Office of the President (Taiwan)


The Office of the President is an organ of the Republic of China that handles the general administrative affairs of the President and the Vice President. The office, together with the National Security Council, serve as the two advisory agencies to the President.
The Office of the President is led by a Secretary-General and oversees
The Office of the President was established according to the Constitution of the Republic of China on May 20, 1948 in the Presidential Palace in Nanking, with the inauguration of the first President Chiang Kai-shek and the first Vice President Li Tsung-jen.
However, with the outbreak of Chinese Civil War, the government of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan in December 1949. On March 1, 1950, Chiang Kai-shek resumed his presidency in the former office of the Japanese Government-General of Taiwan in Taipei. The building is used as the Presidential Office Building since then.

Organization

The Secretary-General to the President is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President and supervises the staff of the Office. The current Secretary-General is Chen Chu.