Events from the year 2019 in Taiwan,

Republic of China 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 northeast ...

. This year is numbered Minguo 108 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Chen Chien-jen Chen Chien-jen (, born 6 June 1951) is a Taiwanese epidemiologist who served as the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2020. He joined the Chen Shui-bian presidential administration in 2003 as leader of the Departmen ...

Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

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William Lai William Lai Ching-te (; born 6 October 1959) is a Taiwanese politician who has been the Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2020. He served as a legislator in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2010, and as Mayor of Tainan from ...

(until 13 January) **

Su Tseng-chang Hope Su Tseng-chang (; born 28 July 1947) is a Taiwanese politician serving as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2019, and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 ...

(from 14 January) * Vice Premier: **

Shih Jun-ji Shih Jun-ji (; born 10 August 1955) is a Taiwanese economist. He served as the second chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission from 2006 to 2007 after Kong Jaw-sheng was removed from office. Shih served concurrently as Governor of Taiwa ...

(until 13 January) **

Chen Chi-mai Chen Chi-mai (; born December 23, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician and the current Mayor of Kaoshiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research ...

(from 14 January)

Events

January

* 25 January – The merger of

Minkuotang The Minkuotang (MKT), also known as the Republican Party, was a political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The party was established on 13 March 2015 by former Kuomintang legislative representative Hsu Hsin-ying, with the founding ass ...

into

Congress Party Alliance The Congress Party Alliance (CPA; ) is a political party in Taiwan. The party was established on 18 October 2018 during its inaugural meeting in Taipei City. The Central Party Department is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei City. The CP ...

. * 27 January – First two of six 2019 Taiwanese by-elections held.

March

* 16 March – Remaining four of six 2019 Taiwanese by-elections held.

April

* 13 April – The official opening of

Taikang Cultural Center The Taikang Cultural Center or Taijiang Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Annan District, Tainan, Taiwan. History In 2004, the Taikang Culture Promotion Society asked for a building of Taikang Cultural Park which was located on a publi ...

Annan District Annan District () is a coastal district located in the west of Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Anshun was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. In 1946, the townsh ...

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

. * 18 April –

2019 Hualien earthquake The 2019 Hualien earthquake () struck Hualien County, Taiwan with a moment magnitude of 6.1 on 18 April at 13:01 local time (05:01 UTC). Geography A 6.1 earthquake hit Taiwan which caused damage to weak buildings and roads in Taipei and other dis ...

* 24 April – The inauguration of

National Academy of Marine Research The National Academy of Marine Research (NAMR; ) a research institute of Taiwan dealing with ocean-related policy planning, research and marine industries development. History The research institute was inaugurated by Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai ...

Cianjhen District Cianjhen District () is a district in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It covers an area of and is subdivided into 59 villiages. The District has a population is 180,828, as of May 2022. It is the fifth-most populated district in Kaohsiung, with a popul ...

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

May

* 12 May – The opening of Tainan City Zuojhen Fossil Park in

Zuozhen District Zuojhen District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a rural district of about 4,410 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Zuojhen was organi ...

July

* 1 July – The closing of

Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum The Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum () was a museum of puppet theatre in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. It aimed to preserve and promote traditional Asian puppet culture and to foster interaction between local and international puppet tro ...

Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

. * 15 July – The opening of Jiahou Line Bikeway in

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

August

* 6 August – Founding of the

Taiwan People's Party The Taiwan People's Party is a political party in Taiwan, formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je, who serves as its first and current chairman. Application process The party was proposed in August 2019 by Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je ...

. * 18 August – Founding of the

Taiwan Action Party Alliance The Taiwan Action Party Alliance (TAPA; ) was a political party in Taiwan established on 18 August 2019 and dissolved on 19 January 2020. Founding In July 2019, Chen Shui-bian stated on Facebook that he was "pleased to see the birth of a new polit ...

September

* 16–22 September –

2019 OEC Kaohsiung The 2019 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 16 and 22 September 2019. S ...

* 16 September – The Republic of China terminated diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands. * 20 September – The Republic of China terminated diplomatic relations with Kiribati.

October

* 1 October – The collapse of

Nanfang'ao Bridge The Nanfang'ao Bridge () was a bridge in Nanfang'ao Fishing Port, Su'ao Township, Yilan County, Taiwan. It was the only steel single-arch bridge in Taiwan and was maintained by Taiwan International Ports Corporation. Construction began in 1996 ...

Su'ao Su'ao Township (), alternately romanized as Su-ao, is located in southern Yilan County, Taiwan, is an urban township that is famous for its seafood restaurants and cold springs. It is a terminus of National Highway No. 5, the Su'ao-Hualien ...

, Yilan County. *14–20 October –

2019 Asian Baseball Championship The 29th 2019 Asian Baseball Championship was the international baseball competition for Asian men's national teams. It was held in Taichung and Yunlin, Taiwan, on October 14 to 20, 2019. Chinese Taipei and China, the top two finishers, excluding ...

November

* 30 November – The closing of

Core Pacific City Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. History The shopping mall was built in 2001. During the mall's development and construction, it was touted as the world's first tru ...

in Songshan, Taipei.

December

*31 December – The Anti-infiltration Act passes third legislative reading.

Deaths

*8 January – Huang Chin-tao, 93, Taiwanese World War II veteran (

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...

) and resistance fighter (

27 Brigade 27 Brigade () was a guerrilla force formed in Taichung, Taiwan, shortly after the outbreak of February 28 Incident. It was organized by Hsieh Hsueh-hung, a leading figure of Taiwanese Communist Party during the Japanese Administration Era, and wa ...

). *21 January – , 36, Taiwanese mountaineer. *23 January – Lin Ching-hsuan, 65, Taiwanese writer, heart attack. *9 February – Huang Erh-hsuan, 82, Taiwanese politician,

MLY A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

(1993–2002). * 14 February –

Kao Chun-ming Kao Chun-ming (; 6 June 1929 in Tainan – 14 February 2019) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT). He graduated from Tainan Theological College and Seminary, and then studied at Selly Oak Colleges in England. He was the Gene ...

, 89, Taiwanese Presbyterian minister and activist. * 6 March –

Mai Chao-cheng Mai Chao-cheng (; 1941/1942 – 6 March 2019) was a Taiwanese economist. He was a distinguished professor of Tamkang University and served as an advisor to President Chen Shui-bian. He was elected an academician of Academia Sinica in 1994. Bio ...

, 77, Taiwanese economist, member of

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

. * 15 March –

Luo Jye Luo Jye (; 1925 – 15 March 2019) was a Taiwanese billionaire, founder of Cheng Shin Rubber, the world's ninth largest tire manufacturer. At the time of his death, he was the sixth richest person in Taiwan. Early life Luo Jye was born in 1925 ...

, 95, Taiwanese billionaire businessman, founder of

Cheng Shin Rubber Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. () is a Taiwanese and the ninth largest tire company in the world. Established in 1967, in Yuanlin City, Changhua County, Taiwan, by Luo Jye Luo Jye (; 1925 – 15 March 2019) was a Taiwanese billionaire, found ...

. * 23 March –

Lee Shi-chi Lee Shi-chi (; 1938–2019) was a Taiwanese artist. Life Lee Shi-chi was born in Kinmen in 1938. His early years were marked by war and death, and he later described his childhood as a lottery. The Battle of Guningtou took place when he was in f ...

, 81, Taiwanese artist. * 26 March – , 75, Taiwanese politician, throat cancer. * 5 May –

Shih Chi-yang Shih Chi-yang ( ; 5 May 1935 – 5 May 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and convener of the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Committee, which was established in 1988, and beca ...

, 84, Taiwanese politician,

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

(1984–1988), Vice Premier (1988–1993) and President of the

Judicial Yuan The Judicial Yuan () is the judicial branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.''See'' Constitution arts. 77-82, ''available at'' ''See'' Additional Articles of the Constitution art. 5, ''available at'' It runs a Constitution ...

(1994–1999), multiple organ failure. * 13 May – Lo Tung-bin, 92, Taiwanese biochemist. * 23 May –

Ping Hsin-tao Ping Hsin-tao or Ping Xintao (; 1927 – 23 May 2019) was a Taiwanese publisher and producer. He founded ''Crown Magazine'' and Crown Publishing in 1954, which launched the careers of Chiung Yao and San Mao, two of Taiwan's most famous authors ...

, 92, Taiwanese translator, producer, and publisher. *9 June – Ma Ju-lung, 80, Taiwanese actor, (''

Cape No. 7 ''Cape No. 7'' (; ) is a 2008 Taiwanese romantic musical drama film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop ...

'', '' Monga'', '' Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale''), infection. *12 June –

Chang Liyi Chang Liyi (; 7 November 1929 – 12 June 2019), also known as Jack Chang, was a pilot in the Republic of China Air Force with the rank of major. A member of the CIA-trained Black Cat Squadron, he flew the American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft t ...

, 89, Taiwanese pilot ( ROCAF), heart attack. *26 July –

Hwung Hwung-hweng Hwung Hwung-hweng (; 10 November 1946 – 26 July 2019) was a Taiwanese hydraulic engineer, university president, and political administrator. Academic career Hwung was born in 1946. He received a bachelor's degree from National Cheng Kung Uni ...

, 72, Taiwanese hydraulic engineer, president of

National Cheng Kung University National Cheng Kung University (NCKU; ) is a public research university located in Tainan, Taiwan. The university is best known for engineering, computer science, medicine, and planning and design. As a top university in Taiwan, NCKU has played ...

(2011–2015), chairman of the

Aviation Safety Council The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB, ) is an independent government agency of the Republic of China responsible for major transportation accidents on aviation, railways, waterways, and highways in Taiwan. The council is headquartered in ...

(2015–2018), minister of the

Ocean Affairs Council The Ocean Affairs Council () is the official governing body in Taiwan (Republic of China) under the Executive Yuan in charge of the planning, coordination and implementation of marine-related policies. History The Organization Act of the Ocean ...

(2018–2019). * 16 August – Roland Peter Brown, 93, American physician based in Taiwan. * 4 September –

Tsem Tulku Rinpoche Tsem Tulku Rinpoche (24 October 1965 – 4 September 2019) was a recognised tulku of Kalmyk descent, an incarnate lama of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, and the founder and spiritual guide of Kechara House Buddhist Association with its hea ...

, 53, Taiwanese-born Malaysian Tibetan

tulku A ''tulku'' (, also ''tülku'', ''trulku'') is a reincarnate custodian of a specific lineage of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given empowerments and trained from a young age by students of his or her predecessor. High-profile examples ...

, liver failure. * 8 September – Roger Hsieh, 85, Taiwanese politician,

(1993–1999). * 16 September – , 49, Taiwanese voice actress ('' Crayon Shin-chan'', ''

Chibi Maruko-chan is a shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Momoko Sakura. The series depicts the simple, everyday life of Momoko Sakura, a young girl everyone calls ''Maruko'', and her family in suburban Japan in the year 1974. Maruko is a tro ...

''), multiple organ failure. * 10 October – Tsai Ying-wen, 67, Taiwanese political scientist. * 15 November – Olav Bjørgaas, 93, Norwegian physician ( Norwegian Mission Alliance) in Taiwan. * 18 November – Ching-Liang Lin, 88, Taiwanese physicist. * 24 November –

J. Bruce Jacobs Jeffrey Bruce Jacobs (19 September 1943 – 24 November 2019) was an American-born Australian orientalist who specialized in Taiwan studies. He taught at La Trobe University before joining the faculty at Monash University as professor of Asian ...

, 76, American-born Australian

Taiwan studies Taiwan studies, or Taiwanese studies, is a multi-disciplinary academic division of area studies (a part of East Asian studies) focused on studying Taiwan and the people on/in/of Taiwan both on its own and in comparison with other world areas. Academ ...

academic, cancer. * 25 November –

Chang Jen-hu Chang Jen-hu (), or J. H. Chang (18 March 1927 – 25 November 2019) was a Taiwanese educator, geographer specialized in ancient climate change, and the agricultural development of mainland China and Taiwan. Chang was the chairman of the board of ...

, 92, Taiwanese geographer. * 27 November –

Godfrey Gao Godfrey Gao (; 22 September 1984 – 27 November 2019) was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor. Described as Asia's first male supermodel, Gao was the first male Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. As an actor, he was known f ...

, 35, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor ('' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'', ''

Love is a Broadway Hit ''Love is a Broadway Hit'' () is a Chinese romantic comedy film written and directed by Peter Lee. Plot A new musical and dance show named Mulan is going to release on Broadway. A rivalry soon forms for the leading role between a newly graduate ...

'', ''

Legend of the Ancient Sword ''Legend of the Ancient Sword'' ( zh, 古剑奇谭之流月昭明) is a Chinese fantasy-adventure-action film directed by Renny Harlin and based on the video game '' Gu Jian Qi Tan 2''. The film was released worldwide on October 1, 2018. Plot Due ...

''), heart attack. *17 December – , 84, Taiwanese nativist writer.

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