List of presidents of the Republic of China (before 1947)
# List of presidents of the Republic of China (before 1947)

This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China since before the Constitution of the Republic of China was established, also known as the period when the Republic of China included Mainland China.

## Leaders Prior to 1948

Provisional Government: Tongmenghui  Beiyang clique, etc. Beiyang Government: Beiyang clique, etc.  Progressive Party/Research Clique  Communications Clique Nationalist to Constitutional Government: Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party

Presidents of the Provisional Government :

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Vice President | Vice President | Assembly (elected) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | | Sun Yat-sen 孫文 (1866–1925) | 1 January 1912 | 1 April 1912 | Tongmenghui | | Li Yuanhong (Nonpartisan) | Provisional (1911) |
| 2 | | Yuan Shikai 袁世凱 (1859–1916) | 10 March 1912 | 10 October 1913 | Beiyang clique | | Li Yuanhong (Nonpartisan) | Provisional (1912) |
| Presidents of the Beiyang Government |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Vice President | Vice President | Assembly (elected) |
| (2) | | Yuan Shikai 袁世凱 (1859–1916) | 10 October 1913 | 6 June 1916 | Beiyang clique | | Li Yuanhong (Progressive) | 1st (1913) |
| 3 | | Li Yuanhong 黎元洪 (1864–1928) | 7 June 1916 | 17 July 1917 | Progressive Party | | Feng Guozhang (Zhili clique) | 1st (1913) |
| — | | Feng Guozhang 馮國璋 (1859–1919) (acting) | 17 July 1917 | 10 October 1918 | Zhili clique | Vacant | Vacant | | 1st (1913) |
| 4 | | Xu Shichang 徐世昌 (1855–1939) | 10 October 1918 | 2 June 1922 | Anhui clique | Vacant | Vacant | 2nd (1918) |
| — | | Zhou Ziqi 周自齊 (1871–1923) (acting) | 2 June 1922 | 11 June 1922 | Communications Clique | Vacant | Vacant | | 2nd (1918) |
| (3) | | Li Yuanhong 黎元洪 (1864–1928) | 11 June 1922 | 13 June 1923 | Research Clique | Vacant | Vacant | | 2nd (1918) |
| — | | Gao Lingwei 高凌霨 (1868–1939) (acting) | 14 June 1923 | 10 October 1923 | Zhili clique | Vacant | Vacant | | 2nd (1918) |
| 5 | | Cao Kun 曹錕 (1862–1938) | 10 October 1923 | 2 November 1924 | Zhili clique | Vacant | Vacant | (1923) |
| — | | Huang Fu 黃郛 (1883–1936) (acting) | 2 November 1924 | 24 November 1924 | Nonpartisan | Vacant | Vacant | | (1923) |
| 6 | | Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 (1865–1936) | 24 November 1924 | 20 April 1926 | Anhui clique | Vacant | Vacant | | (1923) |
| 6 | | Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 (1865–1936) | 24 November 1924 | 20 April 1926 | Anhui clique | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant |
| — | | Hu Weide 胡惟德 (1863–1933) (acting) | 20 April 1926 | 13 May 1926 | Zhili clique | Vacant | Vacant | | Vacant |
| — | | Yan Huiqing (W.W. Yan) 顏惠慶 (1877–1950) (acting) | 13 May 1926 | 22 June 1926 | Nonpartisan | Vacant | Vacant | | Vacant |
| — | | Du Xigui 杜錫珪 (1875–1933) (acting) | 22 June 1926 | 1 October 1926 | Zhili clique | Vacant | Vacant | | Vacant |
| — | | V.K. Wellington Koo 顧維鈞 (1888–1985) (acting) | 1 October 1926 | 17 June 1927 | Nonpartisan | Vacant | Vacant | | Vacant |
| 7 | | Zhang Zuolin 張作霖 (1875–1928) | 18 June 1927 | 4 June 1928 | Fengtian clique | Vacant | Vacant | | Vacant |
| Chairmen of the Nationalist Government |||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Assembly (elected) | Assembly (elected) | Assembly (elected) |
| 8 | | Tan Yankai 譚延闓 (1880–1930) | 7 February 1928 | 10 October 1928 | Kuomintang | | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (4th plenum) | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (4th plenum) |
| 9 | | Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 (1887–1975) | 10 October 1928 | 15 December 1931 | Kuomintang | | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (5th plenum) | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (5th plenum) |
| — | | Lin Sen 林森 (1868–1943) | 15 December 1931 | 1 August 1943 | Kuomintang | | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (5th plenum) | 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang (5th plenum) |
| 10 | | Lin Sen 林森 (1868–1943) | 15 December 1931 | 1 August 1943 | Kuomintang | | 4th National Congress of Kuomintang (1st plenum) | 4th National Congress of Kuomintang (1st plenum) |
| — | | Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 (1887–1975) | 1 August 1943 | 20 May 1948 | Kuomintang | | 4th National Congress of Kuomintang (1st plenum) | 4th National Congress of Kuomintang (1st plenum) |
| (9) | | Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 (1887–1975) | 1 August 1943 | 20 May 1948 | Kuomintang | | 5th National Congress of Kuomintang (11th plenum) | 5th National Congress of Kuomintang (11th plenum) |
