Governor of Zhejiang

The governor of Zhejiang, officially the Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, is the head of Zhejiang Province and leader of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Zhejiang 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 Zhejiang 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 Zhejiang Committee. The current governor is Liu Jie, who took office on 18 December 2024.

Leader offices TitleExistenceGovernor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government1949–1955Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee1955–1967Director of the Committee for the People's Liberation Army Control of Zhejiang Province1967–1968Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Committee1968–1979Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government1979–present

List of governors

Republic of China

Military governors No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party1Tang Shouqian 湯壽潛 (1856–1917)4 November 1911 (nominated on 4 November 1911)1 January 1912Served as provincial military governor (dudu 都督)2Jiang Zungui 蔣尊簋 (1882–1931)12 July 1912 (nominated on 16 January 1912)23 July 1912Unity PartyAlso served as head of the civil government during his tenure as military governor.3Zhu Rui 朱瑞 (1883–1916)23 July 191211 April 1916Republican PartyServed as provincial general (jiangjun 將軍) from 30 June 1914; also served as head of the civil government 23 July 1912 – 10 September 1913. Eventually fled the province.4Qu Yingguang 屈映光 (1881–1973)14 April 1916 (nominated on 12 April 1916)5 May 1916Acting military governor. Also served as de facto head of the civil government from 10 September 1913 to 6 July 1916, and as "pacification commissioner" (xun'anshi 巡按使) from 25 May 19145Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)6 July 1916 (nominated on 5 May 1916)1 January 1917Also served as de facto head of the civil government, namely "provincial head" (shengzhang 省長) during his tenure.6Yang Shande 楊善德 (1873–1919)1 January 191713 August 1919Anhui cliqueDied in office.7Lu Yongxiang 盧永祥 Lú Yǒngxiáng (1867–1933)14 August 191920 September 1924Anhui cliqueServed as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 20 June 1922.8Sun Chuanfang 孫傳芳 Sūn Chuánfāng (1885–1935)20 September 192419 December 1926Zhili cliqueSun initially served as "provincial supervisor" (duli 督理), and as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 16 January 1925. He mostly ruled through subordinates, most notably appointing Lu Xiangting as "military commander-in-chief" (de facto military governor) in January 1926.(9)Lu Xiangting25 January 1926 ?Zhili cliqueServed as "military commander-in-chief" of the province.10Jiang Zungui19 December 192629 December 1926Zhili clique11Meng Zhaoyue29 December 192617 February 1927Zhili clique

Civil governors No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party1Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)1916January 19172Qi Yaoshan 齊耀珊 (1865–1954)January 191724 June 19203Shen Jinjian 沈金鑒 (1875–1924)24 June 192029 October 19224Zhang Zaiyang 張載揚 (1874–1945)29 October 1922?5Xia Chao 夏超 (1882–1926)192423 October 1926Zhili cliqueNRA6Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)October 1925July 1927Zhili cliqueNRA

Chairperson of the Provincial Government No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party1Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)27 July 19275 October 1927Kuomintang2He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987)5 October 19277 November 1928KuomintangZhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)7 November 19284 December 1930Kuomintang3Zhang Nanxian 張難先 (1873–1968)4 December 193015 December 1931Kuomintang4Lu Diping 魯滌平 (1887–1935)15 December 193112 December 1934Kuomintang5Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)12 December 193425 July 1936Kuomintang6Bai Chongxi 白崇禧 (1893–1966)25 July 19366 September 1936KuomintangRefused to take office; Director of Civil Affairs Department Xu Qingfu acted as chairperson.Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)6 September 19362 December 1936Kuomintang7Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 Zhū Jiāhuá (1893–1963)12 December 193426 November 1937KuomintangHuang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)26 November 193726 March 1946Kuomintang8Shen Honglie 沈鴻烈 (1882–1969)26 March 194622 June 1948Kuomintang9Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)22 June 194821 February 1949Kuomintang10Zhou Yan 周喦 (1895–1953)21 February 19496 December 1949Kuomintang11Shi Jue 石覺 (1908–1986)7 December 194913 May 1950Kuomintang12Hu Zongnan 胡宗南 (1896–1962)19 October 195023 July 1953KuomintangEvacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953.

People's Republic of China NameTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government1Tan ZhenlinAugust 1949January 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee2Sha WenhanJanuary 1955November 1957Chinese Communist Party2Huo ShilianNovember 1957January 19583Zhou JianrenJanuary 1958January 1967Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army4Long QianJanuary 1967August 1967Chinese Communist Party5Nan PingAugust 1967March 1968Director of the Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee(5)Nan PingMarch 1968May 1973Chinese Communist Party6Tan QilongMay 1973February 19777Tie YingFebruary 1977December 1979Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government8Li FengpingDecember 1979April 1983Chinese Communist Party9Xue JuApril 1983January 198810Shen ZulunFebruary 1988January 198811Ge HongshengNovember 1990March 199112Wan XueyuanMarch 1991April 199713Chai SongyueApril 1997October 200214Xi JinpingOctober 2002January 200315Lü ZushanJanuary 2003August 201116Xia Baolong16 January 201221 December 201217Li Qiang21 December 20124 July 201618Che Jun4 July 201628 April 201719Yuan Jiajun28 April 20174 September 202020Zheng Shanjie4 September 202030 September 202121Wang Hao30 September 202118 December 202421Liu Jie18 December 2024Incumbent

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