Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)

Ministry of National Defense

國防部 Guófángbù
Flag of the Ministry of National Defense
Emblem of the Ministry of National Defense
Agency overview
Formed	1912 (as Ministry of War) 1946 (as MND)
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Republic of China
Ministers responsible	Feng Shih-kuan, Minister Chen Yeong-kang, Deputy Minister (Policy) Army Gen. Cheng Te-mei, Deputy Minister (Armaments)
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website	www.mnd.gov.tw (Chinese)

The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; Chinese: 中華民國國防部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guófángbù) is a cabinet-level agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China responsible for all defense and military affairs of Taiwan. The MND is currently headed by Minister Feng Shih-kuan.

History

ROC Ministry of National Defense former headquarters

The MND was originally established as Ministry of War in 1912 at the creation of the Republic of China. It was changed to the Ministry of National Defense in 1946. The Law of National Defense and the Organic Law of the ministry were officially promulgated for implementation on 1 March 2002.^[1]

On 8 December 2014, the ministry moved out from its building from the previous one at Boai Building in Zhongzheng District to the current one in Dazhi area at Zhongshan District, where it houses the Air Force Command Headquarters, Navy Command Headquarters and Hengshan Military Command Center.^[2] The completion of the building had been delayed for nearly two decades due to the compound original architecture and the bankruptcy of the project's original contractor. The planning for the new building and relocation had been done since 1997.^[3] The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on 27 December 2014.^[4]

Headquarter building

ROC Ministry of National Defense headquarters

The headquarter building of the military is located in Dazhi area of Zhongshan District in Taipei. The 8-story main building was constructed at a cost of NT$15.8 billion, spreading over 19.5 hectares of area, which houses office buildings, dormitories and other facilities, such as post office, barbershop, sports center, conference hall and sport center to accommodate its 3,000 military personnel stationed there. It also includes several annex buildings around.^[5]

Security features of the building including fingerprint and eye scanners that restrict access to certain areas, sensors that can detect vehicles in the unauthorized areas and that may carry explosives and bollards on the compound to block unauthorized vehicles. The compound also has eco-friendly features, such as stone walls, aluminum and low-emission exterior glass panels. The central air conditioning system is provided by ice storage system to reduce peak load electricity demand. The building also has rainwater collecting facilities which can store up to 1,000 tons of water, complete with its waste water treatment and filtering systems.^[4]

Budget

The current annual defense budget for Taiwan is NT$320 billion.^[6]

Organizational structure

Armed Forces Reserve Command

Air Force Command Headquarters

National Defense Procurement Office

Armaments Bureau

Military institutions

• Armed Forces Reserve Command (後備指揮部)
• Military Police Command (憲兵指揮部)

Military authorities

• Army Command Headquarters (陸軍司令部)
• Navy Command Headquarters (海軍司令部)
• Air Force Command Headquarters (空軍司令部)

Headquarter departments

• Department of Strategic Planning
• Department of Resources Planning
• Department of Military Justice
• Department of Integrated Assessment
• Office of the Inspector General
• All-out Defense Mobilization Office
• National Defense Procurement Office (國防採購室)
• National Defense Technology Division (after 1 January 2017)^[7]
• Administration Office
• Personnel Office
• Ethics Office
• Accounting Office

Secondary or Affiliated authorities

• Political Warfare Bureau
• Armaments Bureau
• Comptroller Bureau
• Medical Affairs Bureau

General Staff Headquarters

• Office for Personnel of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Office for Intelligence of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Office for Operations and Planning of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Office for Logistics of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Office for Communications, Electronics and Information of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff
• Office for Training of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff ^[8]
• Informative and Electronic Operations Command of the General Staff
• Missile Command of the General Staff

List of Ministers of War

Duan Qirui, the 1st Minister 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 and Chiefs of the General Staff

Pai Chung-hsi, the 1st Minister of National Defense

Feng Shih-kuan, the incumbent Minister of National Defense

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Non-partisan   Democratic Progressive Party
Service branch:   Army   Navy   Air Force   Civilian

Minister of National Defense (歷代國防部長)

№	Portrait	Name	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	Service	Premier
1		Bai Chongxi (白崇禧)	23 May 1946	2 June 1948	741	Kuomintang	Army	T. V. Soong Chiang Kai-shek Chang Ch'ün Weng Wenhao
2		He Yingqin (何應欽)	3 June 1948	21 December 1948	201	Kuomintang	Army	Weng Wenhao Sun Fo
3		Xu Yongchang (徐永昌)	22 December 1948	30 April 1949	129	Kuomintang	Army	Sun Fo He Yingqin
4		He Yingqin (何應欽)	1 May 1949	11 June 1949	41	Kuomintang	Army	He Yingqin Yan Xishan
5		Yan Xishan (閻錫山)	12 June 1949	31 January 1950	233	Kuomintang	Army	Yan Xishan
6		Gu Zhutong (顧祝同)	1 February 1950	31 March 1950	58	Kuomintang	Army	Yan Xishan Chen Cheng I
7		Yu Ta-wei (俞大維)（1897-1993）	1 April 1950	28 February 1951	333	Independent	Army	Chen Cheng I
8		Kuo Chi-chiao (郭寄嶠)（1902-1998）	1 March 1951	31 May 1954	1187	Kuomintang	Army	Chen Cheng I
9		Yu Ta-wei (俞大維)（1897-1993）	1 June 1954	13 January 1965	3879	Independent	Army	Chen Cheng I Yu Hung-Chun Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan
10		Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國)	14 January 1965	30 June 1969	1628	Kuomintang	Army	Yen Chia-kan
11		Huang Chieh (黄杰)	1 July 1969	31 May 1972	1065	Kuomintang	Army	Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo
12		Chen Ta-ching (陳大慶)	1 June 1972	30 June 1973	394	Kuomintang	Army	Chiang Ching-kuo
13		Kao Kuei-yuan (高魁元)（1907-2012）	1 July 1973	19 November 1981	3063	Kuomintang	Army	Chiang Ching-kuo Sun Yun-suan
14		Sung Chang-chih (宋長志)（1916-2002）	1 December 1981	30 June 1986	1672	Kuomintang	Navy	Sun Yun-suan Yu Kuo-hua
15		Wang Daoyuan (汪道淵)（1913-2011）	1 July 1986	28 April 1987	301	Kuomintang	Civilian	Yu Kuo-hua
16		Cheng Wei-yuan (鄭為元)（1913-1993）	29 April 1987	4 December 1989	950	Kuomintang	Army	Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan
17		Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村)	5 December 1989	30 May 1990	176	Kuomintang	Army	Lee Huan
18		Chen Li-an (陳履安)	1 June 1990	26 February 1993	1001	Kuomintang	Civilian	Hau Pei-tsun Lien Chan
19		Sun Chen (孫震)	27 February 1993	15 December 1994	656	Kuomintang	Civilian	Lien Chan
20		Chiang Chung-ling (蔣仲苓)	16 December 1994	31 January 1999	1507	Kuomintang	Army	Lien Chan Vincent Siew
21		Tang Fei (唐飛)	1 February 1999	19 May 2000	473	Kuomintang	Air Force	Vincent Siew
22		Wu Shih-wen (伍世文)	20 May 2000	31 January 2002	621	Kuomintang	Navy	Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I
23		Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明)（1938-）	1 February 2002	19 May 2004	838	Kuomintang[9]	Army	Yu Shyi-kun
24		Lee Jye (李傑)	20 May 2004	19 May 2007	1094	Independent[10]	Navy	Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang
25		Lee Tien-yu (李天羽)	20 May 2007	24 February 2008	280	Kuomintang	Air Force	Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung II
26		Michael Tsai (蔡明憲)	25 February 2008	19 May 2008	84	Democratic Progressive Party	Civilian	Chang Chun-hsiung II
27		Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏)	20 May 2008	9 September 2009	477	Kuomintang	Air Force	Liu Chao-shiuan
28		Kao Hua-chu (高華柱)	10 September 2009	31 July 2013	1420	Kuomintang	Army	Wu Den-yih Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah
29		Andrew Yang (楊念祖)	1 August 2013	7 August 2013	6	Independent	Civilian	Jiang Yi-huah
30		Yen Ming (嚴明)	8 August 2013	30 January 2015	540	Independent	Air Force	Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo
31		Kao Kuang-chi (高廣圻)	31 January 2015	19 May 2016	474	Independent	Navy	Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng
32		Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬)	20 May 2016	Incumbent	199	Kuomintang[9]	Air Force	Lin Chuan

Chief of the General Staff (歷代參謀總長)

Army Gen. Chen Cheng, the 1st Chief of the General Staff

Chiu Kuo-cheng, the incumbent Chief of the General Staff

Transportation

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

See also

• Chinese Republic Ministry of War
• National Revolutionary Army
• Republic of China Armed Forces
  • Republic of China Army
  • Republic of China Navy
  • Republic of China Air Force
  • Republic of China Marine Corps
  • Republic of China Military Police

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China).

• Official website of the Ministry of National Defense (Taiwanese Mandarin)
• Official website of the Ministry of National Defense (English)

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