Governor of Shanxi
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | |
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| 山西省人民政府省长 | |
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| Shanxi Provincial People's Government | |
| Type | Governor |
| Status | Provincial level official |
| Reports to | Shanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Appointer | Shanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Cheng Zihua |
| Formation | August 1949 |
| Deputy | Deputy Governors Secretary-General |
The governor of Shanxi, officially the Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shanxi Province and leader of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Shanxi Committee.[1] The current governor is Jin Xiangjun, who took office on 29 December 2022.
List of governors
People's Republic of China
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Cheng Zihua
(1905–1991) |
August 1949 | February 1951 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | 
|
Lai Ruoyu
(1910–1958) |
February 1951 | May 1952 | ||
| 3 | 
|
Pei Lisheng
(1906–2000) |
May 1952 | February 1955 | ||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (3) |
|
Pei Lisheng
(1906–2000) |
February 1955 | April 1956 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | 
|
Wang Shiying
(1905–1968) |
April 1956 | November 1958 | ||
| 5 | 
|
Wei Heng
(1915–1967) |
November 1958 | December 1965 | ||
| 6 | Wang Qian
(1917–2007) |
December 1965 | January 1967 | |||
| Director of the Shanxi Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| 7 | 
|
Liu Geping
(1904–1992) |
January 1967 | April 1971 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | 
|
Xie Zhenhua
(1916–2011) |
April 1971 | May 1975 | ||
| 9 | Wang Qian
(1917–2007) |
May 1975 | December 1979 | |||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 10 | 
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Luo Guibo
(1907–1995) |
December 1979 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | Wang Senhao
(1933–2022) |
April 1983 | July 1992 | |||
| 11 | Hu Fuguo
(born 1937) |
23 July 1992 | 20 September 1993 | |||
| 12 | Sun Wensheng
(born 1942) |
September 1993 | July 1999 | |||
| 13 | Liu Zhenhua
(born 1940) |
July 1999 | January 2004 | |||
| 13 | Zhang Baoshun
(born 1950) |
19 February 2004 | 9 July 2005 | |||
| 14 | Yu Youjun
(born 1953) |
9 July 2005 | 3 September 2007 | |||
| 15 | Meng Xuenong
(born 1949) |
3 September 2007 | 14 September 2008 | [2] | ||
| 16 | Wang Jun
(born 1952) |
14 September 2008 | 19 December 2012 | [3] | ||
| 17 | 
|
Li Xiaopeng
(born 1959) |
29 January 2013 | 30 August 2016 | [4] | |
| 18 | Lou Yangsheng
(born 1959) |
30 August 2016 | 5 December 2019 | [5] | ||
| 19 | Lin Wu
(born 1962) |
5 December 2019 | 4 June 2021 | [6] | ||
| 20 | 
|
Lan Fo'an
(born 1962) |
4 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | [7] | |
| 21 |
|
Jin Xiangjun
(born 1964) |
29 December 2022 | Incumbent | [8] | |
References
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- ^ "Meng Xuenong appointed acting governor of north China's Shanxi Province". Xinhua. 2007. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Shanxi province gets new governor". China Daily. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ 李小鹏就任山西副省长 承诺"当好人民公仆" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Rising stars emerge in Communist Party reshuffle as Xi Jinping paves way for 2017 party congress". South China Morning Post. 30 August 2016.
- ^ 林武任山西代省长 楼阳生辞去省长职务. sina. 5 December 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Wan Tingting (万婷婷) (4 June 2021). 蓝佛安任山西省副省长、代理山西省省长. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (29 December 2022). 蓝佛安任山西省委书记 金湘军任省委副书记. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 December 2022.