List of premiers of the Republic of China

Premiers of Cabinet of the Republic of China

• Period: 13 March 1912 – 1 May 1914

According to the Provisional Constitution of Republic of China, which passed in 1912, the leader of the majority party or the majority coalition should be appointed premier by the president.

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
1		Tang Shaoyi 唐紹儀 Táng Shàoyí (1862–1938)	13 March 1912	27 June 1912	106	Beiyang clique	Sun Yat-sen, Yuan Shikai
2		Lou Tseng-tsiang (Pierre-Célestin Lou) 陸徵祥 Lù Zhēngxiáng (1871–1949)	29 June 1912	22 September 1912	56	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai
3		Zhao Bingjun 趙秉鈞 Zhào Bǐngjūn (1859–1914)	25 September 1912	1 May 1913	252	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai
—		Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Duàn Qíruì (1865–1936)	1 May 1913	31 July 1913	91	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai
4		Xiong Xiling 熊希龄 Xióng Xīlíng (1870–1937)	31 July 1913	12 February 1914	196	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai
—		Sun Baoqi 孫寶琦 Sūn Bǎoqí (1867–1931)	12 February 1914	1 May 1914	78	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai

Secretaries of State of the Empire of China

• Period: 22 December 1915 – 22 March 1916

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	Emperor
(2)		Lou Tseng-tsiang (Pierre-Célestin Lou) 陸徵祥 Lù Zhēngxiáng (1871–1949)	22 December 1915	22 March 1916	91	Non-partisan	Hongxian (Yuan Shikai)

Secretaries of State of the Republic of China

• Period: 1 May 1914 – 22 December 1915; 22 March 1916 – 29 June 1916

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
5		Xu Shichang 徐世昌 Xú Shìchāng (1855–1939)	1 May 1914	22 December 1915	600	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai
			22 March 1916	23 April 1916	32
6		Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Duàn Qíruì (1865–1936)	23 April 1916	29 June 1916	67	Beiyang clique	Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong

Premiers of State Council of the Republic of China

• Period: 29 June 1916 – 1 July 1917

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
(6)		Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Duàn Qíruì (1865–1936)	29 June 1916	23 May 1917	328	Progressive	Li Yuanhong
—		Wu Tingfang 伍廷芳 Wu Tíngfāng (1842–1922)	23 May 1917	28 May 1917	5	Progressive	Li Yuanhong
7		Li Jingxi 李經羲 Li Jīngxī (1859–1925)	28 May 1917	1 July 1917	34	Progressive	Li Yuanhong

Prime Minister of Restored Qing Imperial Government

• Period: 1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917

A coup d'état in order to restore the Qing monarchy occurred on 1 July 1917. The leader of the coup, Zhang Xun, was immediately rewarded the premiership by Emperor Puyi. But Chang was defeated by Duan Qirui on 12 July and the Republic of China restored.

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	Emperor
—		Zhang Xun 張勳 Zhāng Xūn (1854–1923)	1 July 1917	12 July 1917	16	Non-partisan	Xuantong (Puyi)

Premiers of State Council of the Republic of China

• Period: 14 July 1917 – 24 November 1924

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
(6)		Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Duàn Qíruì (1865–1936)	14 July 1917	22 November 1917	128	Anhui clique	Feng Guozhang
—		Wang Daxie 汪大燮 Wāng Dàxiè (1860–1929)	22 November 1917	30 November 1917	8	Zhili clique	Feng Guozhang
—		Wang Shizhen 王士珍 Wáng Shìzhēn (1861–1930)	30 November 1917	20 February 1918	82	Anhui clique	Feng Guozhang
—		Qian Nengxun 錢能訓 Qián Néngxun (1869–1924)	20 February 1918	23 March 1918	31	Anhui clique	Feng Guozhang
(6)		Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 Duàn Qíruì (1865–1936)	23 March 1918	10 October 1918	201	Anhui clique	Feng Guozhang
—		Qian Nengxun 錢能訓 Qián Néngxun (1869–1924)	10 October 1918	13 June 1919	246	Anhui clique	Xu Shichang
—		Gong Xinzhan 龔心湛 Gōng Xīnzhàn (1871–1943)	13 June 1919	24 September 1919	103	Anhui Clique	Xu Shichang
8		Jin Yunpeng 靳雲鵬 Jìn Yúnpéng (1877–1951)	24 September 1919	14 May 1920	233	Anhui Clique	Xu Shichang
9		Sa Zhenbing 薩鎮冰 Sà Zhènbīng (1859–1952)	14 May 1920	9 August 1920	87	Anhui Clique	Xu Shichang
(8)		Jin Yunpeng 靳雲鵬 Jìn Yúnpéng (1877–1951)	9 August 1920	18 December 1921	496	Anhui Clique	Xu Shichang
—		Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 Yán Huìqìng (1877–1950)	18 December 1921	24 December 1921	6	Zhili Clique	Xu Shichang
10		Liang Shiyi 梁士詒 Liáng Shìyí (1869–1933)	24 December 1921	25 January 1922	32	Communications Clique	Xu Shichang
—		Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 Yán Huìqìng (1877–1950)	25 January 1922	8 April 1922	73	Zhili Clique	Xu Shichang
—		Zhou Ziqi 周自齊 Zhōu Zìqí (1871–1923)	8 April 1922	11 June 1922	64	Anhui Clique	Xu Shichang, Zhou Ziqi (co-serving)
11		Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 Yán Huìqìng (1877–1950)	11 June 1922	5 August 1922	55	Zhili Clique	Li Yuanhong
—		Wang Chonghui 王寵惠 Wáng Chǒnghuì (1881–1958)	5 August 1922	29 November 1922	116	Non-partisan	Li Yuanhong
—		Wang Daxie 汪大燮 Wāng Dàxiè (1860–1929)	29 November 1922	11 December 1922	12	Zhili clique	Li Yuanhong
—		Wang Zhengting 王正廷 Wáng Zhèngtíng (1882–1961)	11 December 1922	4 January 1923	24	Non-partisan	Li Yuanhong
12		Zhang Shaozeng 張紹曾 Zhāng Shàozéng (1879–1928)	4 January 1923	9 September 1923	248	Beiyang clique	Li Yuanhong, Gao Lingwei
13		Gao Lingwei 高凌霨 Gāo Língwèi (1868–1939)	9 September 1923	12 January 1924	125	Non-partisan	Gao Lingwei, Cao Kun
14		Sun Baoqi 孫寶琦 Sūn Bǎoqí (1867–1931)	12 January 1924	2 July 1924	172	Beiyang clique	Cao Kun
—		Koo Vi-kyuin (V.K. Wellington Koo) 顧維鈞 Gù Wéijūn (1888–1985)	2 July 1924	14 September 1924	74	Non-partisan	Cao Kun
(11)		Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 Yán Huìqìng (1877–1950)	14 September 1924	31 October 1924	47	Zhili Clique	Cao Kun
—		Huang Fu 黃郛 Huáng Fú (1883–1936)	31 October 1924	24 November 1924	24	Non-partisan	Cao Kun, Huang Fu (co-serving)

Note: The Premiership was abolished from 25 November 1924 to 26 December 1925. The head of the cabinet during this Period was Duan Qirui, Provisional Chief Executive of the Republic of China.

Premiers of State Council of the Republic of China

• Period: 24 November 1924 – 2 June 1928

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
15		Xu Shiying 許世英 Xǔ Shìyīng (1873–1964)	26 December 1925	4 March 1926	68	Non-partisan	Duan Qirui
—		Jia Deyao 賈德耀 Jiǎ Déyào (1880–1940)	4 March 1926	20 April 1926	47	Non-partisan	Duan Qirui
—		Hu Weide 胡惟德 Hú Wéidé (1863–1933)	20 April 1926	13 May 1926	23	Non-partisan	Hu Weide (co-serving)
(11)		Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 Yán Huìqìng (1877–1950)	13 May 1926	22 June 1926	40	Non-partisan	W.W. Yan (co-serving)
—		Du Xigui 杜錫珪 Dù Xīguī (1875–1933)	22 June 1926	1 October 1926	101	Non-partisan	Du Xigui (co-serving)
—		Koo Vi-kyuin (V.K. Wellington Koo) 顧維鈞 Gù Wéijūn (1888–1985)	1 October 1926	18 June 1927	260	Non-partisan	V.K. Wellington Koo (co-serving)
—		Pan Fu 潘復 Pān Fù (1883–1936)	18 June 1927	2 June 1928	350	Non-partisan	Zhang Zuolin

Presidents of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China

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 Beijing (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.

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
16		Tan Yankai 譚延闓 Tán Yánkǎi (1880–1930)	25 October 1928	22 September 1930	842	Kuomintang	Tan Yankai (co-serving), Chiang Kai-shek
			Died in office.
17		Soong Tse-ven (T.V. Soong) 宋子文 Sòng Ziwén (1894–1971)	25 September 1930	4 December 1930	73	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
18		Chiang Kai-shek 蒋中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	4 December 1930	15 December 1931	376	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek (co-serving)
19		Chen Mingshu 陳銘樞 Chén Míngshū (1889–1965)	15 December 1931	1 January 1932	17	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
20		Sun Fo 孫科 Sūn Kē (1891–1973)	1 January 1932	28 January 1932	27	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
21		Wang Jingwei 汪兆銘 Wāng Jīngwèi (1883–1944)	28 January 1932	1 December 1935	1403	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
(18)		Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	7 December 1935	1 January 1938	756	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
22		Kung Hsiang-hsi (H.H. Kung) 孔祥熙 Kǒng Xiángxī (1881–1967)	1 January 1938	11 December 1939	106	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
(18)		Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	11 December 1939	31 May 1945	2707	Kuomintang	Lin Sen, Chiang Kai-shek (co-serving)
(17)		Soong Tse-ven (T.V. Soong) 宋子文 Sòng Ziwén (1891–1971)	31 May 1945	1 March 1947	639	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
(18)		Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	1 March 1947	18 April 1947	48	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
23		Chang Ch'ün 張群 Zhāng Qún (1889–1990)	18 April 1947	24 May 1948	402	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek

Presidents of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China

• Period: 24 May 1948 – present

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Days	Political Party	President
24		Weng Wenhao 翁文灝 Wēng Wénhào (1889–1971)	24 May 1948	26 November 1948	186	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
			Caretaker cabinet after collapse of the economy. Establishment of the Council for United States Aid.
(20)		Sun Fo 孫科 Sūn Kē (1891–1973)	26 November 1948	12 March 1949	106	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren
			Evacuated the Executive Yuan to Guangzhou.
25		He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987)	12 March 1949	3 June 1949	83	Kuomintang	Li Zongren
26		Yan Xishan 閻錫山 Yán Xíshān (1883–1960)	3 June 1949	7 March 1950	277	Kuomintang	Li Zongren, Chiang Kai-shek
			Government relocated to Taipei.
27		Chen Cheng 陳誠 Chén Chéng (1897–1965)	7 March 1950	7 June 1954	1553	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
			Introduced land reforms and local-level elections in Taiwan Province. First individual since relocation of government to Taiwan to have held the highest military (Chief of the General Staff) and civilian government (Premier) offices.
28		Yu Hung-Chun 俞鴻鈞 Yú Hóngjūn (1897–1960)	7 June 1954	30 June 1958	1484	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
			Impeached by the Control Yuan; resigned.
(27)		Chen Cheng 陳誠 Chén Chéng (1897–1965)	30 June 1958	1 July 1963	1827	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
—		Wang Yun-wu 王雲五 Wáng Yúnwǔ (1888–1979)	1 July 1963	16 September 1963	77	Non-partisan	Chiang Kai-shek
			As acting.
(27)		Chen Cheng 陳誠 Chén Chéng (1897–1965)	16 September 1963	15 December 1963	90	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
29		Yen Chia-kan (C.K. Yen) 嚴家淦 Yán Jiāgàn (1905–1993)	15 December 1963	29 May 1972	3088	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek
30		Chiang Ching-kuo 蔣經國 Jiǎng Jīngguó (1910–1988)	29 May 1972	19 May 1978	2181	Kuomintang	Chiang Kai-shek, C.K. Yen
			Launched the Ten Major Construction Projects.
—		Hsu Ching-chung 徐慶鐘 Xú Qìngzhōng (1907–1996)	19 May 1978	1 June 1978	13	Kuomintang	C.K. Yen, Chiang Ching-kuo
			As acting. First native Taiwanese to act as premier.
31		Sun Yun-suan 孫運璿 Sūn Yùnxuán (1913–2006)	1 June 1978	20 May 1984	2180	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo
			Period of rapid economic growth. Planning and establishment of national parks. Development of the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park. Ties with the US severed; lobbied the United States Congress to pass the Taiwan Relations Act. Kaohsiung Incident.
32		Yu Kuo-hwa 俞國華 Yú Guóhuá (1914–2000)	20 May 1984	21 May 1989	1827	Kuomintang	Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Teng-hui
			Period of rapid economic growth. Lifted martial law; allowed Taiwanese to visit mainland China for the first time since 1949.
33		Lee Huan 李煥 Lǐ Huàn (1917–2010)	21 May 1989	1 June 1990	376	Kuomintang	Lee Teng-hui
34		Hau Pei-tsun 郝柏村 Hǎo Bócūn (1919–)	1 June 1990	10 February 1993	985	Kuomintang	Lee Teng-hui
			Amended Article 100 of the Criminal Code; enacted Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area. 1992 cross-strait talks. Second individual since relocation of government to Taiwan to have held the highest military (Chief of the General Staff) and civilian government (Premier) offices.
35		Lien Chan 連戰 Lián Zhàn (1936–)	10 February 1993	1 September 1997	1664	Kuomintang	Lee Teng-hui
			Instituted National Health Insurance. Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. Resigned over a series of high-profile murder cases.
36		Siew Wan-chang (Vincent Siew) 蕭萬長 Xiāo Wàncháng (1939–)	1 September 1997	20 May 2000	992	Kuomintang	Lee Teng-hui
			Streamlining of the Taiwan Provincial Government. 1999 Jiji earthquake.
37		Tang Fei 唐飛 Táng Fēi (1932–)	20 May 2000	6 October 2000	139	Kuomintang	Chen Shui-bian
			Period of cohabitation (President Chen Shui-bian- DPP) with grand coalition-style cabinet. Third individual since relocation of government to Taiwan to have held the highest military (Chief of the General Staff) and civilian government (Premier) offices. Bazhang River incident. Forced to resign over disagreement with President over the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant policy.
38		Chang Chun-hsiung 張俊雄 Zhāng Jùnxióng (1938–)	6 October 2000	1 February 2002	483	Democratic Progressive	Chen Shui-bian
			First non-KMT premier. Start of minority government cabinets during Chen Shui-bian's term. Suspended construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant.
39		Yu Shyi-kun 游錫堃 Yóu Xíkūn (1948–)	1 February 2002	1 February 2005	1096	Democratic Progressive	Chen Shui-bian
			Oversaw financial reforms.
40		Hsieh Chang-ting (Frank Hsieh) 謝長廷 Xiè Chángtíng (1946–)	1 February 2005	25 January 2006	358	Democratic Progressive	Chen Shui-bian
			Kaohsiung MRT foreign workers scandal.
41		Su Tseng-chang 蘇貞昌 Sū Zhēnchāng (1947–)	25 January 2006	21 May 2007	481	Democratic Progressive	Chen Shui-bian
			Period of large-scale protests in response to Chen Shui-bian's family scandals.
(38)		Chang Chun-hsiung 張俊雄 Zhāng Jùnxióng (1938–)	21 May 2007	20 May 2008	365	Democratic Progressive	Chen Shui-bian
42		Liu Chao-shiuan 劉兆玄 Liú Zhàoxuán (1943–)	20 May 2008	10 September 2009	478	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou
			Typhoon Morakot.
43		Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 Wú Dūnyì (1948–)	10 September 2009	6 February 2012	879	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou
			Signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.
44		Chen Chun (Sean Chen) 陳冲 Chén Chōng (1949–)	6 February 2012	18 February 2013	378	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou
			Lin Yi-shih scandal.
45		Jiang Yi-huah 江宜樺 Jiāng Yīhuá (1960–)	18 February 2013	8 December 2014	658	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou
			Youngest premier to take office. Signed free trade agreements with Singapore and New Zealand. Attempt to pass the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement led to mass student protests and an occupation of the legislature. Submitted resignation on 29 November 2014 in response to the local elections.
46		Mao Chi-kuo 毛治國 Máo Zhìguó (1948–)	8 December 2014	1 February 2016	420	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou
			Submitted resignation on 18 January 2016 in response to the presidential and legislative election; on leave until end of term.
47		Chang San-cheng (Simon Chang) 張善政 Zhāng Shànzhèng (1954–)	1 February 2016	20 May 2016	109	Independent	Ma Ying-jeou
			First non-partisan premier. Minority government (first administration with a DPP legislative majority). 2016 Taiwan earthquake.
48		Lin Chuan 林全 Lín Quán (1951–)	20 May 2016	8 September 2017	476	Independent	Tsai Ing-wen
			Second non-partisan premier. Oversaw work-day reforms and pension reforms amid protests. Spearheaded the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Resigned.
49		Lai Ching-te (William Lai) 賴清德 Lài Qīngdé (1959–)	8 September 2017	Incumbent	400	Democratic Progressive	Tsai Ing-wen
			First DPP premier since 2008. Mayor of Tainan (2010-2017).