Governor of Yunnan

Governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government
云南省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Wang Yubo since 25 November 2020
Yunnan Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial level official
Reports to	Yunnan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Yunnan Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Yunnan Provincial People's Congress
Inaugural holder	Lu Han
Formation	9 December 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

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

The governor is elected by the Yunnan 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 Yunnan 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 Yunnan Committee. ^[1] The current governor is Wang Yubo, who took office on 25 November 2020.

List of governors

Republic of China

   Kuomintang (Nationalist)

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Long Yun 龍雲Lóng Yún(1884–1962)	17 January 1928	2 October 1945	Kuomintang Yunnan clique
			Of Yi descent. Removed from office.
—		Li Zonghuang 李宗黄Lǐ Zōnghuáng(1888–1978)	2 October 1945	1 December 1945	Kuomintang
2		Lu Han 盧漢Lú Hàn(1896–1974)	1 December 1945	9 December 1949	Kuomintang
			Of Yi descent. Defected to the Communists.
3		Li Mi 李彌Lǐ Mí(1902–1973)	21 December 1945 [2]	1954	Kuomintang
			Post abolished.

People's Republic of China

Portrait	Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Tenure begins	Tenure ends	Ref.
	Lu Han	卢汉	9 December 1949	January 1950	[3]
	Chen Geng	陈赓	January 1950	April 1955	[4]
	Guo Yingqiu	郭影秋	January 1955	March 1958	[5] [6]
	Yu Yichuan	于一川	March 1958	August 1964	[7]
	Liu Minghui	刘明辉	August 1964	18 February 1965	[8]
	Zhou Xing	周兴	18 February 1965	31 March 1967	[9] : 361
	Li Chengfang  [ zh ]	李成芳	31 March 1967	10 August 1968	[10]
	Tan Furen	谭甫仁	10 August 1968	17 December 1970	[11]
	Zhou Xing	周兴	December 1970	3 October 1975	[9] : 361
	Jia Qiyun	贾启允	5 October 1975	2 February 1977	[9] : 373
	An Pingsheng	安平生	2 February 1977	31 December 1979	[12]
	Liu Minghui	刘明辉	31 December 1979	25 March 1983	[8]
	Pu Chaozhu	普朝柱	29 April 1983	16 August 1985	[13] [14]
	He Zhiqiang	和志强	16 August 1985	18 January 1998	[15]
	Li Jiating	李嘉廷	18 January 1998	1 June 2001	[16]
	Xu Rongkai	徐荣凯	1 June 2001	6 November 2006	[17]
	Qin Guangrong	秦光荣	6 November 2006	30 August 2011	[18]
	Li Jiheng	李纪恒	30 August 2011	17 October 2014	[19]
	Chen Hao	陈豪	17 October 2014	13 December 2016	[20]
	Ruan Chengfa	阮成发	13 December 2016	25 November 2020	[21]
	Wang Yubo	王予波	25 November 2020	Incumbent	[22]

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