北洋政府
Prior the establishment of the Executive Yuan in 1928, the premier of the ROC was created as Premier of the Cabinet () in 1912. It was changed to the Secretary of State () in 1914 and Premier of State Council () in 1916 in the Beiyang Government. In 1928, the Kuomintang (KMT) Government established the Executive Yuan and Tan Yankai served as the first Premier of the Executive Yuan.