List of Chinese leaders

Ancient China (Ca. 2852 BC – 221 BC)

  • List of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (ca. 2852 BC – 2177 BC)
  • List of Xia Dynasty kings (ca. 2070 BC – 1600 BC)
  • List of Shang Dynasty kings (ca. 1600 BC – 1046 BC)
  • List of Zhou Dynasty kings (ca. 1046 BC – 256 BC)

Early Imperial China (221 BC – 589 AD)

  • List of Qin Dynasty Emperors (221 BC – 207 BC)
  • List of Han Dynasty Emperors (206 BC – 220 AD)
  • List of Three Kingdoms Emperors (220–280)
  • List of Jin Dynasty Emperors (265–420)
  • List of Sixteen Kingdoms Emperors (304–439)
  • List of Northern and Southern Dynasties Emperors (420–589)

Mid-Imperial China (581 – 1368)

  • List of Sui Dynasty Emperors (581–618)
  • List of Tang Dynasty Emperors (618–690, 705–907)
  • List of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Emperors (907–960)
  • List of Liao Dynasty Emperors (907–1125)
  • List of Song Dynasty Emperors (960–1279)
  • List of Western Xia Dynasty Emperors (1032–1227)
  • List of Jin Dynasty Emperors (1115–1234)
  • List of Yuan Dynasty Emperors (1271–1368)

Late Imperial China (1368 – 1912, 1916)

  • List of Ming Dynasty Emperors (1368–1644)
  • List of Qing Dynasty Emperors (1616–1924, 1916)

Modern China (1912–present)

Historical Parties
  Beiyang clique
Present Parties
  Non-Partisan
  Kuomintang (Nationalist)

Presidents (& Chief Executives)

Year  President /Taiwan (list)
the Republic of China
 
1912 Sun Yat-sen
Yuan Shikai
1913
1914
1915
1916
Li Yuanhong
1917 Feng Guozhang
1918 Xu Shichang
1919
1920
1921
1922 Zhou Ziqi (acting)
Li Yuanhong
1923
Gao Lingwei (acting)
Cao Kun
1924
Huang Fu (acting)
Duan Qirui (acting)
1925
1926
Hu Weide (acting)
Yan Huiqing (acting)
Du Xigui (acting)
V.K. Wellington Koo Wei-chün (acting)
1927
Zhang Zuolin (acting)
1928
Chiang Kai-shek
1929
1930
1931
Lin Sen
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
Chiang Kai-shek
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948

Year  President Taiwan (list)
the Republic of China
 
President China (list)
the People's Republic of China
 
1948 Li Zongren (acting)
1949 Mao Zedong
1950
Chiang Kai-shek
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959 Liu Shaoqi
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
Song Qingling (acting)
&
Dong Biwu (acting)
1969
1970
1971
1972
Dong Biwu (acting)
1973
1974
1975
Yen Chia-kan Post abolished
1976
1977
1978
Chiang Ching-kuo
1979
1980
1981 Song Qingling (honorary)
1982 Post abolished
1983
Li Xiannian
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988

Year  President Taiwan (list)
the Republic of China
 
President China (list)
the People's Republic of China
 
Chief Executive Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
 
Chief Executive Macau
Macau SAR
 
1988 Lee Teng-hui Yang Shangkun
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Jiang Zemin
1994
1995
1996
1997 Tung Chee-hwa
1998
1999 Edmund Ho Hau Wah
2000
Chen Shui-bian
2001
2002
2003
Hu Jintao
2004
2005
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (acting)
Henry Tang Ying-yen (acting)
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
2006
2007
2008
Ma Ying-jeou
2009
Fernando Chui Sai On
2010
2011
2012
CY Leung Chun-ying
2013
Xi Jinping
2014

Premiers

Year  Premier /Taiwan
the Republic of China
 
1912 Tang Shaoyi
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Zhao Bingjun
1913
Xiong Xiling
1914
Sun Baoqi
Xu Shichang
1915
Lou Tseng-Tsiang (acting)
1916
Xu Shichang
Duan Qirui
Duan Qirui
1917
Wu Tingfang (acting)
Li Jingxi
Zhang Xun
Duan Qirui
Wang Daxie (acting)
Wang Shizhen (acting)
1918
Qian Nengxun (acting)
Duan Qirui
Qian Nengxun (acting)
1919
Gong Xinzhan (acting)
Jin Yunpeng (acting)
Jin Yunpeng
1920
Sa Zhenbing
Jin Yunpeng
1921
Yan Huiqing (acting)
Zhang Xun
1922
Yan Huiqing (acting)
Wang Chonghui (acting)
Wang Daxie (acting)
Wang Zhengting (acting)
1923
Zhang Shaozeng
Gao Lingwei
1924
Sun Baoqi
V.K. Wellington Koo Wei-chün (acting)
Yan Huiqing
Huang Fu
Post abolished
1925
Xu Shiying
1926
Jia Deyao (acting)
Hu Weide (acting)
Yan Huiqing
Du Xigui (acting)
V.K. Wellington Koo Wei-chün (acting)
1927
Pan Fu (acting)
Post abolished
1928
Tan Yankai
1929
1930
T. V. Soong Tse-Ven
Chiang Kai-shek
1931
Chen Mingshu
Sun Fo
1932

Year  Premier Taiwan
the Republic of China
 
Premier China
the People's Republic of China
 
1932 Wang Jingwei
1933
1934
1935
Chiang Kai-shek
1936
1937
1938
H. H. Kung Hsiang-hsi
Chiang Kai-shek
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
T. V. Soong Tse-Ven
1946
1947
Chiang Kai-shek
Chang Chun
1948
Wong Wen-hao
Sun Fo
1949 Zhou Enlai
Ho Ying-chin
Yen Hsi-shan
1950
Chen Cheng
1951
1952
1953
1954
Yü Hung-chün
1955
1956
1957
1958
Chen Cheng
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
Yen Chia-kan
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Chiang Ching-kuo
1973
1974
1975
1976 Hua Guofeng (acting)
Hua Guofeng
1977
1978

Year  Premier Taiwan
the Republic of China
 
Premier China
the People's Republic of China
 
Chief Secretary Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
 
Secretary for Admin. Macau
Macau SAR
 
1978 Sun Yun-suan Hua Guofeng
1979
1980
Zhao Ziyang (acting)
1981
1982
1983
1984
Yu Kuo-hwa Zhao Ziyang
1985
1986
1987
Li Peng (acting)
1988
1989
Lee Huan Li Peng
1990
Hau Pei-tsun
1991
1992
1993
Lien Chan
1994
1995
1996
1997
Vincent Siew Wan-chang Anson Chan Fang On-sang
1998
Zhu Rongji
1999 Florinda da Rosa Silva Chan Lai Man
2000
Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung
2001
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen
2002
Yu Shyi-kun
2003
Wen Jiabao
2004
2005
Frank Hsieh Chang-ting Michael Suen Ming-yeung (acting)
Rafael Hui Si-yan
2006
Su Tseng-chang
2007
Chang Chun-hsiung Henry Tang Ying-yen
2008
Liu Chao-shiuan
2009
Wu Den-yih
2010
2011
Stephen Lam Sui-lung
2012
Sean Chen Chong Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
2013
Jiang Yi-huah Li Keqiang
2014