Governor of Hubei

Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government
湖北省人民政府省长
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Incumbent Li Dianxun since 2 January 2025
Hubei Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Hubei Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Hubei Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Li Xiannian
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor of Hubei, officially the Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, is the head of Hubei Province and leader of the Hubei Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Hubei Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Hubei Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Li Dianxun, who took office on 2 January 2025.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government
1		Li Xiannian (1909–1992)	May 1949	August 1954	Chinese Communist Party
2		Liu Zihou (1909–2001)	August 1954	January 1955
Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Committee
(2)		Liu Zihou (1909–2001)	January 1955	January 1956	Chinese Communist Party
3		Zhang Tixue (1915–1973)	January 1956	February 1968
Director of the Hubei Revolutionary Committee
4		Zeng Siyu (1911–2012)	February 1968	December 1973	Chinese Communist Party
5		Zhao Xinchu (1915–1991)	December 1973	August 1978
6		Chen Pixian (1916–1995)	August 1978	January 1980
Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government
7		Han Ningfu (1915–1995)	January 1980	December 1985	Chinese Communist Party
8		Guo Zhenqian (1933–2019)	December 1985	February 1990		[2]
9		Guo Shuyan (1935–2022)	February 1990	December 1992		[3]
10		Jia Zhijie (born 1935)	February 1993	February 1995		[4]
11		Jiang Zhuping (born 1937)	February 1995	January 2001		[5]
12		Zhang Guoguang (born 1945)	January 2001	October 2002
13		Luo Qingquan (1945–2021)	19 January 2003	6 December 2007		[6]
14		Li Hongzhong (born 1956)	6 December 2007	26 December 2010		[7]
15		Wang Guosheng (born 1956)	26 December 2010	28 June 2016		[8]
16		Wang Xiaodong (born 1960)	14 September 2016	7 May 2021		[9]
17		Wang Zhonglin (born 1962)	7 May 2021	2 January 2025		[10]
18		Li Dianxun (born 1967)	2 January 2025	Incumbent		[11]

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. "审计署原审计长郭振乾逝世 曾任湖北省长" [Former Auditor General Guo Zhenqian dies, also served as Governor of Hubei]. Netease. 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
3. "Biography of Guo Shuyan". China Vitae. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
4. "China Vitae : Biography of Jia Zhijie". www.chinavitae.com. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
5. "Jiang Zhuping". China Viate. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
6. "罗清泉简历 (Luo Qingquan Resume)". Xinhua News Agency (in Chinese). Archived from the original on February 24, 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
7. 李鸿忠简历 [Biography of Li Hongzhong] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
8. 王国生 [Wang Guosheng] (in Chinese). Government of China. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
9. 王晓东任湖北省委副书记. caixin.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
10. 王忠林任湖北省副省长、代理省长. xinhua.net (in Chinese). 7 May 2021.
11. Wang Jing (王婧) (2 January 2025). 李殿勋任湖北省副省长、代理省长. Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 January 2025.