List of mayors of Shanghai

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
上海市人民政府市长
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Flag of the People's Republic of China
Incumbent Gong Zheng since 23 March 2020
Shanghai Municipal People's Government
Type	Head of government
Reports to	Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Appointer	Shanghai Municipal People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Chen Yi
Formation	28 May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Mayors Secretary-General

The mayor of Shanghai, officially the Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, is the head of Shanghai Municipality and leader of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

The mayor is elected by the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Shanghai Committee. ^[1] The current mayor is Gong Zheng, who took office on 23 March 2020.

List of mayors

Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office
			Took office	Left office
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
1		Huang Fu (1883–1936)	7 July 1927	14 August 1927
–		Wu Zhenxiu (1883–1966)	15 August 1927	16 September 1927
2		Zhang Dingfan (1891–1945)	17 September 1927	31 March 1929
3		Zhang Qun (1889–1990)	1 April 1929	29 June 1930
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government
(3)		Zhang Qun (1889–1990)	1 July 1930	6 January 1932
4		Wu Tiecheng (1893–1953)	7 January 1932	31 March 1937
5		Yu Hung-chun (1898–1960)	1 April 1937	13 August 1945

Japanese occupation

No.	Officeholder		Term of office
			Took office	Left office
Mayor of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai
1		Su Xiwen (1889–1945)	5 December 1937	27 April 1938
Supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Great Way Office
(1)		Su Xiwen (1889–1945)	28 April 1938	15 October 1938
Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government
2		Fu Xiaoan (1872–1940)	16 October 1938	11 October 1940
–		Su Xiwen (1889–1945)	11 October 1940	19 November 1940
3		Chen Gongbo (1892–1946)	20 November 1940	11 November 1944
–		Wu Songgao (1898–1953)	12 November 1944	14 January 1945
4		Zhou Fohai (1897–1948)	15 January 1944	12 September 1945

After World War II

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Political party
			Took office	Left office
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government
1		Qian Dajun (1893–1982)	12 September 1945	19 May 1946	Kuomintang
2		K. C. Wu (1903–1984)	20 May 1946	30 April 1949
3		Chen Liang (1896–1994)	1 May 1949	24 May 1949
–		Zhao Zukang (1900–1995)	24 May 1949	28 May 1949

People's Republic of China

No.	Officeholder		Term of office		Political party	Ref.
			Took office	Left office
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
1		Chen Yi (1901–1972)	28 May 1949	February 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee
(1)		Chen Yi (1901–1972)	February 1955	November 1958	Chinese Communist Party
2		Ke Qingshi (1902–1965)	November 1958	April 1965
3		Cao Diqiu (1909–1976)	November 1965	February 1967
Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee
4		Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005)	February 1967	February 1967	Chinese Communist Party
Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
(4)		Zhang Chunqiao (1917–2005)	February 1967	October 1976	Chinese Communist Party
5		Su Zhenhua (1912–1979)	October 1976	January 1979
6		Peng Chong (1915–2010)	January 1979	December 1979
Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government
(6)		Peng Chong (1915–2010)	December 1979	March 1980	Chinese Communist Party
7		Wang Daohan (1915–2005)	April 1981	July 1985
8		Jiang Zemin (1926–2022)	July 1985	April 1988
9		Zhu Rongji (born 1928)	April 1988	April 1991		[2]
10		Huang Ju (1938–2007)	April 1991	February 1995
11		Xu Kuangdi (born 1936)	February 1995	December 2001		[3]
12		Chen Liangyu (born 1944)	December 2001	February 2003
13		Han Zheng (born 1955)	February 2003	26 December 2012		[4]
14		Yang Xiong (1953–2021)	26 December 2012	17 January 2017		[5]
15		Ying Yong (born 1957)	20 January 2017	13 February 2020		[6]
16		Gong Zheng (born 1960)	23 March 2020	Incumbent		[7]

References

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4. "Meet Han Zheng, the man just appointed China's new vice-president". South China Morning Post. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
5. 韩正辞去上海市市长职务 杨雄任上海市代市长 [Han Zheng resigns as mayor of Shanghai; Yang Xiong appointed acting mayor of Shanghai]. Eastday (in Chinese). 26 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
6. Areddy, James T. (2017-01-20). "Shanghai Government Names Ying Yong Mayor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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