One of the five branches, or
院, of government laid out by Sun Yat-sen (
孙中山) and set up by the Republic of China in 1928: the Executive, the Legislative (
立法院), the Judicial (
司法院), the Examination (
考试院) and the Control Yuan (
监察院). Taiwan still uses this structure; the head of the Executive Yuan is its
院长, usually called the premier in English.
