Chairperson of Inner Mongolia

Chairperson of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government
内蒙古自治区人民政府主席
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Wang Lixia since 5 August 2021
People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Type	Head of government
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Congress
Appointer	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ulanhu
Formation	December 1949
Deputy	Deputy Chairperson Secretary-General

The Chairperson of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government is the head of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and leader of the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The chairperson is elected by the People's Congress of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government. The chairperson is assisted by an executive vice chairperson as well as several vice chairpersons. The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The chairperson is the second-highest-ranking official in the autonomous region after the secretary of the CCP Inner Mongolia Committee. The government chairman is always a Mongol. ^[1] The current chairperson is Wang Lixia, who took office on 5 August 2021.

List

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government
1		Ulanhu (1907–1988)	December 1949	April 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Committee
(1)		Ulanhu (1907–1988)	April 1955	November 1967	Chinese Communist Party
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee
2		Teng Haiqing (1909–1997)	April 1967	May 1971	Chinese Communist Party
3		You Taizhong (1918–1998)	May 1971	October 1978
4		Kong Fei (1911–1993)	1978	1979
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government
(4)		Kong Fei (1911–1993)	1979	December 1982	Chinese Communist Party
5		Buhe (1927–2017)	December 1982	May 1993
6		Uliji (1933–2001)	May 1993	January 1998
7		Yun Bulong (1937–2000)	January 1998	June 2000		[2]
8		Uyunqimg (1942–2024)	August 2000	April 2003		[3]
9		Yang Jing (born 1953)	3 April 2003	3 April 2008		[4]
10		Bagatur (born 1955)	12 January 2009	30 March 2016		[5]
11		Bu Xiaolin (born 1958)	30 March 2016	5 August 2021		[6]
12		Wang Lixia (born 1964)	5 August 2021	Incumbent		[7]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics". Asia Society . Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
2. "Yun Bulong" (in Chinese). National Chengchi University. 2015-06-05.
3. "Uyunqimg". China Vitae. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. Choi, Chi-yuk (2013-03-08). "Mongol ally of incoming premier to become chief of State Council". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 2013-03-08.
5. "Bagatur elected chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2009-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
6. "乌兰夫孙女布小林任内蒙古自治区政府代主席". Caixin . 30 March 2016.
7. Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (5 August 2021). 王莉霞任内蒙古自治区政府代主席 布小林辞去主席职务. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 August 2021.