The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; ) is the ministry of the Republic of China (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

) responsible for all defense and

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affairs of Taiwan. The MND is headed by Minister

Chiu Kuo-cheng Chiu Kuo-cheng (; born 12 April 1953) is a Taiwanese politician and retired general of the Republic of China Army. He is the current Minister of National Defense. He was the Director-General of the National Security Bureau from 24 July 2019 to 22 ...

History

The MND was originally established as Ministry of War in 1912 at the creation of the Republic of China. It established a military occupation operation center in Taipei, Formosa in November 1945, following the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Douglas MacArthur's September 2, 1945 General Order No. 1, for the surrender of Japanese troops and auxiliary forces in Formosa and the Pescadores to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It was changed to the Ministry of National Defense in 1946. Military operation activities in Formosa and the Pescadores were expanded after Japan renounced its title, right, and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores based on the April 28, 1952 Treaty of Peace with Japan. The Law of National Defense and the Organic Law of the ministry were officially promulgated for implementation on 1 March 2002. On 8 December 2014, the ministry moved out from its building from the previous one at Boai Building in

Zhongzheng District Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the ...

to the current one in Dazhi area at Zhongshan District, where it houses the Air Force Command Headquarters, Navy Command Headquarters and

Heng Shan Military Command Center Heng Shan Military Command Center () is an underground tri-service command center in Dazhi, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the highest level military command center in Taiwan during peace and war. History The construction of the comman ...

. 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. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on 27 December 2014.

Headquarters

Ministry of National Defence Dazhi New Site Front View 20120930

The headquarters of the military was originally in eastern

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near Ming Palace. Today it is located in Dazhi area of Zhongshan District in

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. 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. The security features of the building include 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

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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

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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.

Budget

In 2016 the annual defense budget for Taiwan was NT$320 billion. In 2021 the Ministry of National Defense began directly funding defense related research at civilian universities. NT$5 billion (US$147 million) were allocated for the first five years of the program with an initial focus on information security and robotics, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and quantum computing. Previously funding had been allocated through intermediaries with most going to military affiliated research organizations like

National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST; ) is a Taiwanese state owned corporation, formerly part of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense's Armaments Bureau, which is active in the development, manufactur ...

(NCSIST).

Organizational structure

ROC-MND Armed Forces Reserve Command 20160816

ROC-MND National Defense Procurement Office 20131118

Headquarter departments

* Department of Strategic Planning (戰略規劃司) * Department of Resources Planning (資源規劃司) * Department of Military Justice (法律事務司) * Department of Integrated Assessment (整合評估司) * Office of the Inspector General (總督察長室) * National Defense Procurement Office (國防採購室) * Administration Office (政務辦公室) * Personnel Office (人事室) * Ethics Office (政風室) * Accounting Office (主計室)

Secondary or Affiliated authorities

Political Warfare Bureau The Political Warfare Bureau (GPWB; ) is the affiliated authority of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that is responsible for all the political warfare affairs of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Hi ...

Armaments Bureau The Armaments Bureau () is the affiliated authority of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China. History With the National Defense Law and revised Organization Law of the Ministry of National Defense went into effect on 1 Ma ...

Comptroller Bureau A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level execut ...

(主計局) *

Medical Affairs Bureau The Medical Affairs Bureau (MAB; ) is the affiliated authority of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China aimed to establish a streamlined and high quality military medical corps that provides armed forces with medical services ...

All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency The All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency () is the reserve mobilization agency of Taiwan. History In May 2021 the Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Le ...

General Staff Headquarters

* Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Personnel (人事參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence (情報參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Operations and Planning (作戰及計畫參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Logistics (後勤參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Communications, Electronics and Information (通信電子資訊參謀次長室) * Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Training (訓練參謀次長室) * Communication Development Office (電訊發展室) * Military Intelligence Bureau (軍事情報局)

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)

Military institutions

* Armed Forces Reserve Command (後備指揮部) *

Military Police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear rec ...

Command (憲兵指揮部) * Information, Communications and Electronic Force Command (資通電軍指揮部)

Affiliated Research Institute

(國家中山科學研究院) *

Institute for National Defense and Security Research The Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) is a Taiwanese think tank based in Taipei. The Institute’s mission is to safeguard Taiwan's democracy and prosperity by strengthening mutual understanding and advancing common inte ...

(國防安全研究院)

List of Ministers of War

1. Ministers of War during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (歷代陸軍總長)： *

Duan Qirui Duan Qirui (; ) (March 6, 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese warlord and politician, a commander of the Beiyang Army and the acting Chief Executive of the Republic of China (in Beijing) from 1924 to 1926. He was also the Premier of the R ...

(段祺瑞)：1912–1915; 1st time * Zhou Ziqi (周自齊)：1913–1914 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1914–1916; 1st time *

(段祺瑞)：1916–1917; 2nd time * Zhang Shiyu (張士鈺)：1917 * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917; 2nd time *

(段祺瑞)：1917; 3rd time * Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917–1918; 3rd time *

Duan Zhigui Duan Zhigui (; 1869 – March 1925) was a Chinese general. Born in Hefei, Anhui, he attained the post of Heilongjiang governor in the late Qing dynasty and between 1912-13 was governor of Chahar and the military governor of Hubei between 1914 ...

(段芝貴)：1918–1919 * Jin Yunpeng (靳雲鵬)：1919–1921; 1st time * Cai Chengxun (蔡成勛)：1921 * Bao Guiqing (鮑貴卿)：1921–1922 *

Wu Peifu Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu (; April 22, 1874 – December 4, 1939) was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927. Early career Born in Shandong Province in eastern China, Wu initi ...

(吳佩孚)：1922 * Zhang Shaozeng (張紹增)：1922–1923 * Wang Tan (王坦)：1923; 1st time * Jin Shaozeng (金紹曾)：1923–1924; 2nd time * Lu Jin (陸錦)：1924 * Li Shucheng (李書城)：1924 * Wu Guangxin (吳光新)：1924–1925 * Jia Deyao (賈德耀)：1925–1926; Anhui clique *

Zhang Jinghui Zhang Jinghui (Chang Ching-hui; ; Hepburn: ''Chō Keikei''); (1871 – 1 November 1959) was a Chinese general, warlord and politician during the Warlord era. He is noted for his role in the Japanese puppet regime of Manchukuo in which he serve ...

(張景惠)：1926–1927 * He Fenglin (何豐林)：1927–1928 2. Ministers of War during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代軍政部長)： *

Feng Yuxiang Feng Yuxiang (; ; 6 November 1882 – 1 September 1948), courtesy name Huanzhang (焕章), was a warlord and a leader of the Republic of China from Chaohu, Anhui. He served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1930. He wa ...

(馮玉祥)：1928–1929;

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* Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929;

Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...

(陳儀)：1929;

* Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929;

* Zhu Shouguang (朱綬光)：1929–1930;

He Yingqin He Yingqin, (; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Republic of China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. Early years A native of Guizhou, H ...

(何應欽)：1930–1944;

Chen Cheng Chen Cheng (; ; January 4, 1898 – March 5, 1965) was a Chinese political and military leader, and one of the main commanders of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. After moving ...

(陳誠)：1944–1946;

3. Ministers of the Navy during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (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 4. Ministers of the Navy during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代海軍部長)： * Yang Shuzhuang (楊樹莊)：1929–1932;

* Chen Shaokuan (陳紹寬)：1932–1938;

5. Chiefs of Staff during the Republic of China (1912-1928) (歷代參謀總長): *

Huang Xing Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (; 25 October 1874 – 31 October 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China. As one of the founders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Republic o ...

(黄興)：1912; 1st time * Xu Shaozhen(徐紹楨)：1912; 1st time *

Li Yuanhong Li Yuanhong (; courtesy name Songqing 宋卿) (October 19, 1864 – June 3, 1928) was a Chinese politician during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China. He was the president of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1917, and between 1922 ...

(黎元洪)：1912–1915; 1st time * Feng Guozhang (馮國璋)：1915–1916; 1st time *

(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 *

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(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 6. Chiefs of Staff during the National Government of the Republic of China (歷代參謀總長)： *

Li Jishen Li Jishen or Li Chi-shen (5 November 1885 – 9 October 1959) was a Chinese military officer and politician, general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (1949–1954 ...

(李濟深)：1928–1929;

(何應欽)：1929;

* Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1929–1932;

* Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正)：1932–1935;

Cheng Qian Cheng Qian (; 31 March 1882 – 5 April 1968) was a Chinese army officer and politician who held very important military and political positions in both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.Wolfgang Bartke, ''Who was Who in the ...

(程潛)：1935–1938;

(何應欽)：1938–1946;

7. Directors of Training (歷代訓練總監部長)： *

(何應欽)：1928–1931;

(李濟深)：1931–1933;

* Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1933–1934;

* Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1934–1938;

* Bai Chongxi (白崇禧)：1938–1946;

8. 歷代軍事參議院長： *

Li Zongren Li Zongren or Li Tsung-jen (; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969), courtesy name Telin (Te-lin; ), was a prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese C ...

(李宗仁)：1928–1929;

* Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1929–1931;

(張景惠)：1931;

* Zhang Yipeng (張翼鵬)：1931–1934;

* Chen Tiaoyuan (陳調元)：1934–1943;

(李濟深)：1943–1945;

* Long Yun (龍雲)：1945–1946;

Ministers of National Defense

Notes

References

External links

Official website of the Ministry of National Defense

Official website of the Ministry of National Defense
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