List of Chinese leaders explained

[1] In this article, "China" refers to the modern territories controlled by the People's Republic of China (which controls Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) and the Republic of China (which controls Taiwan area). For more information, see Two Chinas, Political status of Taiwan, One-China policy, 1992 Consensus and One country, two systems.

"China" also refers to many historical states, empires and dynasties that controlled parts of what are now the PRC and the ROC. For leaders of ancient and imperial China, see List of Chinese monarchs.

| width="50%" align="left" valign="top" |

Historical parties| width="50%" align="left" valign="top" |
  • Modern parties

    • Presidents

    See main article: List of presidents of China.

    bgcolor=#DDDDDD colspan=2/ Republic of China
    YearPresident(list)
    Republic of China
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31912
    Sun Yat-sen
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=5Yuan Shikai
    1913
    1914
    1915
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21916
    bgcolor=#FFFFCC rowspan=2Li Yuanhong
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21917
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Feng Guozhang
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21918
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=5Xu Shichang
    1919
    1920
    1921
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31922
    bgcolor=#FFFFCC rowspan=2Li Yuanhong
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31923
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Cao Kun
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31924
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=3
    1925
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=51926
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21927
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21928
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Chiang Kai-shek
    1929
    1930
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21931
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=13Lin Sen
    1932
    1933
    1934
    1935
    1936
    1937
    1938
    1939
    1940
    1941
    1942
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21943
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=7Chiang Kai-shek
    1944
    1945
    1946
    1947
    1948
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21949
    bgcolor=#DDDDDD colspan=3China
    Year President (list)
    Republic of China
    		 President (list)
    People's Republic of China
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21949bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=3
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=12Mao Zedong
    (Paramount leader: Himself)
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21950
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=30Chiang Kai-shek
    1951
    1952
    1953
    1954
    1955
    1956
    1957
    1958
    1959
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=10Liu Shaoqi
    (Paramount leader: Mao Zedong)
    1960
    1961
    1962
    1963
    1964
    1965
    1966
    1967
    1968
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=5Soong Ching-ling
    &<br/>Dong Biwu
    (Paramount leader: Mao Zedong)
    1969
    1970
    1971
    1972
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=4Dong Biwu
    (Paramount leader: Mao Zedong)
    1973
    1974
    1975
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=9Position abolished
    (Paramount leaders: Mao Zedong,
    Hua Guofeng, and Deng Xiaoping)
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Yen Chia-kan
    1976
    1977
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21978
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=14Chiang Ching-kuo
    1979
    1980
    1981
    Soong Ching-ling
    (Paramount leader: Deng Xiaoping)
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=3Position abolished
    (Paramount leader: Deng Xiaoping)
    1982
    1983
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=7Li Xiannian
    (Paramount leader: Deng Xiaoping)
    1984
    1985
    1986
    1987
    1988
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=15Lee Teng-hui
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=6Yang Shangkun
    (Paramount leader: Deng Xiaoping)
    1989
    1990
    1991
    1992
    1993
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=11Jiang Zemin
    (Paramount leader: Himself)
    1994
    1995
    1996
    1997
    1998
    1999
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22000
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=10Chen Shui-bian
    2001
    2002
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=12Hu Jintao
    (Paramount leader: Himself)
    2003
    2004
    2005
    2006
    2007
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22008
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=10Ma Ying-jeou
    2009
    2010
    2011
    2012
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=15Xi Jinping
    (Paramount leader: Himself)
    2013
    2014
    2015
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22016
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=9Tsai Ing-Wen
    2017
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2021
    2022
    2023
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22024
    Lai Ching-te

    Premiers

    See main article: List of premiers of China.

    bgcolor=#DDDDDD colspan=2/ Republic of China
    YearPremier /
    the Republic of China
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31912Tang Shaoyi
    Lu Zhengxiang
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Zhao Bingjun
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21913
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Xiong Xiling
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31914
    Sun Baoqi
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Xu Shichang
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21915
    bgcolor=#EED8D2 rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=41916
    Xu Shichang
    Duan Qirui
    bgcolor=#FFFFCC rowspan=2Duan Qirui
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=61917
    Li Jingxi
    Duan Qirui
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=41918
    Duan Qirui
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=41919
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Jin Yunpeng
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31920
    Sa Zhenbing
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Jin Yunpeng
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31921
    bgcolor=#FFDDAA rowspan=2Liang Shiyi
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=51922
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31923
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"Zhang Shaozeng
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2Gao Lingwei
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=61924
    Sun Baoqi
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    Yan Huiqing
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"Huang Fu
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2Post abolished
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21925
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2Xu Shiying
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=61926
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"Yan Huiqing
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31927
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2Post abolished
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21928
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=3Tan Yankai
    1929
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31930
    T. V. Soong Tse-Ven
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2Chiang Kai-shek
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21931
    Chen Mingshu
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31932
    Sun Fo
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Wang Jingwei
    1933
    1934
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21935
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Chiang Kai-shek
    1936
    1937
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=31938
    H. H. Kung Hsiang-hsi
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=7Chiang Kai-shek
    1939
    1940
    1941
    1942
    1943
    1944
    1945bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2T. V. Soong Tse-Ven
    1946
    1947Chiang Kai-shek
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21948Chang Chun
    Wong Wen-hao
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21949Sun Fo
    Ho Ying-chin
    bgcolor=#DDDDDD colspan=3China
    YearPremier
    the Republic of China
    		Premier
    the People's Republic of China
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD 1949bgcolor=#ADD8E6 Yan Xishanbgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=32Zhou Enlai
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21950
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=5Chen Cheng
    1951
    1952
    1953
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21954
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Yü Hung-chün
    1955
    1956
    1957
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21958
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=6Chen Cheng
    1959
    1960
    1961
    1962
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21963
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=10Yen Chia-kan
    1964
    1965
    1966
    1967
    1968
    1969
    1970
    1971
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21972
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=8Chiang Ching-kuo
    1973
    1974
    1975
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21976
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=3Hua Guofeng
    1977
    1978
    bgcolor=#DDDDDD colspan=3China
    YearPremier
    the Republic of China
    		Premier
    the People's Republic of China
    1978bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=8Sun Yun-suanbgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=3Hua Guofeng
    1979
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21980
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=5
    1981
    1982
    1983
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21984
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=7Yu Kuo-hwabgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=4Zhao Ziyang
    1985
    1986
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21987
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=3
    1988
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21989
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2Lee Huanbgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=13Li Peng
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21990
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=4Hau Pei-tsun
    1991
    1992
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21993
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=5Lien Chan
    1994
    1995
    1996
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21997
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=5Vincent Siew Wan-changbgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=7
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=21998
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=10Zhu Rongji
    1999bgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=30
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=32000
    Tang Fei
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=4Chang Chun-hsiung
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22001
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=7
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22002
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=5Yu Shyi-kun
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22003
    bgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=19Wen Jiabao
    2004
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=32005
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=3Frank Hsieh Chang-tingbgcolor=#FFFFFF
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=4
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22006
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=2Su Tseng-chang
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22007
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=2Chang Chun-hsiungbgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=7
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22008
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2Liu Chao-shiuan
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22009
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=5Wu Den-yih
    2010
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22011
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22012
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2Sean Chen Chongbgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=10
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22013
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=2Jiang Yi-huahbgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=16Li Keqiang
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22014
    bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan=3Mao Chi-kuobgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=10
    2015
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=32016
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;"Chang San-cheng
    bgcolor=#F8F8FF style="border: 1px solid darkgray;" rowspan=2Lin Chuan
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=32017
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=4William Lai Ching‑te
    bgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=5
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12018
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=22019
    bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=4Su Tseng-changbgcolor=#FFFFFF rowspan=2
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12020
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12021
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12022
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12023bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=1Chen Chien-jenbgcolor=#FFB6B6 rowspan=2Li Qiang
    bgcolor=#DDCCDD rowspan=12024bgcolor=#90EE90 rowspan=1Cho Jung-tai

    See also

    Incumbents

    Hong Kong and Macau

    Taiwan

    Notes and References

    1. m

    This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of Chinese leaders".

    Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.