President of the Judicial Yuan

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The President of the Judicial Yuan is the head of Taiwan’s highest judicial organ, overseeing the nation’s court system and constitutional interpretation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position
judicial office
public office
alsoHoldsOffice Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Taiwan
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
appointedBy President of the Republic of China
appointedOnRecommendationOf Judicial personnel review mechanisms
branchOfGovernment judicial branch
constitutingInstrument Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitution of the Republic of China
country Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan
guarantees judicial independence in Taiwan
hasPower assign judges to courts
propose judicial legislation to the Executive Yuan
submit judicial budget to the Legislative Yuan
headOf Judicial Yuan
inception 1948
jurisdictionIncludes Constitutional Court
administrative courts
ordinary courts
locatedIn Taipei, Taiwan
surface form: Taipei
memberOf Council of Grand Justices
nativeName 司法院院長
nativeNameLanguage zh
officeHolderAsOf2024 Hsu Tzong-li
officeHolderHsuTzongLiStart 2016
officeHousedIn Judicial Yuan headquarters
oversees Constitutional Court of Taiwan
court system of Taiwan
partOf Judicial Yuan
five-branch government system of the Republic of China
precededBy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Taiwan)
surface form: Chief of the Judicial Yuan (pre-constitutional period)
relatedPosition President of the Control Yuan
President of the Examination Yuan
President of the Executive Yuan (acting)
surface form: President of the Executive Yuan

President of the Legislative Yuan
Vice President of the Judicial Yuan
reportsTo none (independent branch)
requiresApprovalBy Legislative Yuan
responsibleFor administration of courts in Taiwan
budget planning for the judiciary
judicial discipline
judicial policy in Taiwan
judicial reform initiatives
supervision of judges
style President
termLength 8 years
termRenewable no

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Judicial Yuan hasPosition President of the Judicial Yuan
Vice President of the Judicial Yuan assists President of the Judicial Yuan
Constitutional Court headOfCourtTitle President of the Judicial Yuan
subject surface form: Constitutional Court (Taiwan)
this entity surface form: President of the Judicial Yuan and President of the Constitutional Court
Grand Justices includesPosition President of the Judicial Yuan