2020 in Taiwan

Incumbents

• President: Tsai Ing-wen
• Vice President: Chen Chien-jen
• Premier:
• * Su Tseng-chang
• Vice Premier:
• *Chen Chi-mai

  Events

January

• 2 January – A Black Hawk helicopter of the Republic of China Air Force crashed. Eight people were killed, and five were injured.
• 11 January
• *2020 Taiwanese legislative election
• *Tsai Ing-wen is reelected in the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election with a record 8.17 million votes.
• 15 January – The Anti-infiltration Act takes effect.
• 19 January – The Taiwan Action Party Alliance disbands.
• 21 January – The index case of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan announced.

  February

• 25 February – Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens promulgated.

  March

• 7 March – 2020 Kuomintang chairmanship election won by Johnny Chiang.

  June

• 6 June – 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote removes mayor Han Kuo-yu from office.

  September

• 12 September – 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election scheduled.

  Deaths

• 2 January — Shen Yi-ming, 62, Taiwanese Air Force commander, Chief of the General Staff, helicopter crash.
• 7 January – Chang Chiu-hua, 83, Taiwanese politician, mayor of Miaoli, Miaoli County Magistrate, liver cancer.
• 2 February – Jimmy Chang, 69, Taiwanese chef.
• 15 February – Sheu Yu-jer, 67, Taiwanese economist and politician, Minister of Finance.
• 13 March – Yang Mu, 79, Taiwanese poet.
• 17 March –, 79, Taiwanese opera performer.
• 22 March – Serena Liu, 44, Taiwanese dancer, complications from heart surgery.
• 29 March –, 87, Taiwanese general and public official, traffic collision.
• 30 March – Hau Pei-tsun, 100, Taiwanese military officer and politician, Chief of the General Staff, Minister of National Defense, Premier, multiple organ failure.
• 21 April – Liu Ping-wei, 67, Taiwanese politician, MLY, oral cancer.
• 16 May – Chung Chao-cheng, 95, Taiwanese writer.
• 25 May – Wu Pong-fong, 55, Taiwanese actor and choreographer, stroke.
• 6 June – Hsu Kun-yuan, Taiwanese politician, speaker of the Kaohsiung City Council, suicide by defenestration.
• 24 June – Ding-Shinn Chen, 76, Taiwanese hepatologist, pancreatic cancer.
• 30 July – Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwanese politician, President, Vice President, Chairman of the Kuomintang, septic shock and multiple organ failure.