)
Central Bank	中央銀行		Yang Chin-long	File:央行總裁楊金龍.jpg
National Palace Museum	國立故宮博物院		Chen Chi-nan
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics	主計總處		Chu Tzer-ming
Directorate-General of Personnel Administration	人事行政總處		Jay N. Shih