Party Secretary of Xi'an

Secretary of the Xi'an Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党西安市委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Fang Hongwei since 7 November 2021
Xi'an Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Deputy provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Xi'an Municipal Standing Committee
Seat	Xi'an
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Xi'an Municipal Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Jia Tuofu
Formation	May 1949
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

The secretary of the Xi'an Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Xi'an Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Xi'an, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Xi'an Municipal Committee.

The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary could also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Xi'an Municipal Committee, which the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government.

The current secretary is Fang Hongwei, who took office on 7 November 2021.

List of party secretaries

No.	English name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
1	Jia Tuofu	贾拓夫	May 1949	December 1949	[1]
2	Zhao Boping	赵伯平	December 1949	March 1956	[2]
3	Fang Zhongru	方仲如	May 1956	June 1958	[3]
4	Zhang Ce	张策	June 1958	December 1962	[1]
5	Peng Tianqi	彭天琦	March 1963	May 1965	[1]
6	Xiao Chun	肖纯	May 1965	January 1967	[1]
8	Sun Changxing	孙长兴	March 1968	December 1975	[1]
9	Wang Lin	王林	December 1975	February 1979	[1]
10	Chen Yuanfang	陈元方	February 1979	June 1982	[1]
11	He Chenghua	何承华	June 1982	November 1984	[1]
12	Dong Jichang	董继昌	November 1984	May 1988	[1]
13	An Qiyuan	安启元	June 1988	October 1990	[4]
14	Chen Andong	陈安东	October 1990	January 1995	[1]
15	Cui Lintao	崔林涛	January 1995	January 2002	[1]
16	Li Zhanshu	栗战书	January 2002	December 2003	[5]
17	Yuan Chunqing	袁纯清	13 January 2004	16 July 2006	[6]
18	Sun Qingyun	孙清云	16 July 2006	June 2012	[7]
19	Wei Minzhou	魏民洲	14 June 2012	9 December 2016	[8]
20	Wang Yongkang	王永康	9 December 2016	27 February 2019	[9]
21	Wang Hao	王浩	3 September 2019	30 September 2021	[10] [11]
22	Fang Hongwei	方红卫	7 November 2021	Incumbent	[12]

See also

• Organization of the Chinese Communist Party

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