Second Su cabinet

Second Su cabinet
50st premiership of Republic of China (ROC)
Date formed	14 January 2019 (2019-01-14)
Date dissolved	31 January 2023
People and organisations
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Head of government	Su Tseng-chang
Deputy head of government	Chen Chi-mai Shen Jong-chin
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 (2020-2021) Eric Chu (since 2021)
History
Election	2016 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislature term	Ninth Legislative Yuan
Predecessor	Lai cabinet
Successor	Chen Chien-jen cabinet[1]

Su Tseng-chang was appointed to the premiership on 14 January 2019 by President Tsai Ing-wen. He succeeded William Lai, who had resigned in response to the Democratic Progressive Party's poor performance in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. This is his second tenure of premiership, as he had served as premier under President Chen Shui-bian from 2006 to 2007 with Tsai Ing-wen, the current president, as his deputy. At the age of 71, he is the third oldest individual (after Lee Huan and Chen Chien-jen) to assume the office.

Su's premiership has led to an increase in approval of the Tsai administration. Recent polls showed an 8.5 percentage point increase in approval of the Tsai administration, with an approval rating of 43 percent. As premier, Su has an approval rating of 53 percent.[2]

Members

Leaders

Name		Leader
English Name	Chinese
Premier	院長		Su Tseng-chang
Vice Premier	副院長		Chen Chi-mai (2019–2020)
			Shen Jong-chin (2020–2023)
Secretary-General	秘書長		Li Meng-yen

Ministries

Name		Minister
English Name	Chinese
Interior	內政部		Hsu Kuo-yung (2019–2022)
			Hua Ching-chun (2022–2023)
Foreign Affairs	外交部		Joseph Wu
National Defense	國防部		Yen Teh-fa (2019–2021)
			Chiu Kuo-cheng (2021–2023)
Finance	財政部		Su Jain-rong (2019–2022)
			Frank Juan (2022–2023)
Education	教育部		Pan Wen-chung
Justice	法務部		Tsai Ching-hsiang
Economic Affairs	經濟部		Shen Jong-chin (2019–2020)
			Wang Mei-hua (2020–2023)
Transportation and Communications	交通部		Lin Chia-lung (2019–2021)
			Wang Kwo-tsai (2021–2023)
Labor	勞動部		Hsu Ming-chun
Health and Welfare	衛生福利部		Chen Shih-chung (2019–2022)
			Hsueh Jui-yuan (2022–2023)
Culture	文化部		Cheng Li-chun (2019–2020)
			Lee Yung-te (2020–2023)
Science and Technology (abolished in 2022)	科技部		Chen Liang-gee (2019–2020)
			Wu Tsung-tsong (2020–2022)
Digital Affairs (established in 2022)	數位發展部		Audrey Tang

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
National Development Council	國家發展委員會		Chen Mei-ling (2019–2020)
			Kung Ming-hsin (2020–2023)
Mainland Affairs Council	大陸委員會		Chen Ming-tong (2019–2021)
			Chiu Tai-san (2021–2023)
Financial Supervisory Commission	金融監督管理委員會		Wellington Koo (2019–2020)
			Huang Tien-Mu (2020–2023)
Ocean Affairs Council	海洋委員會		Lee Chung-wei (2019-2022)
			Chou Mei-wu (2022-2023)
Overseas Community Affairs Council	僑務委員會		Wu Hsin-hsing (2019–2020)
			Tung Chen-yuan (2020–2023)
Veterans Affairs Council	國軍退除役官兵輔導委員會		Chiu Kuo-cheng (2019)
			Feng Shih-kuan (2019–2023)
Council of Indigenous Peoples	原住民族委員會		Icyang Parod
Hakka Affairs Council	客家委員會		Lee Yung-te (2019–2020)
			Yiong Con-ziin (2020–2023)
Public Construction Commission	公共工程委員會		Wu Tze-cheng
Atomic Energy Council	原子能委員會		Hsieh Shou-shing
Science and Technology Council (established in 2022)	國家科學及技術委員會		Wu Tsung-tsong

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		Lee Chin-yung
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		Chen Yaw-shyang

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		Chang Tzi-chin
Central Bank	中央銀行		Yang Chin-long
National Palace Museum	國立故宮博物院		Wu Mi-cha
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

References

1. "Ex-VP Chen Chien-jen appointed premier - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
2. [1] Pan, Jason. (May 20, 2019). "Tsai’s approval rating rising, poll shows." Taipei Times. Retrieved May 30, 2019.