Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国农业农村部
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Han Jun since 13 September 2024
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Affairs Building, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Formation	19 October 1949;75 years ago (1949-10-19)
First holder	Li Shucheng
Deputy	Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

The minister of agriculture and rural affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is eighteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president. ^[1]

The current minister is Han Jun, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.

List of ministers

Minister of Agriculture

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Ref.
			Took office	Left office
1		Li Shucheng	October 1949	September 1954	[ citation needed ]
2		Liao Luyan	September 1954	1966	[ citation needed ]
—		acting Jiang Yizhen	September 1964	May 1966	[ citation needed ]
Post abolished
3		Sha Feng (沙风)	June 1970	January 1978	[ citation needed ]
4		Yang Ligong (杨立功)	January 1978	February 1979	[ citation needed ]
5		Huo Shilian	February 1979	March 1981	[ citation needed ]
6		Lin Hujia	March 1981	June 1983	[ citation needed ]
7		He Kang	June 1983	June 1990	[ citation needed ]
8		Liu Zhongyi	June 1990	March 1992	[2]
9		Liu Jiang	March 1992	March 1998	[ citation needed ]
10		Chen Yaobang	March 1998	August 2001	[3]
11		Du Qinglin	August 2001	December 2006	[4]
12		Sun Zhengcai	December 2006	November 2009	[5]
13		Han Changfu	December 2009	March 2018	[6]

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Ref.
			Took office	Left office
1		Han Changfu 韩长赋 (born 1954)	March 19, 2018	December 2020	[7]
2		Tang Renjian 唐仁健 (born 1962)	December 26, 2020	June 28, 2024	[8]
3		Han Jun 韩俊 (born 1963)	June 28, 2024	Incumbent	[9]

References

1. "Constitution of the People's Republic of China". National People's Congress . Retrieved 8 August 2022.
2. "刘中一同志逝世". Xinhua. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. "简历：全国政协委员陈耀邦(农业界)" (in Chinese). Sohu. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
4. "Biography of Du Qinglin". China Vitae. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
5. 快讯：孙政才任农业部部长 [News: Zhengcai as Minister of Agriculture] (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. 29 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017.
6. Zhong 钟, Zhao Yun 兆云 (2008). Yī shēng qiú zhēn: Jiāng Yī Zhēn zhuàn一生求真：江一真传[A Lifetime of Seeking Truth: The Biography of Jiang Yizhen] (1 ed.). 中共党史出版社. ISBN   9787509801222.
7. 韩长赋出任新组建的农业农村部部长. sina (in Chinese). 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
8. Yi Yi (伊一) (26 December 2020). 陈小江任国家民委主任 唐仁健任农业农村部部长 王文涛任商务部部长. ce.cn. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
9. "China's top legislature concludes standing committee session". China Daily . 13 September 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.