The National Security Council (NSC; ) is an organ of the Republic of China (

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) directly under the chairmanship of the

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to advise on issues related to national security. Members of the NSC also consist of the

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, the

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, the heads of key ministries, the Chief of the General Staff, the NSC Secretary-General and the Director-General of the National Security Bureau.

History

During the fourth meeting of the first session of the

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in March 1966 in

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, the temporary provision effective during the

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was revised. The fourth clause of this amendment authorized the

to establish organs for mobilization to suppress the rebellion of the

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, determine policies related to the period of mobilization and deal with

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politics. President Chiang Kai-shek ordered Huang Shao-ku,

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and

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to organize a small preparatory committee to establish a National Security Council and to draft an organizational program. In February 1967, President Chiang promulgated an organizational outline for a National Security Council during the mobilization period. Huang Shao-ku was chosen to be the first secretary general and

was placed in charge of the key works. This marked the establishment of the NSC.

Membership

Secretaries-General

National Defense Council

* (20 February 1951 – 26 May 1954) * (July 1954 – August 1957) *

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(August 1957 – June 1959) *

Gu Zhutong Gu Zhutong ( zh, s=顾祝同, t=顧祝同, first=t, p=Gù Zhùtóng, w=Ku4 Chu4-t‘ung2; January 9, 1893 – January 17, 1987), courtesy name Mosan (墨三), also rendered as Ku Chu-tung, was a military general and administrator of the Republic ...

(29 June 1959 – 1 February 1967)

National Security Council

* Huang Shao-ku (1 February 1967 – 20 June 1979) *

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(1 September 1994 – 31 January 1999) * (1 February 1999 – 20 May 2000) * Chuang Ming-yao (20 May 2000 – 16 August 2001) * (16 August 2001 – 7 March 2002) *

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(7 March 2002 – 5 February 2003) *

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(20 May 2008 – 23 February 2010) * Hu Wei-jen (23 February 2010 – 25 September 2012) * Jason Yuan (26 September 2012 – 24 March 2014) *

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(25 March 2014 – 12 February 2015) * Kao Hua-chu (12 February 2015 – 20 May 2016) *

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