Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

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First Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China
Flag of the People's Republic of China
File:Li Ke Qiang.jpg Incumbent Li Keqiang since March 17, 2008
Appointer	the National People's Congress
Inaugural holder	Chen Yun
Formation	1954
Website	State Council

The Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国务院副总理) is a high-ranking executive assistant to the Premier. There is a First Vice Premier, who takes over duties of the Premier at the time of the latter's incapacity. In addition, there are numerous other Vice-Premiers who assume certain broad portfolios.

Current Vice Premiers, in order of rank, are Li Keqiang, Hui Liangyu, Zhang Dejiang and Wang Qishan.

In irregular instances, the position of a "First Vice Premier" (国务院第一副总理) has been named either to indicate degree of power, nominal power, or when the Premier is incapacitated and requires a full time assistant to carry out his regular duties.

[edit] List of First Vice Premiers and Vice Premiers

      First generation       Second generation       Third generation       Fourth generation

Ordered in political position ranking

#	First Vice Premier		Deputy Vice Premiers	Took office	Left office	Premier	Term
01	Chen Yun		Lin Biao Peng Dehuai Deng Xiaoping Deng Zihui He Long 6. Chen Yi 7. Ulanhu 8. Li Fuchun 9. Li Xiannian	1954	1959	Zhou Enlai	01
			Lin Biao Peng Dehuai Deng Xiaoping Deng Zihui He Long Chen Yi Ulanhu Li Fuchun 9. Li Xiannian 10. Nie Rongzhen 11. Bo Yibo 12. Tan Zhenlin 13. Lu Dingyi 14. Luo Ruiqing 15. Xi Zhongxun	1959	1964	Zhou Enlai	02
02	Lin Biao		Lin Biao Chen Yun Deng Xiaoping He Long Chen Yi Ke Qingshi Ulanhu Li Fuchun 9. Li Xiannian 10. Tan Zhenlin 11. Nie Rongzhen 12. Bo Yibo 13. Lu Dingyi 14. Luo Ruiqing 15. Tao Zhu 16. Xie Fuzhi	1965	1975	Zhou Enlai	03
03	Deng Xiaoping		Zhang Chunqiao Li Xiannian Chen Xilian Ji Dengkui Hua Guofeng Chen Yonggui 7. Wu Guixian 8. Wang Zhen 9. Yu Qiuli 10. Gu Mu 11. Song Jian	1975	1978	Zhou Enlai	04
						Hua Guofeng
			Li Xiannian Xu Xiangqian Ji Dengkui Yu Qiuli Chen Xilian Geng Biao 7. Chen Yonggui 8. Fang Yi 9. Wang Zhen 10. Gu Mu 11. Kang Shi'en 12. Chen Muhua	1978	1980[1][2]	Hua Guofeng	05
						Hua Guofeng
04	Wan Li		Yao Yilin Li Peng Tian Jiyun	1980[3]	1988	Zhao Ziyang	06
						Li Peng
05	Yao Yilin		Tian Jiyun Wu Xueqian	1988	1993	Li Peng	07
06	Zhu Rongji		Zou Jiahua Qian Qichen Li Lanqing	1993	1998	Li Peng	08
07	Li Lanqing		Qian Qichen Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao	1998	2003	Zhu Rongji	09
08	Huang Ju		Wu Yi Zeng Peiyan Hui Liangyu	2003	2007	Wen Jiabao	10
—	Wu Yi (acting)		Zeng Peiyan Hui Liangyu	2007	2008
09	Li Keqiang		Hui Liangyu Zhang Dejiang Wang Qishan	2008	Incumbent (Term expires March 2013)	Wen Jiabao	11

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Bo, Zhiyue (2007) China's Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing World Scientific, Hackensack, New Jersey, p. 59, ISBN 981-270-041-2
2. ^ Wang, Chi (1991) "Power Structure and Key Political Players in China" p. 32 in Joint Economic Committee, United States.Congress (1991) China's economic dilemmas in the 1990s: the problems of reforms, modernization, and interdependence (Senate print: 102-21) Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, pp.29-47, OCLC 23805208
3. ^ Freudenheim, Milt; and Slavin, Barbara (30 August 1980). "Peking Prepares For a Transfusion Of Younger Blood". The New York Times: p. 2, section 4, column 1. 

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