Premier of the Republic of China

President of the Executive Yuan
行政院院長
National Emblem of the Republic of China
Incumbent Chen Chien-jen since 31 January 2023
Executive Yuan
Style	Mr Premier (informal) Mr President (within Executive Yuan) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Status	Head of government
Reports to	Legislative Yuan
Seat	Zhongzheng District, Taipei
Appointer	President
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the Republic of China and the Additional Articles
Precursor	Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet
Inaugural holder	Tang Shaoyi (as Premier of Cabinet) Weng Wenhao (1947 Constitution)
Formation	13 March 1912; 112 years ago (1912-03-13) 25 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-25) (in Taiwan) 24 May 1948; 75 years ago (1948-05-24) (current form)
Abolished	1 October 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10-01) (Mainland China)
Unofficial names	Premier of Taiwan Prime Minister of Taiwan
Deputy	Vice Premier
Salary	3,728,835 New Taiwan dollars/US$121,500 annually[1]
Website	english.ey.gov.tw

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The premier of the Republic of China, officially the president of the Executive Yuan (Chinese: 行政院院長), is the head of the government of the Republic of China of Taiwan and leader of the Executive Yuan. The premier is nominally the principal advisor to the president of the republic and positioned as the head of central government.

The predecessor of the president of the Executive Yuan was the prime minister of the Republic of China, and the first president of the Executive Yuan was Tan Yanqi; the first president after the constitution was Weng Wenhao; and the first president to take office after the government moved to power was Chen Cheng. Currently, the premier is appointed by the president^[2] without approval by the Legislative Yuan.^[3]

The current president of the Executive Yuan is incumbent Chen Chien-jen, who took office in his first term on 31 January 2023.