Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Term of office | NPC | Cabinet | President | Paramount leader |
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1 | | 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 |
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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 |
Geneva Conference in 1954, Asian-African Conference, 1972 Nixon visit to China, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, introduction of Four Modernizations during Conference on Scientific and Technological Work Offices: Foreign Minister (1949–1958), CPPCC Chairman (1954–1976) †Died in office (cancer) |
2 | | Hua Guofeng 华国锋 (1921–
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