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Prime Minister of China

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records
1949–1998Date range
6Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1949

Chou En-Lai21 September 1949

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of the Peoples Republic of China

1950

Cheng Chen1950

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China, 1st term

1957

Cheng Chen1957

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China, 2nd term

1969

Chou En-Lai1969

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Assumes total control of the Foreign Affairs Ministry

1976

Hua Guofeng1976

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China

1980

Zhao Ziyang7 September 1980

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Hua Guofeng is replaced by Zhao Ziyang (an ally of Deng Xiaoping) as premier of Communist China. Appointed Prime Minister of China

1987

Li Peng1987

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China

1998

Zhu Rongji1998

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Appointed Prime Minister of China

Names involved

Cheng ChenChou En-LaiHua GuofengLi PengZhao ZiyangZhu Rongji

Provenance

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