2005 in Taiwan

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Events from the year 2005 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 94 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents

1 January – The founding of Taipei Fubon Bank with the merger of Fubon Bank and TaipeiBank.
22 January – The official opening of Bangka Park in Wanhua District, Taipei.
27 January – The opening of Jingtong Mining Industry Museum in Pingxi District, New Taipei.

14 March – Mainland China passed the Anti-Secession Law, a bill to prevent Taiwan from being an independent nation.^[1]

1 April – The renaming of National Space Program Office to National Space Organization.
29 April – The opening of Baguashan Tunnel.

County-level units won by the Democratic Progressive Party (green) and the Kuomintang (blue).

14 May – 2005 Republic of China National Assembly election. Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party won the election.^[2]
17 May – The relocation of Pingtung Airport to the southern field upon the completion of the new airport building.

1 July – The establishment of Taiwan Indigenous Television, Asia's first aboriginal television channel.^[3]
16 July – 2005 Kuomintang chairmanship election took place. Ma Ying-jeou won the election, casting a total votes cast of 370,054 and a percentage of vote of 72.4%.^[4]
18 July – Typhoon Haiting hit Taiwan. The typhoon has winds up to 114 mph.^[5]
22 July – The establishment of TTV World.

3–6 September – The 10th Computer Olympiad took place in Taipei. It was a competition where computer programs competed each other in a variety of games.^[12]

3 January – Koo Chen-fu, 87, Chairman of Straits Exchange Foundation (1990-2005).
6 April – Hsu Hai-ching, 92, Taiwanese gangster
15 June – Henry Kao, 91, Minister of Transportation and Communications (1972-1976).
1 November – Ma Ho-ling, 84, father of President Ma Ying-jeou.