Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)

Not to be confused with Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China.

Ministry of National Defense
Agency overview
國防部 Guófángbù
Flag of the Ministry of National Defense
Emblem of the Ministry of National Defense
Formed	1912 (as Ministry of War) 1946 (as MND)
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Republic of China
Ministers responsible	Kao Kuang-chi, Minister Andrew Hsia^[1]^[2]^[3], Deputy Minister (Policy) Army Gen. Cheng Te-mei, Deputy Minister (Armaments)
Parent agency	Executive Yuan
Website	www.mnd.gov.tw

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 Kao Kuang-chi.

History

ROC Ministry of National Defense headquarters

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.^[4]

On 8 December 2014, the ministry moved out from its building from the previous one at 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.^[5] 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.^[6] The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on 27 December 2014.^[7]

Headquarter building

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.^[8]

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.^[7]

Organizational structure

Armed Forces Reserve Command

Air Force Command Headquarters

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
Procurement Office
Administration Office
Personnel Office
Ethics Office
Accounting Office

Secondary or Affiliated authorities

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 ^[9]
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

Kao Kuang-chi, the incumbent Minister of National Defense

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; Independent
Kuo Chi-chiao (郭寄嶠): 1951–1954; Kuomintang
Yu Ta-wei (俞大維): 1954–1965; Independent
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 Chen (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; Independent
Lee Jye (李傑): 2004–2007; Independent
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; Independent
Yen Ming (嚴明): 2013–2015; Independent
Kao Kuang-chi (高廣圻): 2015–Present; Independent
Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬): 2016–Designated

2. Chief of the General Staff (歷代參謀總長)：

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

Army Gen. Yen Teh-fa, the incumbent Chief of the General Staff

Chen Cheng (陳誠), Army： 1946–1948
Gu Zhutong (顧祝同), Army： 1948–1950
Zhou Zhi-rou (周至柔), Air Force： 1950–1954
Gui Yong-qing (桂永清), Navy： 1954
Peng Meng-ji (彭孟緝), Army： 1954–1957
Wang Shu-ming (王叔銘), Air Force： 1957–1959
Peng Meng-ji (彭孟緝), Army： 1959–1965
Li Yu-xi (黎玉璽), Navy： 1965–1967
Gao Kui-yuan (高魁元), Army： 1967–1970
Lai Ming-tang (賴名湯), Air Force： 1970–1976
Song Chang-chih (宋長志), Navy： 1976–1981
Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村), Army： 1981–1989
Chen Shen-ling (陳燊齡), Air Force： 1989–1991
Liu He-qian (劉和謙), Navy： 1991–1995
Luo Ben-li (羅本立), Army： 1995–1998
Tang Fei (唐飛), Air Force： 1998–1999
Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明), Army： 1999–2002
Lee Jye (李傑), Navy： 2002–2004
Lee Tien-yu (李天羽), Air Force： 2004–2007
Huo Shou-ye (霍守業), Army： 2007–2009
Lin Chen-yi (林鎮夷), Navy： 2009–2013
Yen Ming (嚴明), Air Force： 2013
Kao Kuang-chi (高廣圻), Navy： 2013–2015
Yen Teh-fa (嚴德發), Army： 2015–Present

Transportation

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

References

↑ "Representative to Indonesia named to MND deputy post". Taipei Times. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
↑ "Cabinet names new deputy defense minister | Politics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". Focustaiwan.tw. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
↑ "Jakarta envoy tapped for deputy defense minister". The China Post. 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
↑ John Pike. "Ministry of National Defense". globalsecurity.org.
↑ "Defense Ministry's new compound to be officially opened Dec. 8". focustaiwan.tw.
↑ "Defense minister raises flag at new ministry compound". focustaiwan.tw.
1 2 "Defense Ministry's new headquarters officially opens". cna.com.tw.
↑ "Taipei military complex opened". taipeitimes.com.
↑ http://www.mnd.gov.tw/UserFiles/File/MND%20Organization.pdf

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