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Heads of Government

Li Qiang, 8th Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 11 March 2023
  • Political Party: Chinese Communist Party
  • Predecessor: Li Keqiang
  • Born: July 1959
  • Birth Place: Rui'an, Zhejiang, China
  • Children: 1
  • Previous Positions: Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai (29 October 2017 – 28 October 2022); Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu (30 June 2016 – 29 October 2017); Governor of Zhejiang (21 December 2012 – 4 July 2016)

Li Keqiang, 7th Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Li Keqiang
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 15 March 2013
  • Left Office: 11 March 2023
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Predecessor: Wen Jiabao
  • Successor: NALi Qiang
  • Born: 1 July 1955
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
  • Alma Mater: Peking University (LLB, PhD)
  • Spouse(s): Cheng Hong
  • Previous Positions: Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (17 March 2008 – 15 March 2013); Communist Party Secretary of Liaoning (December 2004 – October 2007); Communist Party Secretary of Henan (December 2002 – December 2004); First Secretary of the Communist Youth League of China (May 1993 – June 1998)

Wen Jiabao, 6th Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wen Jiabao
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 16 March 2003
  • Left Office: 15 March 2013
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Predecessor: Zhu Rongji
  • Successor: Li Keqiang
  • Born: 15 September 1942
  • Birth Place: Tianjin, China
  • Alma Mater: Beijing Institute of Geology
  • Spouse(s): Zhang Peili
  • Children: Yunsong; Ruchun
  • Previous Positions: Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (18 March 1998 – 16 March 2003); Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China (April 1986 – March 1993)

Zhu Rongji, 5th Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhu Rongji
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 17 March 1998
  • Left Office: 16 March 2003
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Predecessor: Li Peng
  • Successor: Wen Jiabao
  • Born: 23 October 1928
  • Birth Place: Changsha, Hunan, China
  • Alma Mater: Tsinghua University
  • Spouse(s): Lao An (m. 1956)
  • Children: Zhu Yunlai (son); Zhu Yanlai (daughter)
  • Previous Positions: First Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China (29 March 1993 – 17 March 1998); Member of the 14th, 15th CPC Politburo Standing Committee (19 October 1992 – 15 November 2002); Governor of the People's Bank of China (July 1993 – June 1995)

Li Peng, 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Li Peng
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 24 November, 1987
  • Left Office: 17 March 1998
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Predecessor: Zhao Ziyang
  • Successor: Zhu Rongji
  • Born: 20 October 1928
  • Birth Place: Shanghai French Concession, China
  • Died: 22 July 2019
  • Alma Mater: Moscow Power Engineering Institute
  • Spouse(s): Zhu Lin (m. 1958)
  • Children: Li Xiaopeng (son); Li Xiaolin (daughter); Li Xiaoyong (son)
  • Previous Positions: Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (6 June 1983 – 24 November 1987)

Zhao Ziyang, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhao Ziyang
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 10 September, 1980
  • Left Office: 24 November 1987
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Predecessor: Hua Guofeng
  • Successor: Li Peng
  • Born: 17 October 1919
  • Birth Place: Hua County, Henan, Republic of China
  • Died: 17 January 2005
  • Spouse(s): Liang Boqi (m. 1944)
  • Children: 6: 5 sons, 1 daughter
  • Previous Positions: Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (8 March 1978 – 17 June 1983)

Hua Guofeng, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Hua Guofeng
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 4 February 1976
  • Left Office: 10 September 1980
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China (1938 – 2002)
  • Predecessor: Zhou Enlai
  • Successor: Zhao Ziyang
  • Born: 16 February 1921
  • Birth Place: Jiaocheng County, Shanxi, Republic of China
  • Died: 20 August 2008
  • Spouse(s): Han Zhijun (m. 1949)
  • Children: Su Hua; Su Bin; Su Ling; Su Li

Zhou Enlai, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhou Enlai
  • Official Title: Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Assumed Office: 1 October, 1949
  • Left Office: 8 January 1976
  • Political Party: Communist Party of China
  • Successor: Hua Guofeng
  • Born: 5 March 1898
  • Birth Place: Huai'an, Jiangsu, Qing Empire, China
  • Died: 8 January 1976
  • Alma Mater: Nankai University
  • Spouse(s): Deng Yingchao (m. 1925)
  • Children: Sun Weishi; Wang Shu (both adopted)

He Yingqin, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: He Yingqin
  • Assumed Office: 12 March 1949
  • Left Office: 6 June 1949
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Sun Fo
  • Born: April 2, 1890
  • Birth Place: Xingyi, Guizhou, Qing dynasty, China
  • Died: October 21, 1987
  • Alma Mater: Tokyo Shimbu Gakko, Imperial Japanese Army Academy
  • Previous Positions: 2nd Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (3 June 1948 – 21 December 1948)

Sun Fo, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Sun Fo
  • Assumed Office: 26 November 1948
  • Left Office: 12 March 1949
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Weng Wenhao
  • Successor: He Yingqin
  • Born: 21 October 1891
  • Birth Place: Zhongshan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty, China
  • Died: 13 September 1973
  • Alma Mater: Saint Louis School, Honolulu, Hawaii University of California, Berkeley Columbia University
  • Spouse(s): Chen Suk-ying (m. 1893)
  • Children: Sun Tse-ping; Sun Tse-kiong; Sun Sui-ying; Sun Sui-hwa; Sun Sui-Fong; Sun Sui-fen

Weng Wenhao, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Weng Wenhao
  • Assumed Office: 24 May 1948
  • Left Office: 26 November 1948
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Zhang Qun
  • Successor: Sun Fo
  • Born: 26 July 1889
  • Birth Place: Ningbo, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 27 January 1971
  • Alma Mater: Catholic University of Leuven
  • Children: Weng Xinyuan; Weng Xinhan

Zhang Qun, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhang Qun
  • Assumed Office: 23 April 1947
  • Left Office: 28 May 1948
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Successor: Weng Wenhao
  • Born: 9 May 1889
  • Birth Place: Huayang County, Sichuan, Qing Empire, China
  • Died: 14 December 1990
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy
  • Spouse(s): Ma Yu-ying
  • Children: Yalan Chang Lew; Theodore Chi-chong Chang
  • Previous Positions: Governor of Sichuan Province (15 November 1940 – 14 May 1947); Vice Premier of the Republic of China (1 January 1938 – 11 December 1939); Foreign Minister of the Republic of China (12 December 1935 – 4 March 1937); Governor of Hubei Province (7 July 1933 – 17 December 1935); Mayor of Shanghai (1 April 1929 – 6 January 1932)

Chiang Kai-shek, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Assumed Office: 1 March 1947
  • Left Office: 18 April 1947
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Soong Tse-ven
  • Successor: Zhang Qun
  • Born: 31 October 1887
  • Birth Place: Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty China
  • Died: 5 April 1975
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy Preparatory School
  • Spouse(s): Mao Fumei; Yao Yecheng; Chen Jieru; Soong Mei-ling
  • Children: Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Wei-kuo (adopted)
  • Previous Positions: Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (10 October 1928 – 15 December 1931); Chairman of the Kuomintang (6 July 1926 – 11 March 1927)

Soong Tse-ven, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Soong Tse-ven
  • Assumed Office: 31 May 1945
  • Left Office: 1 March 1947
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Successor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Born: 4 December 1894
  • Birth Place: Shanghai, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 26 April 1971
  • Alma Mater: Harvard University; Columbia University
  • Spouse(s): Lo-Yi Chang

Chiang Kai-shek, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Assumed Office: 20 November 1939
  • Left Office: 31 May 1945
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Kung Hsiang-his
  • Successor: Soong Tse-ven
  • Born: 31 October 1887
  • Birth Place: Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty China
  • Died: 5 April 1975
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy Preparatory School
  • Spouse(s): Mao Fumei; Yao Yecheng; Chen Jieru; Soong Mei-ling
  • Children: Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Wei-kuo (adopted)
  • Previous Positions: Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (10 October 1928 – 15 December 1931); Chairman of the Kuomintang (6 July 1926 – 11 March 1927)

Kung Hsiang-his, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Kung Hsiang-his
  • Assumed Office: 1 January 1938
  • Left Office: 11 December 1939
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Successor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Born: 11 September 1881
  • Birth Place: Taigu, Shanxi, Qing Empire, China
  • Died: 16 August 1967
  • Alma Mater: Oberlin College (B.A.); Yale University (M.A.)
  • Spouse(s): Han Yu-mei; Soong Ai-ling
  • Children: Kung Ling-I; David Kung Ling-kan; Kung Ling-chun; Kung Ling-chun

Chiang Kai-shek, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Assumed Office: 9 December 1935
  • Left Office: 1 January 1938
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Wang Jingwei
  • Successor: Kung Hsiang-his
  • Born: 31 October 1887
  • Birth Place: Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty China
  • Died: 5 April 1975
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy Preparatory School
  • Spouse(s): Mao Fumei; Yao Yecheng; Chen Jieru; Soong Mei-ling
  • Children: Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Wei-kuo (adopted)
  • Previous Positions: Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (10 October 1928 – 15 December 1931); Chairman of the Kuomintang (6 July 1926 – 11 March 1927)

Wang Jingwei, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Jingwei
  • Assumed Office: 28 January 1932
  • Left Office: 1 December 1935
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Sun Fo
  • Successor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Born: 4 May 1883
  • Birth Place: Sanshui, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 10 November 1944
  • Spouse(s): Chen Bijun
  • Children: Wenjin; Wenxing; Wang Wenbin; Wenxun; Wenti

Wellington Koo, Acting President of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: V. K. Wellington Koo
  • Assumed Office: 1 October 1926
  • Left Office: 16 June 1927
  • Predecessor: Du Xigui (Acting)
  • Successor: Zhang Zuolin (as Generalissimo of the Military Government)
  • Born: 29 January 1888
  • Birth Place: Shanghai, Empire of China
  • Died: 14 November 1985 (age 97)
  • Death Place: New York City, New York, United States
  • Alma Mater: Columbia University (PhD)
  • Spouse(s): Zhang Run'e (m. 1908, div. before 1912);
    Tang Baoyue (m. 1913, 1918 her death);
    Oei Hui-lan (m. 1920, div. 1958);
    Juliana Young Koo (m. 1959)
  • Children: Gu Dechang; Gu Juzhen; Gu Yuchang; Gu Fuchang
  • Previous Positions: Chinese Ambassador to the United States (27 June 1946 – 21 March 1956)

Sun Fo, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Sun Fo
  • Assumed Office: 1 January 1932
  • Left Office: 28 January 1932
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Chen Mingshu
  • Successor: Wang Jingwei
  • Born: 21 October 1891
  • Birth Place: Zhongshan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty, China
  • Died: 13 September 1973
  • Alma Mater: Saint Louis School, Honolulu, Hawaii University of California, Berkeley Columbia University
  • Spouse(s): Chen Suk-ying (m. 1893)
  • Children: Sun Tse-ping; Sun Tse-kiong; Sun Sui-ying; Sun Sui-hwa; Sun Sui-Fong; Sun Sui-fen

Du Xigui, Acting President of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Du Xigui
  • Assumed Office: 22 June 1926
  • Left Office: 1 October 1926
  • Political Party: Zhili clique
  • Predecessor: Yan Huiqing (Acting)
  • Successor: V. K. Wellington Koo (Acting)
  • Born: 12 November 1875
  • Birth Place: Fuzhou, Fujian, China
  • Died: 28 December 1933 (age 58)
  • Alma Mater: Nanjing Naval College
  • Previous Positions: Minister of Navy of the Republic of China (October 1924 – November 1924), December 1925 – June 1927)

Chen Mingshu, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Chen Mingshu
  • Assumed Office: 15 December 1931
  • Left Office: 1 January 1932
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Successor: Sun Fo
  • Born: 4 December 1899
  • Birth Place: Kwangtung, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 1965
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy

Yan Huiqing, Acting President of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Yan Huiqing
  • Assumed Office: 13 May 1926
  • Left Office: 22 June 1926
  • Political Party: Anhui clique
  • Predecessor: Hu Weide (Acting)
  • Successor: Du Xigui (Acting)
  • Born: 2 April 1877
  • Died: 24 May 1950 (age 73)
  • Death Place: Shanghai, China
  • Alma Mater: University of Virginia (B.A.); Peiyang University (D.Litt.)
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China

Chiang Kai-shek, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Assumed Office: 4 December 1930
  • Left Office: 15 December 1931
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Soong Tse-ven
  • Successor: Chen Mingshu
  • Born: 31 October 1887
  • Birth Place: Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty China
  • Died: 5 April 1975
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy Preparatory School
  • Spouse(s): Mao Fumei; Yao Yecheng; Chen Jieru; Soong Mei-ling
  • Children: Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Wei-kuo (adopted)
  • Previous Positions: Chairman of the National Government of the Republic of China (10 October 1928 – 15 December 1931); Chairman of the Kuomintang (6 July 1926 – 11 March 1927)

Hu Weide, Acting President of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Hu Weide
  • Assumed Office: 20 April 1926
  • Left Office: 13 May 1926
  • Political Party: Non-partisan
  • Predecessor: Duan Qirui (Acting)
  • Successor: Yan Huiqing (Acting)
  • Born: 1863
  • Died: 24 November 1833
  • Alma Mater: Shanghai Interpreters' College

Soong Tse-ven, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Soong Tse-ven
  • Assumed Office: 25 September 1930
  • Left Office: 4 December 1930
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Tan Yankai
  • Successor: Chiang Kai-shek
  • Born: 4 December 1894
  • Birth Place: Shanghai, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 26 April 1971
  • Alma Mater: Harvard University; Columbia University
  • Spouse(s): Lo-Yi Chang

Tan Yankai, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Tan Yankai
  • Assumed Office: 25 October 1928
  • Left Office: 22 September 1930
  • Political Party: Kuomintang; Progressive Party
  • Predecessor: Pan Fu
  • Successor: Soong Tse-ven
  • Born: 25 January 1880
  • Birth Place: Hangchow, Chekiang, China
  • Died: 22 September 1930
  • Children: Tan Xiang

Pan Fu, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Pan Fu
  • Assumed Office: 18 June 1927
  • Left Office: 2 June 1928
  • Predecessor: Wellington Koo (acting)
  • Successor: Tan Yankai
  • Born: 22 November 1883
  • Died: 12 September 1936
  • Previous Positions: Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (October 1926 – January 1927), (24 July 1920 – 11 August 1920)

Gao Lingwei, Acting President of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Gao Lingwei
  • Assumed Office: 14 June 1923
  • Left Office: 10 October 1923
  • Political Party: Non-partisan
  • Predecessor: Li Yuanhong
  • Successor: Cao Kun
  • Born: 12 September 1870
  • Birth Place: Tianjin, Empire of China
  • Died: 4 March 1940 (age 69)
  • Death Place: Beijing, Republic of China

Jia Deyao, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Jia Deyao
  • Assumed Office: 4 March 1926
  • Left Office: 20 April 1926
  • Political Party: Anhui Clique
  • Predecessor: Xu Shiying
  • Successor: Hu Weide
  • Born: 1880
  • Died: 1940
  • Alma Mater: Baoding Military Academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy

Xu Shiying, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Xu Shiying
  • Assumed Office: 26 December 1925
  • Left Office: 4 March 1926
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Yan Huiqing
  • Successor: Jia Deyao
  • Born: 10 September 1873
  • Birth Place: Anhwei, China
  • Died: 13 October 1964
  • Previous Positions: Minister of Interior of the Republic of China (30 June 1916 – 12 July 1916); Minister of Justice of the Republic of China (29 November 1922 – 4 January 1923)

Huang Fu, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Huang Fu
  • Assumed Office: 31 October 1924
  • Left Office: 24 November 1924
  • Political Party: None
  • Predecessor: Yan Huiqing
  • Successor: Xu Shiying
  • Born: 8 March 1883
  • Birth Place: Shangyu, Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 6 December 1936
  • Alma Mater: Zhejiang Military College; Qiushi Academy

Yan Huiqing, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Yan Huiqing
  • Assumed Office: 14 September 1924
  • Left Office: 31 October 1924
  • Political Party: None
  • Predecessor: Wellington Koo
  • Successor: Huang Fu
  • Born: 2 April 1877
  • Died: 24 May 1950
  • Alma Mater: University of Virginia (BA); Peiyang University (now Tianjin University) (DLitt)
  • Children: 6

Wellington Koo, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: V. K. Wellington Koo
  • Assumed Office: 2 July 1924
  • Left Office: 14 September 1924
  • Predecessor: Sun Baoqi
  • Successor: Yan Huiqing
  • Born: 29 January 1888
  • Birth Place: Shanghai, Empire of China
  • Died: 14 November 1985
  • Alma Mater: Columbia University (PhD)
  • Spouse(s): Zhang Run'e (m. 1908; div. pre-1912); Tang Baoyue (m. 1913; died 1918); Oei Hui-lan (m. 1920; div. 1958); Juliana Young Koo (m. 1959; died 1985)
  • Children: Gu Dechang; Gu Juzhen; Gu Yuchang; Gu Fuchang

Sun Baoqi, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Sun Baoqi
  • Assumed Office: 12 January 1924
  • Left Office: 2 July 1924
  • Predecessor: Gao Lingwei
  • Successor: Wellington Koo
  • Born: 26 April 1867
  • Birth Place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Qing, China
  • Died: 3 February 1931
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (12 February 1914 – 1 May 1914)

Zhang Shaozeng, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhang Shaozeng
  • Assumed Office: 4 January 1923
  • Left Office: 9 September 1923
  • Predecessor: Wang Zhengting
  • Successor: Gao Lingwei
  • Born: 9 October 1879
  • Birth Place: Zhili, Empire of China
  • Died: 21 March 1928

Wang Zhengting, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Zhengting
  • Assumed Office: 11 December 1922
  • Left Office: 4 January 1923
  • Predecessor: Wang Daxie
  • Successor: Zhang Shaozeng
  • Born: 7 September 1882
  • Birth Place: Fenghua, Chekiang, China
  • Died: 21 May 1961

Wang Daxie, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Daxie
  • Assumed Office: 29 November 1922
  • Left Office: 11 December 1922
  • Predecessor: Wang Chonghui
  • Successor: Wang Zhengting
  • Born: 1860
  • Died: 1929
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (22 November 1917 – 30 November 1917)

Wang Ch'unghui, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Ch'unghui
  • Assumed Office: 5 August 1922
  • Left Office: 29 November 1922
  • Political Party: Kuomintang
  • Predecessor: Yan Huiqing
  • Successor: Wang Daxie
  • Born: 10 October 1881
  • Birth Place: British Hong Kong, China
  • Died: 15 March 1958
  • Alma Mater: Peiyang University; University of California; Yale University
  • Children: Wang Da-hong (son)

Yan Huiqing, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Yan Huiqing
  • Assumed Office: 25 January 1922
  • Left Office: 8 April 1922
  • Predecessor: Liang Shiyi
  • Successor: Wang Ch'unghui
  • Born: 2 April 1877
  • Died: 24 May 1950
  • Alma Mater: University of Virginia (BA); Peiyang University (now Tianjin University (DLitt)
  • Children: 6
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (18 December 1921 – 24 December 1921)

Liang Shiyi, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Liang Shiyi
  • Assumed Office: 24 December 1921
  • Left Office: 25 January 1922
  • Political Party: Communications Clique
  • Predecessor: Yan Huiqing
  • Successor: Yan Huiqing
  • Born: 5 May 1869
  • Birth Place: Sanshui, Guangdong, China
  • Died: 9 April 1933

Yan Huiqing, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Yan Huiqing
  • Assumed Office: 18 December 1921
  • Left Office: 24 December 1921
  • Political Party: Anhui Clique
  • Predecessor: Jin Yunpeng
  • Successor: Liang Shiyi
  • Born: 2 April 1877
  • Died: 24 May 1950
  • Alma Mater: University of Virginia (B.A.); Peiyang University (now Tianjin University(D.Litt.)
  • Children: 6

Jin Yunpeng, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Jin Yunpeng
  • Assumed Office: 9 August 1920
  • Left Office: 17 December 1921
  • Predecessor: Sa Zhenbing
  • Successor: Yan Huiqing
  • Born: 1877
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 30 January 1951
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (24 September 1919 – 14 May 1920); Minister of War of the Republic of China (1919–1921)

Sa Zhenbing, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Sa Zhenbing
  • Assumed Office: 14 May 1920
  • Left Office: 9 August 1920
  • Predecessor: Jin Yunpeng
  • Successor: Jin Yunpeng
  • Born: 30 March 1859
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 10 April 1952

Jin Yunpeng, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Jin Yunpeng
  • Assumed Office: 24 September 1919
  • Left Office: 14 May 1920
  • Predecessor: Gong Xinzhan
  • Successor: Sa Zhenbing
  • Born: 1877
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 30 January 1951

Gong Xinzhan, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Gong Xinzhan
  • Assumed Office: 13 June 1919
  • Left Office: 24 September 1919
  • Political Party: Anhui Clique
  • Predecessor: Qian Nengxun
  • Successor: Jin Yunpeng
  • Born: 1871
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, China
  • Died: December 1943

Qian Nengxun, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Qian Nengxun
  • Assumed Office: 10 October 1918
  • Left Office: 13 June 1919
  • Predecessor: Duan Qirui
  • Successor: Gong Xinzhan
  • Born: 1869
  • Died: 5 June 1924
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (20 February 1918 – 23 March 1918)

Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Duan Qirui
  • Assumed Office: 23 March 1918
  • Left Office: 10 October 1918
  • Political Party: Anhui clique
  • Predecessor: Qian Nengxun
  • Successor: Qian Nengxun
  • Born: 6 March 1865
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 2 November 1936
  • Alma Mater: Tianjin Military Academy
  • Children: 4 daughters
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (14 July 1917 – 22 November 1917; 26 June 1916 – 23 May 1917; 1 May 1913 – 31 July 1913); Minister of War of the Republic of China (1912 – 1915)

Qian Nengxun, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Qian Nengxun
  • Assumed Office: 20 February 1918
  • Left Office: 23 March 1918
  • Predecessor: Wang Shizhen
  • Successor: Duan Qirui
  • Born: 1869
  • Died: 5 June 1924

Wang Shizhen, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Shizhen
  • Assumed Office: 30 November 1917
  • Left Office: 23 March 1918
  • Predecessor: Wang Daxie
  • Successor: Qian Nengxun
  • Born: 1861
  • Birth Place: Zhengding, Hopeh, China
  • Died: 1 June 1930
  • Previous Positions: 2nd Minister of War of the Great Qing (1911 – 1912); Minister of War of the Republic of China (1915 – 1917)

Wang Daxie, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wang Daxie
  • Assumed Office: 22 November 1917
  • Left Office: 30 November 1917
  • Predecessor: Duan Qirui
  • Successor: Wang Shizhen
  • Born: 1860
  • Died: 1929

Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Duan Qirui
  • Assumed Office: 14 July 1917
  • Left Office: 22 November 1917
  • Political Party: Anhui Clique
  • Predecessor: Li Jingxi
  • Successor: Wang Daxie
  • Born: 6 March 1865
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 2 November 1936
  • Alma Mater: Tianjin Military Academy
  • Children: 4 daughters
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (26 June 1916 – 23 May 1917; 1 May 1913 – 31 July 1913); Minister of War of the Republic of China (1912 – 1915)

Li Jingxi, Premier of the State Council of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Li Jingxi
  • Assumed Office: 28 May 1917
  • Left Office: 1 July 1917
  • Political Party: Progressive Party
  • Predecessor: Wu Tingfang
  • Successor: Duan Qirui
  • Born: 1857
  • Birth Place: Anhwei, China
  • Died: 18 September 1925

Wu Tingfang, Premier of the State Council of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Wu Tingfang
  • Assumed Office: 23 May 1917
  • Left Office: 28 May 1917
  • Political Party: Republican Party; Progressive Party
  • Predecessor: Duan Qirui
  • Successor: Li Jingxi
  • Born: 30 July 1842
  • Birth Place: Malacca, Malaysia
  • Died: 23 June 1922
  • Alma Mater: St. Paul's College; University College, London; Lincoln's Inn
  • Children: Wu Chaoshu
  • Previous Positions: Ambassador of Qing Empire to the United States (8 March 1908 – 12 August 1909; 23 November 1896 – 12 July 1902); Chinese Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1880 – 1882)

Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Duan Qirui
  • Assumed Office: 26 June 1916
  • Left Office: 23 May 1917
  • Political Party: Anhui clique
  • Predecessor: Xu Shichang
  • Successor: Wu Tingfang
  • Born: 6 March 1865
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 2 November 1936
  • Alma Mater: Tianjin Military Academy
  • Children: 4 daughters
  • Previous Positions: Minister of War of the Republic of China (1912–1915); Premier of the Republic of China (1 May 1913 – 31 July 1913)

Xu Shichang, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Xu Shichang
  • Assumed Office: 22 March 1916
  • Left Office: 23 April 1916
  • Predecessor: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Successor: Duan Qirui
  • Born: 20 October 1855
  • Birth Place: Weihui, Henan, Qing Dynasty
  • Died: 5 June 1939
  • Previous Positions: 1st Minister of the Cabinet of the Imperial Cabinet (8 May 1911 – 1 November 1911); Premier of the Republic of China (1 May 1914 – 22 December 1915)

Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Prime Minister of the Empire of China

  • Full Name: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Assumed Office: 22 December 1915
  • Left Office: 22 March 1916
  • Predecessor: Xu Shichang
  • Successor: Xu Shichang
  • Born: 12 June 1871
  • Birth Place: Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 15 January 1949
  • Spouse(s): Berthe-Françoise-Eugénie Bovy
  • Previous Positions: Premier of the Republic of China (29 June 1912 – 22 September 1912)

Xu Shichang, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Xu Shichang
  • Assumed Office: 1 May 1914
  • Left Office: 22 December 1915
  • Predecessor: Sun Baoqi
  • Successor: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Born: 20 October 1855
  • Birth Place: Weihui, Henan, Qing Dynasty
  • Died: 5 June 1939
  • Previous Positions: 1st Minister of the Cabinet of the Imperial Cabinet (8 May 1911 – 1 November 1911)

Sun Baoqi, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Sun Baoqi
  • Assumed Office: 12 February 1914
  • Left Office: 1 May 1914
  • Predecessor: Xiong Xiling
  • Successor: Xu Shichang
  • Born: April 26, 1867
  • Birth Place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Qing, China
  • Died: 3 February 1931

Xiong Xiling, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Xiong Xiling
  • Assumed Office: 31 July 1913
  • Left Office: 12 February 1914
  • Political Party: Progressive Party
  • Predecessor: Duan Qirui
  • Successor: Sun Baoqi
  • Born: 23 July 1870
  • Birth Place: Fenghuang, Xiangxi, Hunan, China
  • Died: 25 December 1937
  • Previous Positions: Minister of Finance of the Republic of China (March 1912 – July 1912)

Duan Qirui, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Duan Qirui
  • Assumed Office: 1 May 1913
  • Left Office: 31 July 1913
  • Political Party: Anhui Clique
  • Predecessor: Zhao Bingjun
  • Successor: Xiong Xiling
  • Born: 6 March 1865
  • Birth Place: Hefei, Anhui, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 2 November 1936
  • Alma Mater: Tianjin Military Academy
  • Children: 4 daughters
  • Previous Positions: Minister of War of the Republic of China (1912 – 1915)

Zhao Bingjun, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Zhao Bingjun
  • Assumed Office: September 1912
  • Left Office: July 1913
  • Predecessor: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Successor: Xiong Xiling
  • Born: 3 February 1859
  • Died: 27 February 1914
  • Previous Positions: 2nd Minister of Internal Affairs of the Imperial Cabinet (3 October 1911 – 1 November 1911)

Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Assumed Office: 29 June 1912
  • Left Office: 22 September 1912
  • Predecessor: Tang Shaoyi
  • Successor: Zhao Bingjun
  • Born: 12 June 1871
  • Birth Place: Zhejiang, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 15 January 1949
  • Spouse(s): Berthe-Françoise-Eugénie Bovy

Tang Shaoyi, Premier of the Republic of China

  • Full Name: Tang Shaoyi
  • Assumed Office: 13 March 1912
  • Left Office: 27 June 1912
  • Political Party: Unity Party
  • Predecessor: Position established
  • Successor: Lou Tseng-Tsiang
  • Born: 2 January 1862
  • Birth Place: Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing Dynasty, China
  • Died: 30 September 1938
  • Alma Mater: Queen's College, Hong Kong; Columbia University
  • Previous Positions: 2nd Minister of Mail and Communications of the Imperial Cabinet (26 October 1911 – 1 November 1911)