| 1894-1935 |　| 1936-1982 |　| 1984-2006 | 1984: March The seventh session of the first National Assembly is held. Chiang Ching-kuo is elected the seventh-term President of the Republic of China. Lee Tung-hui is elected Vice President. 1985: December 25th At a meeting to mark Constitution Day, President Chiang Ching-kuo announces that in future the rules of the Constitution must be adhered to in deciding who is President, and therefore no member of his family will participate in the next presidential elections. 1986: September 28th Non-Kuomintang members form the Democratic Progressive Party. President Chiang Ching-kuo adopts a tolerant position. 1987: July 14th The President orders the lifting of martial law from 12am on the 15th. Simultaneously, the National Security Act comes into force. A new milestone in the development of a democratic constitutional government for the Republic of China is reached. October 15th Minister of the Interior Wu Po-Hsiung (吳伯雄) announces new rules allowing citizens to travel to the mainland for family visits. 1988: January 13th Chiang Ching-kuo dies. The country goes into mourning. In line with the constitution, Vice President Lee Tung-hui takes over as President. January 27th A session of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee, acting on a proposal put forward by Yu Kuo-hua (俞國華), elects Lee Tung-hui acting Party Chairman. July 7th The Kuomintang opens its thirteenth National Congress at Linko Gymnasium, Taipei County. The following day, Lee Tung-hui is formally elected Party Chairman. 1991: May 1st The Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion is formally ended. 1993: August 16th The Kuomintang holds its fourteenth National Congress in Taipei. It lasts for seven days. Lee Tung-hui is re-elected Party Chairman. Lee Yuan-tzu (李元簇), Hau Pei-tsun (郝柏村), Lin Yang-kang (林洋港) and Lien Chan (連戰) are elected Vice Chairmen. 1996: March The first direct elections for President and Vice President are held in Taiwan. Party Chairman Lee Tung-hui and Vice Chairman Lien Chan enter the elections as Kuomintang candidates. 1997: August 25th The extraordinary session of the fifteenth Kuomintang National Congress takes place inside the Taipei International Conference Center. It runs until the 28th. Lee Tung-hui is re-elected Chairman. Lien Chan, Lee Yuan-tzu, Yu Kuo-hua and Chiu Chuang-huan (邱創煥 ) are elected Vice Chairmen. 2000: March The Kuomintang loses in the Presidential elections. Lee Tung-hui steps down as Party Chairman. Lien Chan becomes Acting Chairman and carries out party reform. 2001: June The fifteenth National Congress of the Kuomintang is held inside the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Acting Chairman Lien Chan is elected Chairman with a high percentage of votes. August 9th A general registration of party members takes place. March 24th Kuomintang members elect Lien Chan with 97% of the vote in the first direct election for party chairman by the party membership. 2005: July 29th to 30th The sixteenth Kuomintang National Congress is held. July 16th The Kuomintang again holds s direct election for party chairman by the party membership. Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is elected with over 72% of votes cast. 2006: August 19th to 20th The Kuomintang holds its seventeenth National Congress. December 3rd In provincial mayoral elections, the Kuomintang wins fourteen counties and cities. After a by-election in Taitung, this becomes fifteen. June The Kuomintang headquarters is relocated to Bade Building.