Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)

The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; ) is a cabinet-level agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China responsible for all defense affairs. The MND is currently headed by Yen Ming.

The position of Minister of National Defense was called Minister of War before 1946. It was established in 1912 at the creation of the Republic of China.

In August 2011, the Wall Street Journal reported that extensive PRC infiltration of the MND has caused the United States to reconsider the sale of advanced weapons to Taiwan. In March 2013, the MND said that it would change tactics rather than increase its own budget to counter a growing threat from mainland China. For more about the military buildup across the Taiwan Strait and the precipitation of challenges that ROC army has for Self-Defense needs (including the proposed arms purchase of General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon C/D and Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate equipped with Mk 13 missile launcher (for augmenting potential Aegis combat system) for the ROC army) against the People's Liberation Army in the long-term, see the report on.

List of Ministers of War


1.歷代陸軍總長：
 * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1912-1915;1st time
 * Zhou Ziqi (周自齊)：1913-1914;1st time
 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1914-1916;1st time
 * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1916-1917;2nd time
 * Zhang Shiyu (張士鈺)：1917;1st time
 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917;2nd time
 * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1917;3rd time
 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917-1918;3rd time
 * Duan Zhigui (段芝貴)：1918-1919;1st time
 * Jin Yunpeng (靳雲鵬)：1919-1921;1st time
 * Cai Chengxun (蔡成勛)：1921;1st time
 * Bao Guiqing (鮑貴卿)：1921-1922;1st time
 * Wu Peifu (吳佩孚)：1922;1st time
 * Zhang Shaozeng (張紹增)：1922-1923;1st time
 * Wang Tan (王坦)：1923;1st time
 * Jin Shaozeng (金紹曾)：1923-1924;2nd time
 * Lu Jin (陸錦)：1924;1st time
 * Li Shucheng (李書城)：1924;1st time
 * Wu Guangxin (吳光新)：1924-1925;1st time
 * Jia Deyao (賈德耀)：1925-1926;1st time
 * Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1926-1927;1st time
 * He Fenglin (何豐林)：1927-1928;1st time

1.歷代軍政部長：
 * Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥)：1928-1929; Kuomintang
 * Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929; Kuomintang
 * Chen Yi (陳儀)：1929; Kuomintang
 * Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929; Kuomintang
 * Zhu Shouguang (朱綬光)：1929-1930; Kuomintang
 * He Yingqin (何應欽)：1930-1944; Kuomintang
 * Chen Cheng (陳誠)：1944-1946; Kuomintang

2.歷代海軍總長：
 * Liu Guanxiong (劉冠雄)：1912-1916;1st time
 * Cheng Biguang (程璧光)：1916-1917;1st time
 * Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰)：1917;1st time
 * Liu Guanxiong (劉冠雄)：1917-1919;2nd time
 * Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰)：1919-1921;2nd time
 * Li Dingxin (李鼎新)：1921-1924;2nd time
 * Du Xigui (杜鍚圭)：1924;1st time
 * Lin Jianzhang (林建章)：1924-1925;1st time
 * Du Xigui (杜鍚圭)：1925-1927;2nd time

2.歷代海軍部長：
 * Yang Shuzhuang (楊樹莊)：1929-1932; Kuomintang
 * Chen Shaokuan (陳紹寬)：1932-1938; Kuomintang

3.歷代參謀總長：
 * Huang Xing (黄興)：1912;1st time
 * Xu Shaozhen(徐紹楨)：1912;1st time
 * Li Yuanhong (黎元洪)：1912-1915;1st time
 * Feng Guozhang (馮國璋)：1915-1916;1st time
 * Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1916;1st time
 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1916-1917;1st time
 * Yin Chang (蔭昌)：1917-1919;1st time
 * Zhang Huaizhi (張懷芝)：1919-1924;1st time
 * Li Liejun (李烈鈞)：1924-1925;1st time
 * Yang Sen (楊森)：1925-1926;1st time
 * Liu Ruxian (劉汝賢)：1926;1st time
 * Liu Xiang (劉湘)：1926-1927;1st time

3.歷代參謀總長：
 * Li Jishen (李濟深)：1928-1929; Kuomintang
 * He Yingqin (何應欽)：1929; Kuomintang
 * Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1929-1932; Kuomintang
 * Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正)：1932-1935; Kuomintang
 * Cheng Qian (程潛)：1935-1938; Kuomintang
 * Xu Yongchang (徐永昌)：1938-1946; Kuomintang

4.歷代訓練總監部長：
 * He Yingqin (何應欽)：1928-1931; Kuomintang
 * Li Jishen (李濟深)：1931-1933; Kuomintang
 * Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1933-1934; Kuomintang
 * Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1934-1938; Kuomintang
 * Bai Chongxi (白崇禧)：1938-1946; Kuomintang

4.歷代軍事參議院長：
 * Li Zongren (李宗仁)：1928-1929; Kuomintang
 * Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1929-1931; Kuomintang
 * Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1931; Kuomintang
 * Zhang Yipeng (張翼鵬)：1931-1934; Kuomintang
 * Chen Tiaoyuan (陳調元)：1934-1943; Kuomintang
 * Li Jishen (李濟深)：1943-1945; Kuomintang
 * Long Yun (龍雲)：1945-1946; Kuomintang

List of Ministers of National Defence


1. Minister of National Defense (歷代國防部長)：
 * Bai Chongxi (白崇禧) 1946-1948; Kuomintang
 * He Yingqin (何應欽): 1948; Kuomintang
 * Xu Yongchang (徐永昌): 1948-1949; Kuomintang
 * He Yingqin (何應欽): 1949; Kuomintang
 * Yan Xishan (閻錫山): 1949-1950; Kuomintang
 * Gu Zhutong (顧祝同): 1950; Kuomintang
 * Yu Ta-wei (俞大維): 1950-1951;
 * Kuo Chi-chiao (郭寄嶠): 1951-1954; Kuomintang
 * Yu Ta-wei (俞大維): 1954-1965;
 * Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國): 1965-1969;Kuomintang
 * Huang Chieh (黄傑): 1969-1972; Kuomintang
 * Chen Ta-ching (陳大慶): 1972-1973; Kuomintang
 * Kao Kuei-yuan (高魁元): 1973-1981; Kuomintang
 * Sung Chang-chih (宋長志): 1981-1986; Kuomintang
 * Wang Daoyuan (汪道淵): 1986-1987; Kuomintang
 * Cheng Wei-yuan (鄭為元): 1987-1989; Kuomintang
 * Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村): 1989-1990; Kuomintang
 * Chen Li-an (陳履安): 1990-1993; Kuomintang
 * Sun Zhen (孫震): 1993-1994; Kuomintang
 * Chiang Chung-ling (蔣仲苓): 1994-1999; Kuomintang
 * Tang Fei (唐飛): 1999-2000; Kuomintang
 * Wu Shih-wen (伍世文): 2000-2002; Kuomintang
 * Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明): 2002-2004; Kuomintang
 * Lee Jye (李傑): 2004-2007; Kuomintang
 * Lee Tien-yu (李天羽): 2007-2008; Kuomintang
 * Tsai Ming-hsien (蔡明憲): 2008; Democratic Progressive Party
 * Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏): 2008-2009; Kuomintang
 * Kao Hua-chu (高華柱): 2009-2013; Kuomintang
 * Andrew Yang (楊念祖): 2013
 * Yen Ming (嚴明): 2013–Present; Kuomintang

2. Chief of the General Staff (歷代參謀總長)：
 * Chen Cheng (陳誠)： 1946-1948; Kuomintang
 * Gu Zhutong (顧祝同)： 1948-1950; Kuomintang
 * Zhou Zhi-rou (周至柔)： 1950-1954; Kuomintang
 * Gui Yong-qing (桂永清)： 1954; Kuomintang
 * Peng Meng-ji (彭孟緝)： 1954-1957; Kuomintang
 * Wang Shu-ming (王叔銘)： 1957-1959; Kuomintang
 * Peng Meng-ji (彭孟緝)： 1959-1965; Kuomintang
 * Li Yu-xi (黎玉璽)： 1965-1967; Kuomintang
 * Gao Kui-yuan (高魁元)： 1967-1970; Kuomintang
 * Lai Ming-tang (賴名湯)： 1970-1976; Kuomintang
 * Song Chang-chih (宋長志)： 1976-1981; Kuomintang
 * Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村)： 1981-1989; Kuomintang
 * Chen Shen-ling (陳燊齡)： 1989-1991; Kuomintang
 * Liu He-qian (劉和謙)： 1991-1995; Kuomintang
 * Luo Ben-li (羅本立)： 1995-1998; Kuomintang
 * Tang Fei (唐飛)： 1998-1999; Kuomintang
 * Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明)： 1999-2002; Kuomintang
 * Li Jie (李傑)： 2002-2004; Kuomintang
 * Li Tian-yu (李天羽)： 2004-2007; Kuomintang
 * Huo Shou-ye (霍守業)： 2007-2009; Kuomintang
 * Lin Chen-yi (林鎮夷)： 2009-2013; Kuomintang
 * Yen Ming (嚴明)： 2013; Kuomintang
 * Kao Kuang-chi (高廣圻) (acting): 2013–Present; Kuomintang

Transportation
The MND building is accessible within walking distance North from Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro.