President of the Legislative Yuan


The President of the Legislative Yuan is presiding officer of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan. The incumbent president is Yu Shyi-kun, a Democratic Progressive Party at-large legislator and the second DPP President of the Legislative Yuan.

Election

The president is elected by and from among all members of the Yuan in a preparatory meeting held on the first reporting day of the first session of each Legislative Yuan, and he shall serve a term the same length as that of other members.

Duty

The president presides over the Yuan Sittings and the meetings of the Committee of the Entire Yuan and is responsible for the administration of the Yuan. In the cases in which the President of the Legislative Yuan is unable to attend to his or her duties, the vice president acts in his or her place.

List of Presidents of the Legislative Yuan

Pre-1947 Constitution

Post-1947 Constitution

Direct election in Taiwan

Timeline


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Speakership age-related data (post-1947 constitution)

As of , two former Presidents of the Legislative Yuan are still alive. The most recent death of a former premier was that of Liu Sung-pan on 18 November 2016.

Oldest living

Green text and an asterisk mark the inauguration date of a speaker older than any living former speaker. Other dates are the deaths of the then-oldest speaker.
SpeakerDate rangeAge at startAge at endTime span
Sun FoSeptember 13, 1973
Tung Gun-shinAugust 7, 1981
Ni Wen-yaJune 3, 2006
Liu Sung-panNovember 18, 2016
Wang Jin-pyngpresent