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President of the Republic of China
The
President of the Republic of China
, commonly
President of Taiwan
, is the
head of state
of the
Republic of China
(ROC) and
commander-in-chief
of the
Republic of China Armed Forces
. The ROC was founded in 1912, to govern all of
China
; however, after the ROC lost control of
mainland China
, the government of the Republic of China relocated to
Taiwan
in the late 1940s. The existing office of President was created in 1948 under the
1947 Constitution of the Republic of China
. The first president under the constitution was
Chiang Kai-shek
.
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