Governor of Shaanxi

Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
陕西省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Zhao Gang since 1 December 2022
Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ma Mingfang
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Zhao Gang, who took office on 1 December 2022.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
1		Ma Mingfang (1905–1974)	May 1949	November 1952	Chinese Communist Party
2		Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965)	November 1952	December 1954
Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee
(2)		Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965)	December 1954	July 1959	Chinese Communist Party
3		Zhao Boping (1902–1993)	July 1959	March 1963
4		Li Qiming (1915–2007)	March 1963	April 1968
Director of the Shaanxi Revolutionary Committee
5		Li Ruishan (1920–1997)	April 1968	December 1978	Chinese Communist Party
6		Wang Renzhong (1917–1992)	December 1978	February 1979
Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government
7		Yu Mingtao (1917–2017)	December 1979	April 1983	Chinese Communist Party
8		Li Qingwei (1920–1994)	April 1983	December 1986
9		Zhang Boxing (1930–2025)	December 1986	September 1987
10		Hou Zongbin (1929–2017)	September 1987	March 1990
11		Bai Qingcai (1932–2016)	March 1990	December 1994
12		Cheng Andong (born 1936)	December 1994	May 2002
13		Jia Zhibang (born 1946)	May 2002	October 2004
14		Chen Deming (born 1953)	October 2004	June 2006
15		Yuan Chunqing (born 1952)	1 June 2006	2 June 2010
16		Zhao Zhengyong (born 1951)	2 June 2010	21 December 2012		[2]
17		Lou Qinjian (born 1956)	21 December 2012	1 April 2016		[3]
18		Hu Heping (born 1962)	1 April 2016	4 January 2018		[4]
19		Liu Guozhong (born 1962)	4 January 2018	2 August 2020		[5]
20		Zhao Yide (born 1965)	2 August 2020	1 December 2022		[6]
21		Zhao Gang (born 1968)	1 December 2022	Incumbent

References

1. "Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders". Asia Society . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. 赵正永简历 [Biography of Zhao Zhengyong] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
3. "Lou Qinjian". China Vitae. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
4. "胡和平任陕西省代省长 娄勤俭辞去省长职务". Sina. April 1, 2016. Archived from the original on April 4, 2016.
5. "刘国中任陕西省代省长". Phoenix Television . Retrieved 2025-02-07.
6. sina_mobile (2022-12-01). "赵刚任陕西省副省长、代理省长". news.sina.cn. Retrieved 2022-12-12.