Editing Kuomintang (section)

== Organization ==
[[File:Kuomintang Central Committee 20050405.jpg|thumb|upright|Bade building in Taipei City, before becoming the KMT headquarters. The KMT Central Committee sold the original headquarters to private investors of the [[EVA Air]]ways Corporation, and moved to this more modest building in June 2006.]]
[[File:KMT Kinmen 20141231.JPG|thumb|KMT Kinmen headquarters office in [[Jincheng, Kinmen|Jincheng Township]], Kinmen County]]
[[File:Wongwt_國民黨首爾黨部_(16921318627).jpg|thumb|KMT [[Korea]] headquarters in [[Seoul]]]]
[[File:KMT San Francisco Headquarters (6532).JPG|thumb|upright|The KMT maintains offices in some of the [[Chinatown]]s of the world and its United States party headquarters are located in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|San Francisco Chinatown]], on [[Stockton Street (San Francisco)|Stockton Street]] directly across the [[Chinese Six Companies]]]]
[[File:kmtny.JPG|thumb|upright|KMT Eastern U.S. headquarters, located in [[Chinatown, Manhattan|New York Chinatown]], are the party's earliest offices in the U.S., established in 1909.<ref>{{cite web |title=僑團史略 |url=http://www.ccbala.org/home/productdetail/115890 |website=中國國民黨駐羅省分部 |language=zh-tw}}</ref>]]
[[File:KMT Blg.jpg|thumb|right|KMT Building in [[Vancouver Chinatown|Vancouver's Chinatown]], British Columbia, Canada]]
[[File:Chinese Nationalist Party of Australia building Ultimo Rd in Sydney.jpg|thumb|upright|KMT office of [[Australasia]] in Sydney, Australia]]

=== Leadership ===
The Kuomintang's constitution designated Sun Yat-sen as party president. After his death, the Kuomintang opted to keep that language in its constitution to honor his memory forever, further designating him as "Permanent Prime Minister" and Chiang Kai-Shek as "Permanent President". The party has since been headed by a director-general (1927–1975) and a chairman (since 1975), positions which officially discharge the functions of the president.

==== Current Central Committee Leadership ====
{{further|Chairman of the Kuomintang|Secretary-General of the Kuomintang}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name(s)
|-
| [[Chairman of the Kuomintang|Chairman]]
| [[Eric Chu]]
|-
| [[Chairman of the Kuomintang#List of deputy party leaders|Vice Chairpersons]]
| [[Huang Min-hui]], [[Andrew Hsia]], [[Sean Lien]]
|-
| [[Secretary-General of the Kuomintang|Secretary-General]]
| [[Justin Huang]]
|-
| Deputy Secretaries-General
| {{ill|Chiang Chun-ting|zh|江俊霆}} (full-time), {{ill|Wang Yu-min|zh|王育敏}} (full-time), [[Lee Yen-hsiu]], [[Hsieh Yi-fong]], [[Alex Fai]]
|-
| Policy Committee Executive Director
| [[Tseng Ming-chung]]
|-
| {{ill|Organizational Development Committee|zh|中國國民黨中央委員會組織發展委員會}} Director
| Hsu Yu-chen
|-
| {{ill|Culture and Communications Committee|zh|中國國民黨中央委員會文化傳播委員會}} Director 
| {{ill|Ling Tao|zh|凌濤}}
|-
| Administration Committee Director
| {{ill|Chiu Da-chan|zh|邱大展}}
|-
| {{ill|Party Disciplinary Committee|zh|中國國民黨中央委員會考核紀律委員會}} Director
| {{ill|Lee Guei-min|zh|李貴敏}}
|-
| [[Institute of Revolutionary Practice]] Director
| {{ill|Lin Yi-hua|zh|林奕華(台灣)}}
|}

==== Legislative Yuan leader (Caucus leader) ====
<!-- 國會領袖 -->
* 谷鳳翔 （- 18 August 1965）
* 郭澄 （18 August 1965 - 6 February 1967）
* 張寶樹 （1967 - 1968）
* 王任遠 (1968 - 1970)
* [[Chao Tzu-chi]] (1970 - 1988)
* [[Liang Su-jung]] (1988–1989)
* [[Yao Eng-chi]] (1993)
* {{ill|Hong Yuh-chin|zh|洪玉欽}} (1 February 1999 – 1 February 2004)
* [[Tseng Yung-chuan]] (1 February 2004 – 1 December 2008)
* [[Lin Yi-shih]] (1 December 2008 – 1 February 2012)
* [[Lin Hung-chih]] (1 February 2012 – 31 July 2014)
* [[Alex Fai]] (31 July 2014 – 7 February 2015)
* [[Lai Shyh-bao]] (7 February 2015 – 7 July 2016)
* [[Liao Kuo-tung]] (7 July 2016 – 29 June 2017)
* [[Lin Te-fu]] (29 June 2017 – 14 June 2018)
* [[Johnny Chiang]] (14 June 2018 – 2019)
* [[Tseng Ming-chung]] (2019 – 2020)
* {{ill|Lin Wei-chou|zh|林為洲}} (2020 – 2021)
* Alex Fai (2021 – 2022)
* [[Tseng Ming-chung]] (2022 – 2024)
* [[Fu Kun-chi]] (since 2024)

=== Party organization and structure ===
The KMT is being led by a Central Committee with a commitment to a [[Leninism|Leninist]] principle of [[Democratic centralism (Kuomintang)|democratic centralism]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=107|title=Kuomintang News Network|publisher=Kmt.org.tw|date=26 February 2009|access-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927081830/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=107|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
* National Congress
** Party chairman
*** Vice-chairmen
** {{ill|Central Committee of the Kuomintang|zh|中國國民黨中央委員會|lt=Central Committee}}
*** Central Steering Committee for Women
** Central Standing Committee
** Secretary-General
*** Deputy Secretaries-General
** Executive Director

====Standing committees and departments====

* Policy Committee
** Policy Coordination Department
** Policy Research Department
** Mainland Affairs Department
* [[Institute of Revolutionary Practice]], formerly National Development Institute
** [[Kuomintang Youth League]]
** Research Division
** Education and Counselling Division
*Party Disciplinary Committee
** Evaluation and Control Office
** Audit Office
* Culture and Communications Committee
** Cultural Department
** Communications Department
** KMT Party History Institute
* Administration Committee
** Personnel Office
** General Office
** Finance Office
** Accounting Office
** Information Center
* Organizational Development Committee
** Organization and Operations Department
** Elections Mobilization Department
** Community Volunteers Department
** Overseas Department
** Youth Department
** Women's Department

=== Party charter ===

The Kuomintang Party Charter was adopted on January 28, 1924. The current charter has 51 articles and includes contents of General Principles, Party Membership, Organization, The National President, The Director-General, The National Congress, The Central Committee, District and Sub-District Party Headquarters, Cadres and Tenure, Discipline, Awards and Punishment, Funding, and Supplementary Provisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=109|title=Kuomintang News Network|website=www1.kmt.org.tw|access-date=12 September 2015|archive-date=6 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206204127/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=para&mnum=109|url-status=live}}</ref> The most recent version was made at the Twentieth National Congress on July 28, 2019. <!-- The following text was in the original page merged over from but I'm not sure it makes sense to just copy over an article of the charter without some kind of context or reason: According to Article 1 of the Charter, the Kuomintang is a democratic, just and innovative political party for all the people. The Party is guided by the Three Principles of the People in its objective to build a developed, secure, people-first society in the Taiwan area, and realize a free, democratic Republic of China where every citizen prospers. The party also follows the [[Three Principles of the People]] and the Five-Power Constitution. It is united in its adherence to the concept of constitutional democracy and seeking a strong, united and prosperous nation.-->

=== Factions ===
* “Mainlander” faction  (外省派) - [[Ma Ying-jeou]],  [[Eric Chu]]
* “Taiwanese” faction (本土派) - [[Hou You-yi]], [[Johnny Chiang]]
*  Huang Fu-hsing faction (黃復興) - [[Hau Pei-tsun]]

<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globaltaiwan.org/2023/03/kmt-factional-divisions-and-their-implications-for-the-2024-election/ | title=KMT Factional Divisions and their Implications for the 2024 Election | date=8 March 2023 | access-date=13 March 2024 | archive-date=13 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313041545/https://globaltaiwan.org/2023/03/kmt-factional-divisions-and-their-implications-for-the-2024-election/ | url-status=live }}</ref>