2017 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2017 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 106 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

• President – Tsai Ing-wen
• Vice President – Chen Chien-jen
• Premier – Lin Chuan, William Lai
• Vice Premier – Lin Hsi-yao, Shih Jun-ji

Events

Deaths

• 8 January – Chin Chin-sheng [zh], 69, Taiwanese politician, Secretary-General of People First Party, heart attack.
• 22 January – Chen Yu-mei, 50, Taiwanese politician, deputy minister of the OCAC (2013–14).
• 23 January – Leslie Koo, 62, Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement), fall.
• 24 January – Mike Hua [zh], 92, Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo).
• 9 February – Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer.
• 16 February – Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer.
• 8 March – Li Yuan-tsu, 93, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (1990–1996), kidney failure.
• 11 March – Tsui Hsiao-ping, 94, Taiwanese radio director.
• 26 March – Chen Uen, 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.
• 8 April – Pei Pu-yen, 96, Taiwanese literary scholar, brain tumor.
• 18 April – Li Yih-yuan, 85, Taiwanese anthropologist, complications of pneumonia.
• 20 April – Chen Lien-hua (陳蓮花), 93, Taiwanese comfort woman, intestinal infection.
• 22 April – Lee Chi-chun, 74, Taiwanese radio presenter.
• 25 April – Hsieh Chin-ting, 81, Taiwanese politician, Miaoli County Magistrate (1981–1989).
• 27 April – Lin Yi-han, 26, Taiwanese writer, suicide by hanging.
• 15 May – Chu Ke-liang, 70, Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin, David Loman, The Wonderful Wedding) and comedian, liver failure.
• 31 May – Jerry Martinson, 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.
• 10 June – Chi Po-lin, 52, Taiwanese film director (Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above), helicopter crash.
• 18 June – Shih Chun-jen, 93, Taiwanese neurosurgeon, Minister of the Department of Health (1986–1990), heart attack.
• 21 June – Chen Li-hung [zh], 52, Taiwanese political commentator, brain tumor.
• Jeffrey Ying (應天華), 63, Taiwanese aviator, first Taiwanese pilot to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane, plane crash.
• 18 July – Robert Wu [zh], 66, Taiwanese businessman, (Eslite Bookstore).
• 22 July – Daniel Ross [zh], 83, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest.
• 31 July – Liu Wen-hsiung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2008).
• 22 August – Matthew Kia Yen-wen, 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of Kiayi (1970–1974) and Hwalien (1974–1978).
• 22 September – Lee Yung-ping [zh], 70, Sarawak-born Taiwanese novelist, multiple organ failure.
• 27 September – Shen Che-tsai, 91, Taiwanese painter.
• 28 September – Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.
• 4 November – Cheng Ch'ing-wen, 85, Taiwanese writer.
• 16 November – Hsiao Teng-tzang, 83, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1973–1986), Minister of Justice (1988–1989).
• 19 November – Tai Chen-yao, 69, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1990–1996, 1999–2002), pancreatic cancer.
• 9 December – Ching Li, 72, Taiwanese actress.
• 14 December – Yu Kwang-chung, 89, Taiwanese poet.
• 22 December – Wang Panyuan, 109, Taiwanese painter, multiple organ failure.

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