The governor of Liaoning, officially the Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government, is the head of Liaoning Province and leader of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Liaoning 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 Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Liaoning Committee. The current governor is Wang Xinwei, who took office on 1 March 2025.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government1Du ZhehengAugust 1954February 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Committee(1)Du ZhehengFebruary 1955December 1958Chinese Communist Party2Huang OudongDecember 1958May 1968Director of the Liaoning Revolutionary Committee3Chen XilianMay 1968December 1973Chinese Communist Party4Zeng ShaoshanSeptember 1975September 19785Ren ZhongyiSeptember 1978January 1980Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government6Chen PuruJanuary 1980April 1982Chinese Communist Party7Quan ShurenApril 1982July 19868Li ChangchunJuly 1986July 19909Yue QifengJuly 1990July 199010Wen ShizhenMay 1994January 199811Zhang GuoguangJanuary 1998January 200112Bo Xilai24 February 200117 February 2004China Vitae, Bo Xilai .13Zhang Wenyue17 February 200422 December 200714Chen Zhenggao22 December 20075 May 201415 Li Xi5 May 20144 May 201516Chen Qiufa4 May 201530 October 201717Tang Yijun30 October 201711 May 202018Liu Ning1 July 202019 October 202119Li Lecheng20 October 20211 March 202520Wang Xinwei1 March 2025Incumbent
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