Miyuan/Shih Mi-yüan (1207–1233 in office). Jia Sidao (1259–1275 in office) Chen Yizhong (1275–1276 in office) Wen Tianxiang (1275–1278 in office) Lu Xiufu (1278–1279 in office) Ming dynasty Note: after the death of Hu Weiyong, the title of grand chancellor was abolished. The office of the Grand Secretariat assumed the de facto powers of the chancellery after the reign of the Hongwu Emperor. Li Shanchang (1368–1376) Hu Weiyong (1376–1380) – The last chancellor of China Yang Siqi Yan Song (in office 1544–1545) Xia Yan (in office 1546–1547) Yan Song (2nd time in office 1548–1562) Xu Jie Gao Gong Zhang Juzheng (in office 1572–1582) Zhang Siwei Shen Shixing Wang Jiabing Zhao Zhigao Wang Xijue Zhao Zhigao Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty bureaucratic hierarchy did not contain a chancellor position. Instead, the duties normally assumed by a chancellor were entrusted to a series of formal and informal institutions, the most prominent of which was the Grand Council. Occasionally, one minister may held enough power in the government that he comes to be identified, figuratively, as the "chancellor". In 1911, the Qing court adopted reforms which, amongst other changes, established the position of prime minister. This position existed for less than a year before the Qing government was overthrown. Premiers after 1911 Gallery See also Chancellor of the Tang dynasty Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet Menxia Sheng List of premiers of China Imperial examination Chinese law Shumishi References Citations Sources Xiang Government of Imperial China Positions of authority