This year is numbered Minguo 108 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Incumbents
Events
January March April May July August September 16–22 September – 2019 OEC Kaohsiung 16 September – The Republic of China terminated diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands. 20 September – The Republic of China terminated diplomatic relations with Kiribati. October November December Deaths
8 January – Huang Chin-tao , 93, Taiwanese World War II veteran (Imperial Japanese Navy ) and resistance fighter (27 Brigade ). 21 January – Gigi Wu [zh ] , 36, Taiwanese mountaineer. 23 January – Lin Ching-hsuan , 65, Taiwanese writer, heart attack. 9 February – Huang Erh-hsuan , 82, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–2002). 14 February – Kao Chun-ming , 89, Taiwanese Presbyterian minister and activist. 6 March – Mai Chao-cheng , 77, Taiwanese economist, member of Academia Sinica . 15 March – Luo Jye , 95, Taiwanese billionaire businessman, founder of Cheng Shin Rubber . 23 March – Lee Shi-chi , 81, Taiwanese artist. 26 March – Chen Hsing-chin [zh ] , 75, Taiwanese politician, throat cancer. 5 May – Shih Chi-yang , 84, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Justice (1984–1988), Vice Premier (1988–1993) and President of the Judicial Yuan (1994–1999), multiple organ failure. 13 May – Lo Tung-bin , 92, Taiwanese biochemist. 23 May – Ping Hsin-tao , 92, Taiwanese translator, producer, and publisher. 1 June – Han Kuang-wei , Taiwanese naval officer and engineer. 9 June – Ma Ju-lung , 80, Taiwanese actor, (Cape No. 7 , Monga , Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale ), infection. 12 June – Chang Liyi , 89, Taiwanese pilot (ROCAF ), heart attack. 26 July – Hwung Hwung-hweng , 72, Taiwanese hydraulic engineer, president of National Cheng Kung University (2011–2015), chairman of the Aviation Safety Council (2015–2018), minister of the Ocean Affairs Council (2018–2019). 16 August – Roland Peter Brown , 93, American physician based in Taiwan. 4 September – Tsem Tulku Rinpoche , 53, Taiwanese-born Malaysian Tibetan tulku , liver failure. 8 September – Roger Hsieh , 85, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–1999). 16 September – Chiang Tu-hui [zh ] , 49, Taiwanese voice actress (Crayon Shin-chan , Chibi Maruko-chan ), multiple organ failure. 10 October – Tsai Ying-wen , 67, Taiwanese political scientist. 15 November – Olav Bjørgaas , 93, Norwegian physician (Norwegian Mission Alliance ) in Taiwan. 18 November – Ching-Liang Lin , 88, Taiwanese physicist. 24 November – J. Bruce Jacobs , 76, American-born Australian Taiwan studies academic, cancer. 25 November – Chang Jen-hu , 92, Taiwanese geographer. 27 November – Godfrey Gao , 35, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones , Love is a Broadway Hit , Legend of the Ancient Sword ), heart attack. 17 December – Yu Tien-tsung [zh ] , 84, Taiwanese nativist writer. References
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