The politics of Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The Governor of Shaanxi (陕西省省长) is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Shaanxi. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor is considered to have less power than the Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary (中共陕西省委书记), colloquially termed the "Shaanxi CCP Party Chief"; since the Governor is always ranked as the First-Deputy Secretary in the Shaanxi Chinese Communist Party Provincial Committee.
Shaanxi was established as a provincial government since the Yuan Dynasty. On 10 January 1950, the People's Government of Shaanxi was established in Xi'an. Ma Minfang was then appointed as both the first Governor and CCP chief of Shaanxi.
CCP Party Secretary | Name in Chinese | Term | Notes |
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Ma Mingfang | 马明方 | October 1949 – 1952 | |
Pan Zili | 潘自力 | 1952 – October 1954 | later ambassador to the Soviet Union Purged and died during the Cultural Revolution |
Zhang Desheng | 张德生 | October 1954 – November 1964 | |
Hu Yaobang | 胡耀邦 | November 1964 – October 1965 | later General Secretary of the Communist Party Forced to resign in 1987 |
Huo Shilian | 霍士廉 | October 1965 – July 1967 | Removed from power in the early stages of the Cultural Revolution |
Li Ruishan | 李瑞山 | January 1968 – December 1978 | Head of Shaanxi Revolutionary Committee |
Wang Renzhong | 王任重 | December 1978 | Served for only 15 days later Vice-Premier |
Ma Wenrui | 马文瑞 | December 1978 – May 1984 | later Vice-Chairman of the CPPCC |
Bai Jinian | 白纪年 | August 1984 – August 1987 | Removed from office without explanation |
Zhang Boxing | 张勃兴 | August 1987 – December 1994 | |
An Qiyuan | 安启元 | December 1994 – August 1997 | |
Li Jianguo | 李建国 | August 1997 – March 2007 | later Vice-Chairman of National People's Congress |
Zhao Leji | 赵乐际 | March 2007 – December 2012 | Politburo Standing Committee (2017-) Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2017-) |
Zhao Zhengyong | 赵正永 | December 2012 – March 2016 | |
Lou Qinjian | 娄勤俭 | March 2016 – October 2017 | later Party Secretary of Jiangsu |
Hu Heping | 胡和平 | October 2017 — July 2020 | Minister of Culture and Tourism (2020-) |
Liu Guozhong | 刘国中 | July 2020 — November 2022 | |
Zhao Yide | 赵一德 | November 2022 — present | |
Governor | Chinese name | Term | Notes |
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Ma Mingfang | 马明方 | May 1949 – November 1952 | Later transferred to party centre Purged during the Cultural Revolution |
Zhao Shoushan | 赵寿山 | November 1952 – July 1959 | was a General |
Zhao Boping | 赵伯平 | July 1959 – March 1963 | Purged during the Cultural Revolution |
Li Qiming | 李启明 | March 1963 – April 1966 | Purged during the Cultural Revolution |
Li Ruishan | 李瑞山 | April 1966 – December 1978 | |
Wang Renzhong | 王任重 | December 1978 – February 1979 | |
Yu Mingtao | 于明涛 | February 1979 – April 1983 | |
Li Qingwei | 李庆伟 | April 1983 – December 1986 | |
Zhang Boxing | 张勃兴 | December 1986 – September 1987 | |
Hou Zongbin | 侯宗宾 | September 1987 – March 1990 | became party chief of Henan province |
Bai Qingcai | 白清才 | March 1990 – December 1994 | |
Cheng Andong | 程安东 | December 1994 – May 2002 | |
Jia Zhibang | 贾治邦 | May 2002 — October 2004 | became Minister of State Forestry Administration |
Chen Deming | 陈德铭 | October 2004 — June 2006 | became Minister of Commerce |
Yuan Chunqing | 袁纯清 | June 2006 — June 2010 | became party chief of Shanxi Province |
Zhao Zhengyong | 赵正永 | June 2010 – December 2012 | promoted to party chief |
Lou Qinjian | 娄勤俭 | December 2012 — April 2016 | promoted to party chief |
Hu Heping | 胡和平 | April 2016 – January 2018 | promoted to party chief |
Liu Guozhong | 刘国中 | January 2018 — August 2020 | promoted to party chief |
Zhao Yide | 赵一德 | August 2020 — December 2022 | promoted to party chief |
Zhao Gang | 赵刚 | December 2022 — present | |
Chairmen | Chinese name | Term | Notes |
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Ma Wenrui | 马文瑞 | 1979 -1983 | Elected by the 5th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Yan Kelun | 严克伦 | 1983 – 1988 | Elected by the 6th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Li Xipu | 李溪溥 | 1988 – 1993 | Elected by the 7th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Zhang Boxing | 张勃兴 | 1993 – 1998 | Elected by the 8th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Li Jianguo | 李建国 | 1998 – 2007 | Elected by the 9th Shaanxi People's Congress and then was re-elected by the 10th |
Cui Lintao | 崔林涛 | 2007 – 2008 | Appointed as Acting Chairman by the 10th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Zhao Leji | 赵乐际 | 2008 – 2012 | Elected by the 11th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Zhao Zhengyong | 赵正永 | 2012 – 2016 | Elected by the 12th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Lou Qinjian | 娄勤俭 | 2016 — 2018 | Elected by the 12th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Hu Hepin | 胡和平 | 2018 — 2020 | Elected by the 13th Shaanxi People's Congress |
Liu Guozhong | 刘国中 | 2020 — | Elected by the 13th Shaanxi People's Congress |
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