Su Tseng-chang was appointed to the premiership on 14 January 2019 by President Tsai Ing-wen. He succeeded William Lai, who had resigned in response to the Democratic Progressive Party's poor performance in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. This is his second tenure of premiership, as he had served as premier under President Chen Shui-bian from 2006 to 2007 with Tsai Ing-wen, the current president, as his deputy. At the age of 71, he is the third oldest individual (after Lee Huan and Chen Chien-jen) to assume the office.

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Second Su cabinet
50st premiership of Republic of China (ROC)
Date formed	14 January 2019 (2019-01-14)
Date dissolved	31 January 2023
People and organisations
President	Tsai Ing-wen
Head of government	Su Tseng-chang
Deputy head of government	Chen Chi-mai Shen Jong-chin
Total no. of members	?
Member parties	Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Status in legislature	DPP majority, pan-green majority
Opposition parties	Kuomintang
Opposition leader	Johnny Chiang (2020-2021) Eric Chu (since 2021)
History
Election(s)	2016 Taiwanese legislative election
Legislature term(s)	Ninth Legislative Yuan
Predecessor	Lai cabinet
Successor	Chen Chien-jen cabinet[1]

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Su's premiership has led to an increase in approval of the Tsai administration. Recent polls showed an 8.5 percentage point increase in approval of the Tsai administration, with an approval rating of 43 percent. As premier, Su has an approval rating of 53 percent.^[2]