List of premiers of the People's Republic of China
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- All the names on this list follow the Eastern order convention (family name first, given name second) for consistency.
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Premier is the head of government, and is elected by a delegation of the National People's Congress
every five years. Premiers have been limited to two terms of five years since 1982.
List of Premiers
The Premiership of PRC was created since the establishment of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.
First Administration
Second Administration
Third Administration
Hu–Wen Administration
Xi Core Administration
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | NPC | Cabinet
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President
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Paramount leader | |||
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Zhou Enlai 周恩来 (1898–1976) Beijing At-large |
1 October 1949 | 15 September 1954 | 26 years, 3 months and 1 week | CP | Zhou I | Mao Zedong | |
| 27 September 1954 | 18 April 1959 | I | Zhou II | Mao Zedong | |||||
| 18 April 1959 | 21 December 1964 | II | Zhou III | Liu Shaoqi | Mao Zedong | ||||
| 21 December 1964 | 4 January 1975 | III | Zhou IV | Liu Shaoqi then vacant | Mao Zedong | ||||
| 4 January 1975 | 8 January 1976† | IV | Zhou V | Abolished | Mao Zedong | ||||
Foreign Minister (1949–1958), CPPCC Chairman (1954–1976)†Died in office (cancer) | |||||||||
| 2 | 
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Hua Guofeng 华国锋 (1921–2008) Hunan At-large |
31 January 1976 | 7 April 1976 | 4 years, 7 months and 6 days | IV | (acting) | Abolished | Mao Zedong |
| 7 April 1976 | 5 March 1978 | Hua I | Abolished | Himself | |||||
| 5 March 1978 | 10 September 1980§ | V | Hua II | Abolished | Deng Xiaoping | ||||
Vice Premier (1975–1976)§ Ousted | |||||||||
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Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 (1919–2005) Beijing At-large |
10 September 1980 | 6 June 1983 | 7 years, 2 months and 2 weeks | V | (acting) | Abolished | Deng Xiaoping |
| 6 June 1983 | 24 November 1987§ | VI | Zhao | Li Xiannian | Deng Xiaoping | ||||
| (1975–1980) § Resigned | |||||||||
| 4 | 
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Li Peng 李鹏 (1928–2019) Beijing At-large |
24 November 1987 | 25 March 1988 | 10 years, 3 months and 3 weeks | VI | (acting) | Li Xiannian | Deng Xiaoping |
| 25 March 1988 | 15 March 1993 | VII | Li P. I | Yang Shangkun | Deng Xiaoping Jiang Zemin | ||||
| 15 March 1993 | 17 March 1998 | VIII | Li P. II | Jiang Zemin | |||||
Vice Premier (1983–1987)
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Zhu Rongji 朱镕基 (1928–) Hunan At-large |
17 March 1998 | 16 March 2003 | 4 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days | IX | Zhu | Jiang Zemin | |
| Accession to the First-ranking Vice Premier (1993–1998)
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Wen Jiabao 温家宝 (1942–) Gansu At-large |
16 March 2003 | 16 March 2008 | 9 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days | X | Wen I | Hu Jintao | |
| 16 March 2008 | 15 March 2013 | XI | Wen II | Hu Jintao | |||||
Vice Premier (1998–2003)
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Li Keqiang 李克强 (1955–2023) Shandong At-large (until 2018) Guangxi At-large (from 2018) |
15 March 2013 | 18 March 2018 | 9 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days | XII | Li K.
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Xi Jinping | |
| 18 March 2018 | 11 March 2023 | XIII | Xi Jinping | ||||||
First-ranking Vice Premier (2008–2013)
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| 8 | 
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Li Qiang 李强 (1958–) Yunnan At-large |
11 March 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 3 weeks and 1 day | XIV | Li Q.
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Xi Jinping | |
| Offices: Governor of Zhejiang (2012–2016) | |||||||||
Timeline
See also
- Generations of Chinese leadership
- Grand chancellor (China)
- List of Chinese leaders
- List of premiers of China
- List of presidents of the People's Republic of China
- List of vice premiers of the People's Republic of China
- Paramount leader
- Vice President of the People's Republic of China
References
- PMID 26251322.
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