Chiu I-jen became cabinet secretary-general after serving on the president's National Security Council. Yen Ching-chang took over as minister of finance after serving as political vice minister at the Ministry of Finance. Chung Chin switched from heading the Government Information Office to becoming minister without portfolio. Chung's old post was filled by Su Tzen-ping, formerly chief editorial writer for the Taiwan Daily News.
行政院副院長由現任大法官賴英照接任，行政院秘書長由總統府國安會副秘書長邱義仁出任，財政部長由政次顏慶章升任，新聞局長鍾琴轉任政務委員，遺缺則由台灣日報總主筆蘇正平接任。