Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)
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Formed |
1912 (as Ministry of War) 1946 (as MND) |
Jurisdiction |
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Headquarters | Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Republic of China |
Ministers responsible |
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Parent agency | Executive Yuan |
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The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; Chinese: ä¸è¯æ°‘國國防部; pinyin: ZhÅnghuá MÃnguó 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


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



Military institutions
- Armed Forces Reserve Command (後備指æ®éƒ¨)
- Military Police Command (憲兵指æ®éƒ¨)
Military authorities
- Army Command Headquarters (陸è»å¸ä»¤éƒ¨)
- Navy Command Headquarters (æµ·è»å¸ä»¤éƒ¨)
- Air Force Command Headquarters (空è»å¸ä»¤éƒ¨)
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
- 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 [9]
- Informative and Electronic Operations Command of the General Staff
- Missile Command of the General Staff
List of Ministers of War

1. æ·ä»£é™¸è»ç¸½é•·ï¼š
- Duan Qirui (段祺瑞):1912–1915; 1st time
- Zhou Ziqi (周自齊):1913–1914; 1st time
- Wang Shizhen (王士ç):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ç):1917; 2nd time
- Duan Qirui (段祺瑞):1917; 3rd time
- Wang Shizhen (王士ç):1917–1918; 3rd time
- Duan Zhigui (段èŠè²´):1918–1919; 1st time
- Jin Yunpeng (é³é›²éµ¬):1919–1921; 1st time
- Cai Chengxun (蔡æˆå‹›):1921; 1st time
- Bao Guiqing (鮑貴å¿):1921–1922; 1st time
- Wu Peifu (å³ä½©åš):1922; 1st time
- Zhang Shaozeng (張紹增):1922–1923; 1st time
- Wang Tan (王å¦):1923; 1st time
- Jin Shaozeng (金紹曾):1923–1924; 2nd time
- Lu Jin (陸錦):1924; 1st time
- Li Shucheng (æŽæ›¸åŸŽ):1924; 1st time
- Wu Guangxin (å³å…‰æ–°):1924–1925; 1st time
- Jia Deyao (賈德耀):1925–1926; 1st time
- Zhang Jinghui (å¼µæ™¯æƒ ):1926–1927; 1st time
- He Fenglin (何è±æž—):1927–1928; 1st time
1. æ·ä»£è»æ”¿éƒ¨é•·ï¼š
- Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥):1928–1929; Kuomintang
- Lu Zhonglin (鹿é¾éºŸ):1929; Kuomintang
- Chen Yi (陳儀):1929; Kuomintang
- Lu Zhonglin (鹿é¾éºŸ):1929; Kuomintang
- Zhu Shouguang (朱綬光):1929–1930; Kuomintang
- He Yingqin (何應欽):1930–1944; Kuomintang
- Chen Cheng (é™³èª ):1944–1946; Kuomintang
2. æ·ä»£æµ·è»ç¸½é•·ï¼š
- Liu Guanxiong (åŠ‰å† é›„):1912–1916; 1st time
- Cheng Biguang (程璧光):1916–1917; 1st time
- Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰):1917; 1st time
- Liu Guanxiong (åŠ‰å† é›„):1917–1919; 2nd time
- Sa Zhenbing (薩鎮冰):1919–1921; 2nd time
- Li Dingxin (æŽé¼Žæ–°):1921–1924; 2nd time
- Du Xigui (æœéšåœ):1924; 1st time
- Lin Jianzhang (æž—å»ºç« ):1924–1925; 1st time
- Du Xigui (æœéšåœ):1925–1927; 2nd time
2. æ·ä»£æµ·è»éƒ¨é•·ï¼š
- Yang Shuzhuang (楊樹莊):1929–1932; Kuomintang
- Chen Shaokuan (陳紹寬):1932–1938; Kuomintang
3. æ·ä»£åƒè¬€ç¸½é•·ï¼š
- Huang Xing (黄興):1912; 1st time
- Xu Shaozhen(å¾ç´¹æ¥¨):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ç):1916–1917; 1st time
- Yin Chang (è”昌):1917–1919; 1st time
- Zhang Huaizhi (張懷èŠ):1919–1924; 1st time
- Li Liejun (æŽçƒˆéˆž):1924–1925; 1st time
- Yang Sen (楊森):1925–1926; 1st time
- Liu Ruxian (劉æ±è³¢):1926; 1st time
- Liu Xiang (劉湘):1926–1927; 1st time
3. æ·ä»£åƒè¬€ç¸½é•·ï¼š
- Li Jishen (æŽæ¿Ÿæ·±):1928–1929; Kuomintang
- He Yingqin (何應欽):1929; Kuomintang
- Zhu Peide (朱培德):1929–1932; Kuomintang
- Chiang Kai-shek (蔣ä¸æ£):1932–1935; Kuomintang
- Cheng Qian (程潛):1935–1938; Kuomintang
- Xu Yongchang (å¾æ°¸æ˜Œ):1938–1946; Kuomintang
4. æ·ä»£è¨“練總監部長:
- He Yingqin (何應欽):1928–1931; Kuomintang
- Li Jishen (æŽæ¿Ÿæ·±):1931–1933; Kuomintang
- Zhu Peide (朱培德):1933–1934; Kuomintang
- Tang Shengzhi (å”生智):1934–1938; Kuomintang
- Bai Chongxi (白崇禧):1938–1946; Kuomintang
4. æ·ä»£è»äº‹åƒè°é™¢é•·ï¼š
- Li Zongren (æŽå®—ä»):1928–1929; Kuomintang
- Tang Shengzhi (å”生智):1929–1931; Kuomintang
- Zhang Jinghui (å¼µæ™¯æƒ ):1931; Kuomintang
- Zhang Yipeng (張翼鵬):1931–1934; Kuomintang
- Chen Tiaoyuan (陳調元):1934–1943; Kuomintang
- Li Jishen (æŽæ¿Ÿæ·±):1943–1945; Kuomintang
- Long Yun (é¾é›²):1945–1946; Kuomintang
List of Ministers of National Defence and Chiefs of the General Staff


1. Minister of National Defense (æ·ä»£åœ‹é˜²éƒ¨é•·):
- Bai Chongxi (白崇禧) 1946–1948; Kuomintang
- He Yingqin (何應欽): 1948; Kuomintang
- Xu Yongchang (å¾æ°¸æ˜Œ): 1948–1949; Kuomintang
- He Yingqin (何應欽): 1949; Kuomintang
- Yan Xishan (閻錫山): 1949–1950; Kuomintang
- Gu Zhutong (顧ç¥åŒ): 1950; Kuomintang
- Yu Ta-wei (俞大ç¶): 1950–1951; Independent
- Kuo Chi-chiao (éƒå¯„å¶ ): 1951–1954; Kuomintang
- Yu Ta-wei (俞大ç¶): 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éå…ƒ): 1973–1981; Kuomintang
- Sung Chang-chih (宋長志): 1981–1986; Kuomintang
- Wang Daoyuan (汪é“æ·µ): 1986–1987; Kuomintang
- Cheng Wei-yuan (é„為元): 1987–1989; Kuomintang
- Hau Pei-tsun (éƒæŸæ‘): 1989–1990; Kuomintang
- Chen Li-an (陳履安): 1990–1993; Kuomintang
- Sun Chen (å«éœ‡): 1993–1994; Kuomintang
- Chiang Chung-ling (蔣仲苓): 1994–1999; Kuomintang
- Tang Fei (å”飛): 1999–2000; Kuomintang
- Wu Shih-wen (ä¼ä¸–æ–‡): 2000–2002; Kuomintang
- Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明): 2002–2004; Independent
- Lee Jye (æŽå‚‘): 2004–2007; Independent
- Lee Tien-yu (æŽå¤©ç¾½): 2007–2008; Kuomintang
- Tsai Ming-hsien (蔡明憲): 2008; Democratic Progressive Party
- Chen Chao-min (陳肇æ•): 2008–2009; Kuomintang
- Kao Hua-chu (高è¯æŸ±): 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 (æ·ä»£åƒè¬€ç¸½é•·):


- Chen Cheng (é™³èª ), Army: 1946–1948
- Gu Zhutong (顧ç¥åŒ), Army: 1948–1950
- Zhou Zhi-rou (周至柔), Air Force: 1950–1954
- Gui Yong-qing (桂永清), Navy: 1954
- Peng Meng-ji (å½åŸç·), Army: 1954–1957
- Wang Shu-ming (王å”銘), Air Force: 1957–1959
- Peng Meng-ji (å½åŸç·), Army: 1959–1965
- Li Yu-xi (黎玉璽), Navy: 1965–1967
- Gao Kui-yuan (高éå…ƒ), Army: 1967–1970
- Lai Ming-tang (è³´å湯), Air Force: 1970–1976
- Song Chang-chih (宋長志), Navy: 1976–1981
- Hau Pei-tsun (éƒæŸæ‘), 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 (å”飛), Air Force: 1998–1999
- Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明), Army: 1999–2002
- Lee Jye (æŽå‚‘), Navy: 2002–2004
- Lee Tien-yu (æŽå¤©ç¾½), Air Force: 2004–2007
- Huo Shou-ye (éœå®ˆæ¥), 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.
See also
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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