Vice President of the Republic of China

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political office vice presidential office

The Vice President of the Republic of China is the second-highest executive official in Taiwan’s government, assisting the president and constitutionally designated to succeed them if the office becomes vacant.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Vice President of the Republic of China canonical	12
Chen Chien-jen as Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)	1
Vice President of Taiwan	1
Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)	1
中華民國副總統	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1498754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vice President of the Republic of China
Context triple: [President of the Republic of China, hasDeputy, Vice President of the Republic of China]

A. Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China
The Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China was a former high-ranking state leadership position that served as a deputy to the Chairman (head of state) in the early decades of the PRC.
B. Premier of the Republic of China
The Premier of the Republic of China is the head of government of the ROC, responsible for leading the Executive Yuan and overseeing the administration of national affairs.
C. President of the Republic of China
The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of Taiwan, serving as the highest-ranking official in its government.
D. Director-General of the Kuomintang
The Director-General of the Kuomintang is the top leadership position of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) party, historically associated with centralized authority over party policy, organization, and strategy.
E. Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
The Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is a senior government leader who assists the Premier in overseeing national policy implementation and managing key areas of the country's executive administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vice President of the Republic of China
Target entity description: The Vice President of the Republic of China is the second-highest executive official in Taiwan’s government, assisting the president and constitutionally designated to succeed them if the office becomes vacant.

A. Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China
The Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China was a former high-ranking state leadership position that served as a deputy to the Chairman (head of state) in the early decades of the PRC.
B. Premier of the Republic of China
The Premier of the Republic of China is the head of government of the ROC, responsible for leading the Executive Yuan and overseeing the administration of national affairs.
C. President of the Republic of China
The President of the Republic of China is the head of state and commander-in-chief of Taiwan, serving as the highest-ranking official in its government.
D. Director-General of the Kuomintang
The Director-General of the Kuomintang is the top leadership position of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) party, historically associated with centralized authority over party policy, organization, and strategy.
E. Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
The Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is a senior government leader who assists the Premier in overseeing national policy implementation and managing key areas of the country's executive administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political office ⓘ vice presidential office ⓘ
actsAsWhen	when the office of president is vacant until a new president is elected ⓘ when the president is unable to perform duties ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Vice President of Taiwan
appointedBy	popular vote ⓘ
associatedWith	Presidential Office Building, Taipei ⓘ
canActAs	Acting President of the Republic of China ⓘ
constitutionalRole	assists the President of the Republic of China ⓘ succeeds the president if the office of president becomes vacant ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
countryAdministered	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
electionProcess	elected on the same ticket as the President of the Republic of China ⓘ
firstOfficeholder	Li Zongren ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
flagCaption	Standard of the President of the Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Standard of the Vice President of the Republic of China
formationDate	1948 ⓘ
governmentBranch	Executive Yuan ⓘ
jurisdiction	territories under effective control of the Republic of China ⓘ
locatedIn	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
memberOf	National Security Council of the Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Central National Security Council of the Republic of China National Security Council of the Republic of China ⓘ
nativeName	Vice President of the Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 中華民國副總統
nativeNameLanguage	zh ⓘ
nominator	political parties in the Republic of China ⓘ
oathRequired	oath of office prescribed by the Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
officeHoldersEligible	citizens of the Republic of China aged at least 40 ⓘ natural-born citizens of the Republic of China ⓘ
officeHoldersIneligible	persons who have served two terms as President of the Republic of China ⓘ persons who have served two terms as Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
officeType	national-level executive office ⓘ
partOf	Government of Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Government of the Republic of China
positionInGovernment	second-highest executive official of the Republic of China ⓘ
relatedOffice	Control Yuan ⓘ Examination Yuan ⓘ Judicial Yuan ⓘ Legislative Yuan ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ President of the Republic of China ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the Republic of China ⓘ
residence	Official Residence of the Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
seat	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Taipei
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
successionOrder	first in the presidential line of succession in the Republic of China ⓘ
symbol	Emblem of the Republic of China ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termRenewable	renewable once ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the Republic of China → hasDeputy → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Chen Cheng → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Li Zongren → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Li Yuanhong → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Vice President of the Republic of China → alsoKnownAs → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice President of Taiwan

Vice President of the Republic of China → nativeName → Vice President of the Republic of China self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 中華民國副總統

National Security Council of the Republic of China → hasMember → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Standard of the President of the Republic of China → associatedOffice → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Lee Teng-hui → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Lien Chan → heldPosition → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Lai Ching-te → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Lai Ching-te → precededBy → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chen Chien-jen as Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Zongren → positionHeld → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

subject surface form: Li Zongren

Office of the President of the Republic of China → housesOfficeOf → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

Wu Den-yih → heldPosition → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

LY → canImpeach → Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Yuan

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