Head of the United Front Work Department

Head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央委员会统一战线工作部部长
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Li Ganjie since April 2, 2025
United Front Work Department
Type	Department Head
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Seat	Beijing
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Zhou Enlai
Formation	1938
Deputy	Deputy Head

The head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The head of the United Front Work Department has generally served as the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Though not required by law, the UFWD head also serves as the executive vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification. ^[1]

The current head of the United Front Work Department is Li Ganjie, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. ^[2]

List of heads

During two periods the United Front Work Department was without a leader, from 1966 to 1975 during the Cultural Revolution and from the end of 1989 until 22 November 1990 following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The UFWD has had two female heads, Liu Yandong (2002–2007) and Sun Chunlan (2014–2017). ^[3]

Portrait	English Name	Chinese	Start	End	Ref.
	Zhou Enlai	周恩来	1938	1942	[3]
	Wang Ming	王明	1942	1947	[3]
	Zhou Enlai	周恩来	1947	1948	[3]
	Li Weihan	李维汉	October 1948	December 1964	[3]
	Xu Bing	徐冰	December 1964	1966	[3]
Cultural Revolution Interregnum			1966	1975
	Li Dazhang	李大章	November 1975	May 1976	[3]
	Ulanhu	鸟阑夫	May 1976	April 1982	[3]
	Yang Jingren	杨静仁	April 1982	November 1985	[3]
	Yan Mingfu	阎明复	November 1985	November 1990	[3]
Tiananmen Massacre Interregnum			Late 1989	22 November 1990
	Ding Guangen	丁关根	November 1990	December 1992	[3]
	Wang Zhaoguo	王兆国	December 1992	December 2002	[3]
	Liu Yandong	刘延东	5 December 2002	2 December 2007	[3]
	Du Qinglin	杜青林	2 December 2007	31 August 2012	[4]
	Ling Jihua	令计划	1 September 2012	31 December 2014	[5]
	Sun Chunlan	孙春兰	31 December 2014	7 November 2017	[6]
	You Quan	尤权	7 November 2017	27 October 2022	[7]
	Shi Taifeng	石泰峰	27 October 2022	2 April 2025	[8]
	Li Ganjie	李干杰	2 April 2025	Incumbent	[9]
Source: Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping [3]

References

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