Mayor of Guangzhou

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Mayor of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government
广州市人民政府市长
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Incumbent
Sun Zhiyang
since October 9, 2023
Guangzhou Municipal People's Government
TypeHead of government
Reports toGuangzhou Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee
AppointerGuangzhou Municipal People's Congress
Term length Five years, renewable
DeputyDeputy Mayors
   Kuomintang    Nanjing regimeKuomintang

Mayors

Mayor of Guangzhou
Traditional Chinese 廣州市市長
Simplified Chinese 广州市市长
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Guǎng Zhōu Shì Shì Zhǎng
No.NameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
1 Sun Fo 15 February 1921July 1922
2 Wu Fei (吳飛)July 1922December 1922
3 Jin Zhang (金章)December 19228 February 1923
4 Lin Yungai 8 February 192326 February 1923
5Sun Fo 226 February 1923September 1924
6 Li Fulin (李福林)September 1924July 1925
City Council Chairperson
1 Wu Chaoshu July 1925June 1926
2Sun Fo 3June 1926May 1927
3Lin Yungai 2May 1927November 1927
4 Kan Nai-kuang (甘乃光)November 1927May 1928
Mayor
7Lin Yungai 3May 1928June 1931
8 Cheng Tiangu (程天固)June 1931March 1932
9 Liu Jiwen March 1932August 1936
10 Zeng Yangfu August 193621 October 1938
(11) Peng Dongyuan (彭東原)21 October 1938October 1941
(12) Guan Zhongyi (關仲義)October 1941October 1941 (days unknown)
(13) Zhou Huaren October 1941June 1942
(14) Chen Yaozu (陳耀祖)June 19421942
(15) Zhou Yingxiang (周應湘)1942February 1943
(16) Wang Qi (汪屺)February 19431944
(17) Cheung Cheuk Kwan (張焯堃)1944September 1945
11 Chan Chak September 1945June 1946
12 Ouyang Ju (欧阳驹)June 19466 October 1949
13 Li Yangjing (李扬敬)6 October 194913 October 1949

People's Republic of China

Mayors

No.NameTerm of office
Took officeLeft office
1 Ye Jianying 28 October 1949December 1952
2 He Wei (何伟)December 1952November 1956
3 Zhu Guang (朱光)November 1956November 1960
4 Zeng Sheng November 196015 March 1967
Chairman of Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee
5(1) Huang Ronghai (黄荣海)15 March 1967December 1972
6(2) Jiao Linyi (焦林义)December 1972March 1979
7(3) Yang Shangkun March 1979September 1981
Mayor
8 Liang Lingguang September 1981July 1983
9 Ye Xuanping July 1983August 1985
10 Zhu Senlin August 1985June 1988
11 Yang Ziyuan June 19887 June 1989
12 Li Ziliu 7 June 19891996
13 Lin Shusen 1996April 2003
14 Zhang Guangning April 200316 April 2010
15 Wan Qingliang 16 April 201020 December 2011
16 Chen Jianhua 20 December 201126 January 2016
17 Wen Guohui 26 January 20163 December 2021
18 Guo Yonghang 3 December 20219 October 2023
19 Sun Zhiyang 9 October 2023Incumbent

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