Zhao Bingjun

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Zhao Bingjun
赵秉钧

| image = Zhao Bingjun.jpg

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| caption =

| office = Premier of the Republic of China

| term = 25 September 1912 – 16 July 1913

| president = Yuan Shikai

| predecessor = Lu Zhengxiang

| successor = Duan Qirui (acting)

| order2 = 2nd

| office2 = Prince Qing's Cabinet{{!}}Minister of Internal Affairs
of the Imperial Cabinet

| term_start2 = 3 October 1911

| term_end2 = 1 November 1911

| monarch2 = Xuantong Emperor

| primeminister2 = Yikuang, Prince Qing

| alongside2 = Natong

| predecessor2 = Shanqi, Prince Su
Guichun (acting)

| successor2 = Position abolished

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|2|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1914|2| |1859|2|3|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| awards = Order of Rank and Merit
Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain

}}

File:赵秉钧.jpg

Zhao Bingjun ({{zh|c=赵秉钧|p=Zhào Bǐngjūn}}) (3 February 1859 – February 1914) was the third premier of the Republic of China from 25 September 1912 to 1 May 1913. Zhao was previously a public security official during the Qing dynasty and became minister of the interior during the republic before becoming premier. He was directly implicated in the assassination of Song Jiaoren, the man most likely to be his successor.{{Cite book |last=Geng |first=Yunzhi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VjsNBQAAQBAJ&dq=Zhao+Bingjun&pg=PA195 |title=An Introductory Study on China's Cultural Transformation in Recent Times |date=2014-10-22 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-662-44590-7 |language=en}} The murder was most likely ordered by the provisional president, Yuan Shikai, who was angry that Song wanted to fill the cabinet with Nationalists that would obstruct Yuan's policies. Zhao protested his and Yuan's innocence but resigned to protect Yuan's government. He was made governor of Zhili. Zhao was mysteriously poisoned in 1914, most likely by Yuan to prevent him from leaking more details of Song's death to the press.