China: Heads of Government (Nanjing): 1940-1945 Xíngzhèng yuàn yuànzhǎng (行政院院長) | Head of the Executive Yuan 30 Mar 1940 - 10 Nov 1944 Wāng Zhàomíng (汪兆銘) Xíngzhèng yuàn fù yuànzhǎng (行政院副院長) | Vice Head of the Executive Yuan (ex officio) 10 Nov 1944 - 12 Nov 1944 Zhōu Fóhǎi (周佛海) Xíngzhèng yuàn yuànzhǎng (行政院院長) | Head of the Executive Yuan 12 Nov 1944 - 16 Aug 1945 Chén Gōngbó (陳公博) [1] [1] Elected by the Central Political Committee (Zhōngyāng zhèngzhì wěiyuánhuì | 中央政治委員會) on 12 Nov 1944 and immediately took office. Formal inauguration followed on 20 Nov 1944. Last updated on: 19 Oct 2020 21:00:00