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title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wenshan_District" title="Wenshan District">Wenshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chou_Hung-hsien" title="Chou Hung-hsien">Chou Hung-hsien</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Examination_Yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Examination Yuan">President</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Shu-hsiang" title="Hsu Shu-hsiang">Hsu 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validating the qualification of civil servants of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Government of the Republic of China">government of the Republic of China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>). It has a <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Examination_Yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Examination Yuan">president</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Examination_Yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of the Examination Yuan">vice president</a>, and seven to nine members, all of whom are nominated by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">president of the republic</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> for four-year terms according to <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Taiwan" title="Law of Taiwan">Republic of China laws</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizational_structure">Organizational structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organizational structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_composition">Members composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Members composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Examination Yuan consists of a council with a president, a vice president, and seven to nine members. The leaders and members are nominated by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">president of the republic</a> and approved by <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> for four-year terms. The most recent 14th Examination Yuan was nominated by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Lai_Ching-te" title="Lai Ching-te">Lai Ching-te</a> on May 31, 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and all nominations except one were later confirmed by <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> on December 17, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the 14th Yuan were inaugurated on December 20, 2024, and their terms will expired on August 31, 2028. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="350"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Examination_Yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Examination Yuan">President</a></th> <th width="350"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Examination_Yuan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of the Examination Yuan">Vice President</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chou_Hung-hsien" title="Chou Hung-hsien">Chou Hung-hsien</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Shu-hsiang" title="Hsu Shu-hsiang">Hsu Shu-hsiang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Members </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Six members (seven member were nominated but one member was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agencies">Agencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Examination Yuan has four main agencies:<sup id="cite_ref-org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Examination" title="Ministry of Examination">Ministry of Examination</a> (<span lang="zh-Hant">考選部</span>), which administers examinations for civil servants and contract personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-fold_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fold-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Service_(Taiwan)" title="Ministry of Civil Service (Taiwan)">Ministry of Civil Service</a> (<span lang="zh-Hant">銓敘部</span>), which oversees the pay, promotion, and retirement of civil servants.<sup id="cite_ref-fold_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fold-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_Protection_and_Training_Commission" title="Civil Service Protection and Training Commission">Civil Service Protection and Training Commission</a> (<span lang="zh-Hant">公務人員保障暨培訓委員會</span>), which is responsible for training and protecting the rights of civil servants.<sup id="cite_ref-doc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Public Service Pension Fund Supervisory Board (<span lang="zh-Hant">公務人員退休撫卹基金監理委員會</span>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offices_and_committees">Offices and committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Offices and committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Examination Yuan also includes twelve offices and three committees:<sup id="cite_ref-org_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Counselors</li> <li>Secretariat</li> <li>First Division</li> <li>Second Division</li> <li>Third Division</li> <li>Editing and Compilation Office</li> <li>Information Management Office</li> <li>Secretary Office</li> <li>Personnel Office</li> <li>Accounting Office</li> <li>Statistics Office</li> <li>Civil Service Ethics Office</li> <li>Petition and Appeals Committee</li> <li>Legal Affairs Committee</li> <li>Research and Development Committee</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constitutional_theory">Constitutional theory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Constitutional theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The concept of Examination Yuan is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Three_Principles_of_the_People" title="Three Principles of the People">Three Principles of the People</a> formulated by <a href="/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen" title="Sun Yat-sen">Sun Yat-sen</a>, which was enlightened by the old <a href="/wiki/Imperial_examination" title="Imperial examination">Imperial examination</a> system used in <a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">Imperial China</a>. It is one of the five government branches ("yuans") of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Government of the Republic of China">Government of the Republic of China</a>. Practically, it operates like a ministry of the Executive Yuan,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though its members may not be removed by the president or premier.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment_and_relocation_to_Taiwan">Establishment and relocation to Taiwan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Establishment and relocation to Taiwan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg/220px-Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg/330px-Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg/440px-Examination_Yuan_main_gate_20110603.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Examination Yuan building in <a href="/wiki/Wenshan_District" title="Wenshan District">Wenshan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the end of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Expedition" title="Northern Expedition">Northern Expedition</a> in 1928, the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_government" title="Nationalist government">Nationalist government</a> set up the preparatory office of the Examination Yuan in October 1928 in which the organic law was promulgated. In May 1929, the headquarters of the Examination Yuan was inaugurated at <a href="/wiki/Guan_Gong" class="mw-redirect" title="Guan Gong">Guan Gong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yue_Fei" title="Yue Fei">Yue Fei</a> Temple in <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>. In January 1930, the Examination Yuan and its subordinates Examination Committee and Ministry of Civil Service were formally established. In December 1937, the headquarters was temporarily relocated to <a href="/wiki/Chongqing" title="Chongqing">Chongqing</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>. After the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in 1945, the headquarters was moved back to Nanjing. </p><p>In January 1950, the headquarters were relocated temporarily to <a href="/wiki/Taipei_Confucius_Temple" title="Taipei Confucius Temple">Taipei Confucius Temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>. In December 1951, the headquarters were moved to <a href="/wiki/Muzha_District" title="Muzha District">Muzha District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. In March 1990, the Yuheng Building of the Yuan was inaugurated.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Democratization">Democratization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Democratization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the second revision of the <a href="/wiki/Additional_Articles_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China">Additional Articles of the Constitution</a> in 1992, confirmation powers of its members were transferred from the <a href="/wiki/Control_Yuan" title="Control Yuan">Control Yuan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a>, and articles related to its role as a governing body of <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> were abolished. In 2019, the Examination Yuan was reduced from 19 members to between 7 and 9, and terms were reduced from 6 years to 4 to coincide with presidential and legislative elections.<sup id="cite_ref-2020amend_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020amend-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been calls to abolish the Examination Yuan (and the <a href="/wiki/Control_Yuan" title="Control Yuan">Control Yuan</a>) by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a> (DPP), the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party" title="Taiwan People's Party">Taiwan People's Party</a> (TPP) and <a href="/wiki/New_Power_Party" title="New Power Party">New Power Party</a> (NPP).<sup id="cite_ref-Tsai_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tsai-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lens_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lens-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TPP-NPP_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TPP-NPP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TPP caucus whip Lai Hsiang-ling stated that members of the Examination Yuan hold "<a href="/wiki/Fat_cat_(term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fat cat (term)">fat-cat</a> patronage appointments", whereby they earn outside income on top of their usual salary, including by teaching at universities in mainland China.<sup id="cite_ref-TPP-NPP_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TPP-NPP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the functions of the Examination Yuan are seen as overlapping with those of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Yuan" title="Executive Yuan">Executive Yuan</a>, and an online poll showed about half of respondents supported its abolishment.<sup id="cite_ref-lens_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lens-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen" title="Tsai Ing-wen">Tsai Ing-wen</a> called for the two Yuans to be abolished at the DPP national congress in 2020;<sup id="cite_ref-Tsai_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tsai-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> responded by saying that it was an effort to distract from the DPP's poor leadership, but did not provide their stance on the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-Tsai_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tsai-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A constitutional amendment committee was formed in September of 2020 to draft proposals for the abolition of the Examination Yuan.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms">Terms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Appointments of the leaders and members of the Examination Yuan were carried out with <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">presidential</a> nomination and <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliamentary</a> confirmation. The first through eighth Examination Yuans were all confirmed by the first <a href="/wiki/Control_Yuan" title="Control Yuan">Control Yuan</a>, whose members first convened in 1948 and had their terms extended indefinitely. During the democratization of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> in the 1990s, a series of <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_amendment" title="Constitutional amendment">constitutional amendments</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Additional_Articles_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China">Additional Articles of the Constitution</a> were promulgated to reorganize the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Government of the Republic of China">government</a>. These amendments changed the <a href="/wiki/Control_Yuan" title="Control Yuan">Control Yuan</a> from a <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislative_chamber" title="Legislative chamber">chamber</a> to a commission-type <a href="/wiki/Government_agency" title="Government agency">agency</a>. Confirmation of the Examination Yuan officials was then moved to other <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislative_chamber" title="Legislative chamber">chambers</a> to maintain the <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers" title="Separation of powers">separation of powers</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Term</th> <th>Length</th> <th>Actual length</th> <th>Appointment</th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>1st</b></td> <td rowspan="12">6 years</td> <td>Sep 8, 1948—Aug 31, 1954 </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">Presidential</a> nomination with<br /><a href="/wiki/Control_Yuan" title="Control Yuan">Control Yuan</a> confirmation</td> <td rowspan="12">19 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>2nd</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1954—Aug 31, 1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>3rd</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1960—Aug 31, 1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>4th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1966—Aug 31, 1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>5th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1972—Aug 31, 1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>6th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1978—Aug 31, 1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>7th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1984—Aug 31, 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>8th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1990—Aug 31, 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>9th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 1996—Aug 31, 2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">Presidential</a> nomination with<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Republic_of_China)" title="National Assembly (Republic of China)">National Assembly</a> confirmation </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>10th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 2002—Aug 31, 2008 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="President of the Republic of China">Presidential</a> nomination with<br /><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> confirmation </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>11th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 2008—Aug 31, 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>12th</b></td> <td>Sep 1, 2014—Aug 31, 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><b>13th</b></td> <td rowspan="2">4 years</td> <td>Sep 1, 2020—Aug 31, 2024</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>14th</b> </td> <td>Dec 20, 2024—present </td> <td>7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Currently, according to the <a href="/wiki/Additional_Articles_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China">Additional Articles of the Constitution</a>, the Examination Yuan is confirmed by the now-<a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliament</a> — the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents_and_vice_presidents_of_the_Examination_Yuan">Presidents and vice presidents of the Examination Yuan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Presidents and vice presidents of the Examination Yuan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Examination_Yuan" title="List of presidents of the Examination Yuan">List of presidents of the Examination Yuan</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_the_Examination_Yuan" title="List of vice presidents of the Examination Yuan">List of vice presidents of the Examination Yuan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Mojun" title="Zhang Mojun">Zhang Mojun</a>: 1st Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gao_Yihan" title="Gao Yihan">Gao Yihan</a>: 1st Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_Zi" title="Shui Zi">Shui Zi</a>: 1st Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_Ch%27i-yun" title="Chang Ch'i-yun">Chang Ch'i-yun</a>: 1st Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Yizheng" title="Liu Yizheng">Liu Yizheng</a>: 1st Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cha_Liang-chao" title="Cha Liang-chao">Cha Liang-chao</a>: 2nd, 3rd and 4th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhang_Mojun" title="Zhang Mojun">Zhang Mojun</a>: 2nd and 3rd Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._T._Lee" title="Robert C. T. Lee">Robert C. T. Lee</a>: 7th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Tso-jung" title="Wang Tso-jung">Wang Tso-jung</a>: 7th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Ching-hsiung" title="Lee Ching-hsiung">Lee Ching-hsiung</a>: 10th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hsu_Cheng-kuang" title="Hsu Cheng-kuang">Hsu Cheng-kuang</a>: 10th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsai_Bih-hwang" title="Tsai Bih-hwang">Tsai Bih-hwang</a>: 10th and 11th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Jun-ying" title="Huang Jun-ying">Huang Jun-ying</a>: 11th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_Chou" title="Chester Chou">Chester Chou</a>: 12th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Leeh-ter" title="Yao Leeh-ter">Yao Leeh-ter</a>: 13th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwan_Nawi" title="Iwan Nawi">Iwan Nawi</a>: 13th and 14th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiau_Wen-yan" title="Chiau Wen-yan">Chiau Wen-yan</a>: 14th Examination Yuan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teng_Chia-chi" title="Teng Chia-chi">Teng Chia-chi</a>: 14th Examination Yuan</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Examination_Yuan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Government of the Republic of China">Government of the Republic of China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Yuan" title="Executive Yuan">Executive Yuan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directorate-General_of_Personnel_Administration" title="Directorate-General of Personnel Administration">Directorate-General of Personnel Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_Development_Institute" title="Civil Service Development Institute">Civil Service Development Institute</a></li> <li><a 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