The president of Tsinghua University is the chief administrator of Tsinghua University, a national public research university in Beijing, China. After 1992, each president of Tsinghua University is appointed by and is responsible to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. [1]
The university's current president is Wang Xiqin, who assumed the office in February 2022. [2]
Period | Year | Photo | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
Tsinghua University | March 1949 - March 1950 | Peng Peiyun | 彭珮云 | Nanjing University Tsinghua University | ||
March 1950 - September 1953 | He Dongchang | 何东昌 | National Southwestern Associated University | |||
September 1953 - May 1956 | Yuan Yongxi | 袁永熙 | Communist University of the Toilers of the East | |||
May 1956 - January 1972 | Jiang Nanxiang | 蒋南翔 | Tsinghua University | |||
10 January 1970 - January 1972 | Yang Dezhong | 杨德中 | ||||
January 1972 - October 1976 | Chi Qun | 迟群 | ||||
April 1977 - July 1982 | Liu Da | 刘达 | Beijing period of Fu Jen Catholic University | |||
July 1982 - February 1984 | Lin Ke | 林克 | Anti Japanese Military and Political University | |||
February 1984 - September 1988 | Li Chuanxin | 李传信 | National Southwestern Associated University Tsinghua University | |||
September 1988 - September 1995 | Fang Huijian | 方惠坚 | Tsinghua University | |||
September 1995 - February 2002 | He Meiying | 贺美英 | ||||
February 2002 - December 2008 | Chen Xi | 陈希 | Tsinghua University | |||
December 2008 - November 2013 | Hu Heping | 胡和平 | Tsinghua University | |||
December 2013 - February 2022 | Chen Xu | 陈旭 | Tsinghua University | |||
February 2022 - | Qiu Yong | 邱勇 | Tsinghua University |
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