List of premiers of the Republic of China

This is a list of the premiers of the Republic of China since 1912. The Republic of China before 1949 controlled mainland China as well as offshore islands. The Republic of China since 1949 has only controlled Taiwan and nearby islands. The current Republic of China is usually known as Taiwan. In the country's history, the official title of the head of government has changed over time.

YearChineseMandarinPinyinTaiwanesePe̍h-ōe-jīHakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳ1912–1914, 1916–1928Guówù ZǒnglǐKok-bū Chóng-líKoet-vu Chúng-lî1914–1916Zhèngshìtáng GuówùqīngChèng-sū-tông Kok-bū-khingChṳn-sṳ-thòng Koet-vu-khîn1928–presentXíngzhèng Yuàn YuànzhǎngHêng-chèng Īⁿ Īⁿ-tiúⁿHàng-chṳn Yen Yen-tshòng

Premiers, also known as Presidents of the Executive Yuan, are appointed by the Presidents of the Republic of China, but some premiers were even more powerful than the presidents, during the early age of the Republic of China. Some presidents were even expelled by the premiers they appointed. The title of premier in China was changed several times, so this list is divided into several sections.

List

Premiers of the Cabinet (1912–1914) Period: 13 March 1912 – 1 May 1914 According to the Provisional Constitution of Republic of China, which was passed in 1912, the leader of the majority party or the majority coalition should be appointed premier by the president.

No. PortraitNameTerm of office Cabinet Political party Legislature(elected)President 1 Tang Shaoyi唐紹儀(1862–1938) 13 March 1912 27 June 1912Tang S. ICommunications Clique Provisional(1912) Yuan Shikai (Beiyang clique) 2 Lu Zhengxiang陸徵祥Lù Zhēngxiáng(1871–1949) 29 June 1912 22 September 1912Lu IIndependent 3 Zhao Bingjun趙秉鈞(1859–1914) 25 September 1912 16 July 1913 Zhao Independent 1st (1912) — Duan Qirui段祺瑞(1865–1936)acting 19 July 1913 31 July 1913Duan ProvisionalBeiyang clique 4 Xiong Xiling熊希齡(1870–1937) 31 July 1913 12 February 1914XiongIndependent — Sun Baoqi孫寶琦(1867–1931)acting 12 February 1914 1 May 1914Sun B. ProvisionalIndependent

Secretaries of State (1914–1916) Period: 1 May 1914 – 21 December 1915; 22 March 1916 – 29 June 1916

No. PortraitNameTerm of office Cabinet Political party Legislature(elected)President 5 Xu Shichang徐世昌(1855–1939) 1 May 1914 21 December 1915Xu S.-C. IBeiyang clique 1st (1912) Yuan Shikai (Beiyang clique) (2) Lu Zhengxiang陸徵祥Lù Zhēngxiáng(1871–1949) 22 December 1915 22 March 1916Lu IIIndependent (5) Xu Shichang徐世昌(1855–1939) 22 March 1916 22 April 1916Xu S.-C. IIBeiyang clique 6 Duan Qirui段祺瑞(1865–1936) 22 April 1916 29 June 1916 Duan I Beiyang cliqueLi Yuanhong(Progressive Party)

Premiers of the State Council (1916–1928) Period: 29 June 1916 – 3 June 1928

No. PortraitNameTerm of office Cabinet Political party Legislature(elected)President (6) Duan Qirui段祺瑞(1865–1936) 29 June 1916 23 May 1917 Duan I Reshuffled Beiyang clique 1st (1912) Li Yuanhong(Progressive Party) — Wu Tingfang伍廷芳(1842–1922)acting 23 May 1917 12 June 1917Wu T. ProvisionalIndependent — Jiang Chaozong江朝宗(1861–1943)acting 12 June 1917 24 June 1917Jiang C. ProvisionalBeiyang clique 7 Li Jingxi李經羲(1857–1925) 25 June 1917 2 July 1917LiIndependent colspan=7 (6) Duan Qirui段祺瑞(1865–1936) 14 July 1917 22 November 1917Duan IIAnhui clique Feng Guozhang(Zhili clique)acting — Wang Daxie汪大燮(1859–1929)acting 22 November 1917 30 November 1917Research Clique 8 Wang Shizhen王士珍(1861–1930) 30 November 1917 23 March 1918Wang S.Zhili clique (6) Duan Qirui段祺瑞(1865–1936) 23 March 1918 10 October 1918Duan IIIAnhui clique 2nd (1918) — Qian Nengxun錢能訓(1869–1924) 10 October 1918 20 December 1918Qian Provisional Independent Xu Shichang(Anhui clique) 9 20 December 1918 13 June 1919Qian — Gong Xinzhan龔心湛(1871–1943)acting 13 June 1919 24 September 1919Gong ProvisionalIndependent — Jin Yunpeng靳雲鵬(1877–1951) 24 September 1919 5 November 1919Jin Provisional Anhui clique 10 5 November 1919 14 May 1920Jin I — Sa Zhenbing薩鎮冰(1859–1952)acting 2 July 1920 9 August 1920Sa ProvisionalIndependent (10) Jin Yunpeng靳雲鵬(1877–1951) 9 August 1920 14 May 1921 Jin II Anhui clique 14 May 1921 18 December 1921 Jin III — Yan Huiqing(W.W. Yan)顏惠慶(1877–1950)acting 18 December 1921 24 December 1921Yan H. Provisional IIndependent 11 Liang Shiyi梁士詒(1869–1933) 24 December 1921 25 January 1922LiangCommunications Clique — Yan Huiqing(W.W. Yan)顏惠慶(1877–1950)acting 25 January 1922 8 April 1922Yan H. Provisional IIIndependent — Zhou Ziqi周自齊(1869–1923)acting 8 April 1922 11 June 1922Zhou ProvisionalCommunications Clique 12 Yan Huiqing(W.W. Yan)顏惠慶(1877–1950) 12 June 1922 5 August 1922Resigned on 31 July.Yan H. IIndependent Li Yuanhong(Research Clique) — Wang Chonghui王寵惠(1881–1958)acting 31 July 1922 19 September 1922Tang S. IIIndependent (1) Tang Shaoyi唐紹儀(1862–1938)Did not assume office. 5 August 1922 19 September 1922Tang S. IICommunications Clique 13 Wang Chonghui王寵惠(1881–1958) 19 September 1922 29 November 1922Wang C.Independent 14 Wang Daxie汪大燮(1859–1929) 29 November 1922 11 December 1922Wang D.Research Clique — Wang Zhengting王正廷(1882–1961)acting 11 December 1922 4 January 1923Wang Z. ProvisionalIndependent 15 Zhang Shaozeng張紹曾(1879–1928) 4 January 1923 13 June 1923ZhangIndependent — Gao Lingwei高凌霨(1870–1940)acting 14 June 1923 12 October 1923 Gao Acting Zhili clique Premier asacting President 12 October 1923 12 January 1924 Gao Provisional 1st (1912) Cao Kun(Zhili clique) 16 Sun Baoqi孫寶琦(1867–1931) 12 January 1924 2 July 1924Sun B.Independent — V. S. Wellington Koo顧維鈞Gù Wéijūn(1888–1985)acting 2 July 1924 14 September 1924Koo ProvisionalIndependent (12) Yan Huiqing(W.W. Yan)顏惠慶(1877–1950) 14 September 1924 31 October 1924Yan H. IIIndependent — Huang Fu黃郛(1880–1936)acting 31 October 1924 24 November 1924Huang ActingPolitical Science Clique Premier asacting President colspan=7 Duan Qirui(Anhui clique) 17 Xu Shiying許世英(1873–1964) 26 December 1925 4 March 1926Xu S.-Y.Anhui clique Dissolved 18 Jia Deyao賈德耀(1880–1941) 4 March 1926 20 April 1926JiaAnhui clique — Hu Weide胡惟德(1863–1933)acting 20 April 1926 13 May 1926Hu Provisional ActingZhili clique Premier asacting President — Yan Huiqing(W.W. Yan)顏惠慶(1877–1950)acting 13 May 1926 22 June 1926Yan H. ActingIndependent — Du Xigui杜錫珪(1874–1933)acting 22 June 1926 1 October 1926Du Provisional ActingZhili clique — V. S. Wellington Koo顧維鈞Gù Wéijūn(1888–1985) 1 October 1926 11 January 1927Koo Provisional Acting Independent 19 11 January 1927 16 June 1927Koo Acting 20 Pan Fu潘復(1883–1936) 20 June 1927 3 June 1928PanIndependent Zhang Zuolin(Fengtian clique)

Presidents of the Executive Yuan of the National Government (1928–1948) Period: 25 October 1928 – 24 May 1948

When Chiang Kai-shek established the Nanking Nationalist government in 1928, he created a presidency for the Executive Yuan instead of a premiership, in order to show the difference between his government and the previous one in Peking (then renamed Beiping). This government moved to Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and during the Chinese Civil War relocated to Taipei where it exists today.

No. PortraitNameTerm of office Cabinet Political partyChairman 21 Tan Yankai譚延闓Died in office.Tán Yánkǎi(1880–1930) 25 October 1928 22 September 1930 Tan Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek(Kuomintang) — Soong Tse-ven(T.V. Soong)宋子文Sòng Zǐwén(1894–1971)acting 25 September 1930 18 November 1930Kuomintang 22 Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975) 18 November 1930 15 December 1931Chiang K. IKuomintang — Chen Mingshu陳銘樞Chén Míngshū(1889–1965)acting 15 December 1931 28 December 1931—Kuomintang Lin Sen(Kuomintang) 23 Sun Fo孫科Sūn Kē(1891–1973) 28 December 1931 28 January 1932Sun F. IKuomintang 24 Wang Jingwei汪兆銘Wāng Zhàomíng(1883–1944) 28 January 1932 1 December 1935WangKuomintang (22) Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975) 7 December 1935 1 January 1938Chiang K. IIKuomintang 25 Kung Hsiang-hsi(H.H. Kung)孔祥熙Kǒng Xiángxī(1881–1967) 1 January 1938 25 November 1939KungKuomintang (22) Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975) 11 December 1939 31 May 1945 Chiang K. III Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek(Kuomintang) 26 Soong Tse-ven(T.V. Soong)宋子文Sòng Zǐwén(1894–1971) 31 May 1945 1 March 1947SoongKuomintang — Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975)acting 1 March 1947 23 April 1947—Kuomintang 27 Zhang Qun張群Zhāng Qún(1889–1990) 23 April 1947 24 May 1948Zhang QunKuomintang

Presidents of the Executive Yuan (1948–present) Period: 25 May 1948 – present

No. PortraitNameTerm of office Cabinet Political party Legislature(elected)President 28 Weng Wenhao翁文灝Wēng Wénhào(1889–1971) 25 May 1948 26 November 1948 Weng Kuomintang 1st (1948) Chiang Kai-shek(Kuomintang) (23) Sun Fo孫科Sūn Kē(1891–1973) 26 November 1948 12 March 1949Sun F. IIKuomintang 29 He Yingqin何應欽Hé Yìngqīn(1890–1987) 12 March 1949 13 June 1949 He KuomintangLi Zongren(KMT)acting 30 Yan Xishan閻錫山Yán Xíshān(1883–1960)13 June 1949 10 March 1950Yan X.Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek(Kuomintang) 31 Chen Cheng陳誠Chén Chéng(1898–1965) 10 March 1950 1 June 1954Chen C. IKuomintang 32 Yu Hung-Chun俞鴻鈞Yú Hóngjūn(1897–1960) 1 June 1954 15 July 1958Yu H.Kuomintang (31) Chen Cheng陳誠Chén Chéng(1898–1965) 15 July 1958 16 December 1963Chen C. IIKuomintang 33Yen Chia-kan嚴家淦Yán Jiāgàn(1905–1993) 16 December 1963 1 June 1972YenKuomintang 34 Chiang Ching-kuo蔣經國Jiǎng Jīngguó(1910–1988) 1 June 1972 20 May 1978 Chiang C. KuomintangYen Chia-kan(Kuomintang) — Hsu Ching-chung徐慶鐘Xú Qìngzhōng(1907–1996)(acting) 20 May 1978 1 June 1978KuomintangChiang Ching-kuo(Kuomintang) 35Sun Yun-suan孫運璿Sūn Yùnxuán(1913–2006) 1 June 1978 24 February 1984Sun Y.Kuomintang —Chiu Chuang-huan邱創煥Qīu Chuànghuàn(1925–2020) 24 February 1984 1 June 1984Kuomintang 36 Yu Kuo-hwa俞國華Yú Guóhuá(1914–2000) 1 June 1984 1 June 1989 Yu K. Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui(KMT) 37Lee Huan李煥Lǐ Huàn(1917–2010) 1 June 1989 1 June 1990LeeKuomintang 38 Hau Pei-tsun郝柏村Hǎo Bócūn(1919–2020) 1 June 1990 27 February 1993 Hau Kuomintang 39 Lien Chan連戰Lián Zhàn(1936–) 27 February 1993 1 September 1997 Lien Kuomintang 2nd (1992) 3rd (1995) 40 Siew Wan-chang(Vincent Siew)蕭萬長Xiāo Wàncháng(1939–) 1 September 1997 20 May 2000 Siew Kuomintang 4th (1998) 41 Tang Fei唐飛Táng Fēi(1932–) 20 May 2000 6 October 2000Tang F.KuomintangMembership suspended. Chen Shui-bian(DPP) 42 Chang Chun-hsiung張俊雄Zhāng Jùnxióng(1938–2025) 6 October 2000 1 February 2002 Chang C.-H. I Democratic Progressive 43 Yu Shyi-kun游錫堃Yóu Xíkūn(1948–) 1 February 2002 1 February 2005Yu S.Democratic Progressive5th (2001) 44Hsieh Chang-ting(Frank Hsieh)謝長廷Xiè Chángtíng(1946–) 1 February 2005 25 January 2006HsiehDemocratic Progressive 6th (2004) 45Su Tseng-chang蘇貞昌Sū Zhēnchāng(1948–) 25 January 2006 21 May 2007Su IDemocratic Progressive (42) Chang Chun-hsiung張俊雄Zhāng Jùnxióng(1938–2025) 21 May 2007 20 May 2008 Chang C.-H. II Democratic Progressive 7th (2008) 46Liu Chao-shiuan劉兆玄Liú Zhàoxuán(1943–) 20 May 2008 10 September 2009LiuKuomintang Ma Ying-jeou(Kuomintang) 47Wu Den-yih吳敦義Wú Dūnyì(1948–) 10 September 2009 6 February 2012Wu D.Kuomintang 48Chen Chun(Sean Chen)陳冲Chén Chōng(1949–) 6 February 2012 18 February 2013S. ChenKuomintang 8th (2012) 49Jiang Yi-huah江宜樺Jiāng Yīhuá(1960–) 18 February 2013 8 December 2014JiangKuomintang 50Mao Chi-kuo毛治國Máo Zhìguó(1948–) 8 December 2014 1 February 2016MaoKuomintang 51Chang San-cheng(Simon Chang)張善政Zhāng Shànzhèng(1954–) 1 February 2016 20 May 2016S. ChangIndependent9th (2016) 52Lin Chuan林全Lín Quán(1951–) 20 May 2016 8 September 2017 Lin Independent Tsai Ing-wen(DPP) 53Lai Ching-te(William Lai)賴清德Lài Qīngdé(1958–) 8 September 2017 14 January 2019LaiDemocratic Progressive (45)Su Tseng-chang蘇貞昌Sū Zhēnchāng(1948–) 14 January 2019 31 January 2023Su IIDemocratic Progressive 10th (2020) 54Chen Chien-jen陳建仁Chén Jiànrén(1951–)31 January 2023 20 May 2024Chen C.J.Democratic Progressive 11th (2024) 55Cho Jung-tai卓榮泰Zhuó Róngtài(1959–)20 May 2024 Incumbent ChoDemocratic Progressive Lai Ching-te(DPP)

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