KMT members appointed to the new cabinet include RDEC chairman Wei Chi-lin as secretary-general of the Executive Yuan; current deputy defense minister Wu Shih-wen as defense minister; China Motor Corporation deputy president Lin Hsin-yi as economic affairs minister; and Professor Chen Hsi-huang of National Taiwan University's agricultural economics department as chairman of the Council of Agriculture.
國民黨籍方面，研考會主委魏啟林擔任行政院秘書長，國防部長由現任副部長伍世文升任，中華汽車副董事長林信義掌旗經濟部，台大農經系教授陳希煌接掌農委會主委。