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Jurisdiction
  
Taiwan (ROC)

Parent agency
  
Executive Yuan

Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)

Formed
  
1912 (as Ministry of War) 1946 (as MND)

Headquarters
  
Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Republic of China

Ministers responsible
  
Feng Shih-kuan, Minister Chen Yeong-kang, Deputy Minister (Policy) Army Gen. Cheng Te-mei, Deputy Minister (Armaments)

Website
  
www.mnd.gov.tw (Chinese) http://www.mnd.gov.tw/English/ (English)

The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China (MND; Chinese: 中華民國國防部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guófángbù) is a cabinet-level agency under the Executive Yuan of the Taiwan (ROC) responsible for all defense and military affairs. The MND is currently headed by Minister Feng Shih-kuan.

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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.

On 8 December 2014, the ministry moved out from its building from the previous one at Boai Building in 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. 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.

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.

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.

Budget

The current annual defense budget for Taiwan is NT$320 billion.

Military institutions

  • Armed Forces Reserve Command (後備指揮部)
  • Military Police Command (憲兵指揮部)

    • 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)

    • 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
  • National Defense Procurement Office (國防採購室)
  • National Defense Technology Division (after 1 January 2017)
  • 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
  • Informative and Electronic Operations Command of the General Staff
  • Missile Command of the General Staff

    • List of Ministers of War

    1. 歷代陸軍總長：

  • Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1912–1915; 1st time
  • Zhou Ziqi (周自齊)：1913–1914; 1st time
  • Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1914–1916; 1st time
  • Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1916–1917; 2nd time
  • Zhang Shiyu (張士鈺)：1917; 1st time
  • Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917; 2nd time
  • Duan Qirui (段祺瑞)：1917; 3rd time
  • Wang Shizhen (王士珍)：1917–1918; 3rd time
  • Duan Zhigui (段芝貴)：1918–1919; 1st time
  • Jin Yunpeng (靳雲鵬)：1919–1921; 1st time
  • Cai Chengxun (蔡成勛)：1921; 1st time
  • Bao Guiqing (鮑貴卿)：1921–1922; 1st time
  • Wu Peifu (吳佩孚)：1922; 1st time
  • Zhang Shaozeng (張紹增)：1922–1923; 1st time
  • Wang Tan (王坦)：1923; 1st time
  • Jin Shaozeng (金紹曾)：1923–1924; 2nd time
  • Lu Jin (陸錦)：1924; 1st time
  • Li Shucheng (李書城)：1924; 1st time
  • Wu Guangxin (吳光新)：1924–1925; 1st time
  • Jia Deyao (賈德耀)：1925–1926; 1st time
  • Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1926–1927; 1st time
  • He Fenglin (何豐林)：1927–1928; 1st time

    • 1. 歷代軍政部長：

  • Feng Yuxiang (馮玉祥)：1928–1929; Kuomintang
  • Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929; Kuomintang
  • Chen Yi (陳儀)：1929; Kuomintang
  • Lu Zhonglin (鹿鍾麟)：1929; Kuomintang
  • Zhu Shouguang (朱綬光)：1929–1930; Kuomintang
  • He Yingqin (何應欽)：1930–1944; Kuomintang
  • Chen Cheng (陳誠)：1944–1946; Kuomintang

    • 2. 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

    • 2. 歷代海軍部長：

  • Yang Shuzhuang (楊樹莊)：1929–1932; Kuomintang
  • Chen Shaokuan (陳紹寬)：1932–1938; Kuomintang

    • 3. 歷代參謀總長：

  • Huang Xing (黄興)：1912; 1st time
  • Xu Shaozhen(徐紹楨)：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 (王士珍)：1916–1917; 1st time
  • Yin Chang (蔭昌)：1917–1919; 1st time
  • Zhang Huaizhi (張懷芝)：1919–1924; 1st time
  • Li Liejun (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

    • 3. 歷代參謀總長：

  • Li Jishen (李濟深)：1928–1929; Kuomintang
  • He Yingqin (何應欽)：1929; Kuomintang
  • Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1929–1932; Kuomintang
  • Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正)：1932–1935; Kuomintang
  • Cheng Qian (程潛)：1935–1938; Kuomintang
  • Xu Yongchang (徐永昌)：1938–1946; Kuomintang

    • 4. 歷代訓練總監部長：

  • He Yingqin (何應欽)：1928–1931; Kuomintang
  • Li Jishen (李濟深)：1931–1933; Kuomintang
  • Zhu Peide (朱培德)：1933–1934; Kuomintang
  • Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1934–1938; Kuomintang
  • Bai Chongxi (白崇禧)：1938–1946; Kuomintang

    • 4. 歷代軍事參議院長：

  • Li Zongren (李宗仁)：1928–1929; Kuomintang
  • Tang Shengzhi (唐生智)：1929–1931; Kuomintang
  • Zhang Jinghui (張景惠)：1931; Kuomintang
  • Zhang Yipeng (張翼鵬)：1931–1934; Kuomintang
  • Chen Tiaoyuan (陳調元)：1934–1943; Kuomintang
  • Li Jishen (李濟深)：1943–1945; Kuomintang
  • Long Yun (龍雲)：1945–1946; Kuomintang

    • List of Ministers of National Defence and Chiefs of the General Staff

    Political Party:   Kuomintang   Non-partisan   Democratic Progressive Party
    Service branch:   Army   Navy   Air Force   Civilian

    Ministers of National Defense

    For ministers that retired from the Armed Forces to serve, the Service column denotes their military branch before retirement.

    References

    Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) Wikipedia
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