Party Secretary of Yunnan

Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党云南省委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
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Incumbent Wang Ning since 19 October 2021
Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Yunnan Provincial Standing Committee
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Yunnan Provincial Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Song Renqiong
Formation	February 1950
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

The secretary of theYunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Yunnan Provincial 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 Yunnan.

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 can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Yunnan Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Yunnan Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.

The current secretary is Wang Ning, who took office on 19 October 2021.

List of party secretaries

Image	Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Term start	Term end	Ref.
	Song Renqiong	宋任穷	February 1950	July 1952	[1]
	Xie Fuzhi	谢富治	July 1952	August 1959	[1]
	Yan Hongyan	阎红彦	August 1959	January 1967	[1]
	Zhou Xing	周兴	June 1970	October 1975	[1]
	Jia Qiyun	贾启允	October 1975	February 1977	[1]
	An Pingsheng	安平生	February 1977	July 1985	[1]
	Pu Zhaozhu	普朝柱	July 1985	June 1995	[1]
	Gao Yan	高严	June 1995	August 1997	[2]
	Linghu An	令狐安	August 1997	October 2001	[3]
	Bai Enpei	白恩培	25 October 2001	25 August 2011	[4]
	Qin Guangrong	秦光荣	25 August 2011	14 October 2014	[5]
	Li Jiheng	李纪恒	14 October 2014	28 August 2016	[6]
	Chen Hao	陈豪	28 August 2016	20 November 2020	[7]
	Ruan Chengfa	阮成发	20 November 2020	19 October 2021	[8]
	Wang Ning	王宁	19 October 2021	Incumbent	[9]

References

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