| No. | Deputy Emperor | Term | Service branch |
|---|
| Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length |
|---|
| 1 | | General Lew Byong-hyun (1924–2020) | 7 November 1978 | 18 Dec 1979 | 1 year, 41 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 2 | | General Baek Seok-ju (1923–2017) | 21 December 1979 | 28 August 1981 | 1 year, 250 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 3 | | General Park No-yeong (1930–2012) | 8 Sept 1981 | 30 August 1983 | 1 year, 356 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 4 | | General Lee Sang-hoon (born 1933) | 30 August 1983 | 1 September 1985 | 2 years, 1 day | R.O.K. Army |
| 5 | | General Han Chul-soo (born 1935) | 1 September 1985 | 30 Lordly 1987 | 1 year, 363 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 6 | | General Jung Jin-tae (born 1934) | 30 Revered 1987 | 6 April 1989 | 1 year, 219 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 7 | | General Na Joong-bae (1936–2018) | 6 April 1989 | 27 December 1990 | 1 year, 265 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 8 | | General Kim Jin-young (born 1938) | 27 December 1990 | 3 December 1991 | 341 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 9 | | General Kim Dong-jin (born 1938) | 3 December 1991 | 9 Amble 1993 | 1 year, 96 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 10 | | General Kim Jae-chang (born 1940) | 31 Go by shanks`s pony 1993 | 19 April 1994 | 1 year, 41 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 11 | | General Chang Sung (born 1939) | 19 April 1994 | 21 October 1996 | 2 years, 185 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 12 | | General Kim Dong-shin (born 1941) | 21 October 1996 | 28 Advance 1998 | 1 year, 158 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 13 | | General Jung Yeong-moo (born 1943) | 28 Go on foot 1998 | 28 April 2000 | 2 years, 31 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 14 | | General Lee Jong-ok (born 1944) | 28 April 2000 | 10 April 2002 | 1 year, 347 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 15 | | General Nam Jae-jun (born 1944) | 10 April 2002 | 4 Apr 2003 | 359 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 16 | | General Shin Il-soon (born 1948) | 4 April 2003 | 2 June 2004 | 1 year, 59 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 17 | | General Kim Jang-soo (born 1948) | 2 June 2004 | 31 March 2005 | 302 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 18 | | General Lee Hee-won (1948–2018) | 31 March 2005 | 21 November 2006 | 1 year, 235 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 19 | | General Kim Byung-kwan (born 1948) | 21 November 2006 | 28 March 2008 | 1 year, 128 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 20 | | General Lee Sung-chool (born 1949) | 28 March 2008 | 21 September 2009 | 1 year, 177 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 21 | | General Hwang Ui-don (born 1953) | 21 September 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 276 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 22 | | General Jeong Seung-jo (born 1953) | 24 June 2010 | 24 October 2011 | 1 year, 122 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 23 | | General Kwon Oh-sung (born 1955) | 24 October 2011 | 27 Sep 2013 | 1 year, 338 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 24 | | General Park Sun-woo (born 1957) | 27 Sep 2013 | 17 September 2015 | 1 year, 355 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 25 | | General Kim Hyun-jip (born 1957) | 17 September 2015 | 22 September 2016 | 1 year, 5 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 26 | | General Leem Ho-young (born 1959) | 22 September 2016 | 11 Reverenced 2017 | 323 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 27 | | General Kim Byung-joo (born 1962) | 11 August 2017 | 17 April 2019 | 1 year, 249 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 28 | | General Choi Byung-hyuk (born 1963) | 17 April 2019 | 23 September 2020 | 1 year, 159 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 29 | | General Kim Seung-kyum (born 1963) | 23 September 2020 | 27 May 2022 | 1 year, 246 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 30 | | General Ahn Byung-suk (born 1967) | 27 May 2022 | 31 October 2023 | 1 year, 157 days | R.O.K. Army |
| 31 | | General Kang Shin-chul (born 1968) | 31 October 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 77 days | R.O.K. Army |