← 1978 1977 1976 1979 in Taiwan → 1980 1981 1982
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1979 History of Taiwan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1979 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 68 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Contents

• Incumbents
• Events
• January
• February
• April
• May
• July
• September
• July 2
• December
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Incumbents

• President – Chiang Ching-kuo
• Vice President – Hsieh Tung-min
• Premier – Sun Yun-suan
• Vice Premier – Hsu Ching-chung

Events

Births

• 18 January – Jay Chou, musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director
• 12 March – Holger Chen, Internet celebrity
• 19 March – Lu Wei-chih, golf athlete
• 4 April – Joe Chen, actress, singer and model
• 20 April – Quinn Weng, singer
• 22 April – Yang Chien-fu, baseball player
• 2 June – Huang Wen-hsing, singer and actor
• 16 July – Landy Wen, singer
• 30 July – Show Lo, singer, actor and host
• 24 August – Elva Hsiao, singer
• 15 November – Joyce Chao, actress and singer
• 5 December – Megan Lai, actress and singer
• 31 December – Hsieh Ying-hsuan, actress

Deaths

• 7 March – Lei Chen, 81, politician and dissident.
• 15 June – Teruo Nakamura, 59, Taiwan-born Japanese holdout.
• 14 August – Wang Yun-wu, 91, Vice Premier (1958–1963).
• 1 September – Chang Wei-han, 92, acting President of the Control Yuan (1972–1973), Vice President of the Control Yuan (1965–1973).

References

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