Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)

This is the List of foreign ministers of the Republic of China, heading ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Name	Starting Date	Leaving Date
Wu Chaoshu[1]	1927
Huang Fu
Wang Zhengting[2]	June 14, 1928
Alfred Sao-ke Sze	1931
Eugene Chen[3]	June 1, 1931
Luo Wengan	1932
Wang Jingwei	August 18, 1933
Zhang Qun	December 16, 1933
Wang Ch'ung-hui	March 6, 1937
Quo Tai-chi	June 30, 1941
T. V. Soong[4]	October 30, 1942
Wang Shih-chieh	May 31, 1948
Wu T'ieh-ch'eng	December 22, 1948
Fu P'ing-ch'ang	(Appointed only)
Hu Shih	(Appointed only)
Yeh Kung-ch'ao (George Yeh)	October 1, 1949	July 14, 1958
Huang Shao-ku	July 14, 1958	May 31, 1960
Shen Chang-huan	May 31, 1960	May 27, 1966
Wei Tao-ming	May 27, 1966	March 31, 1971
Chou Shu-kai	March 31, 1971	May 29, 1972
Shen Chang-huan	May 29, 1972	December 16, 1978
Chiang Yang-shih	December 20, 1978	December 19, 1979
Chu Fu-Sung	December 19, 1979	April 22, 1987
Ting Mao-shih	April 22, 1987	July 20, 1988
Lien Chan	July 20, 1988	June 1, 1990
Fredrick Chien	June 1, 1990	June 10, 1996
John Chang[5]	June 10, 1996	October 20, 1997
Jason C. Hu)[6]	October 20, 1997	November 30, 1999
Chen Chien-jen	November 30, 1999	May 20, 2000
Tien Hung-mao[7]	May 20, 2000	February 1, 2002
Eugene Chien[8]	February 1, 2002	April 16, 2004
Mark Chen[9]	April 16, 2004	January 25, 2006
James Huang[10]	January 25, 2006	May 19, 2008
Francisco Ou	May 20, 2008	September 10, 2009
Timothy Yang	September 10, 2009	present

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
• Foreign relations of the Republic of China

References

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• List of Foreign ministers of ROC (with period, Chinese)