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

The governor is elected by the Hebei 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 Hebei 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 Hebei Committee. The current governor is Wang Zhengpu, who took office on 21 October 2021.

List of governors

Republic of China

Beiyang government

Military chief OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeGovernor of Zhili Province–Zhang Xiluan15 March 19128 September 19121Feng Guozhang8 September 191216 December 1913–Zhao Bingjun16 December 191327 February 19142Zhu Jiabao27 February 191430 June 1914General of Zhili Province2Zhu Jiabao30 June 19146 July 1916Military Governor of Zhili Province2Zhu Jiabao6 July 191616 September 19163Cao Kun16 September 191622 October 1923–Yang Yide12 April 192222 October 19234Wang Chengbin22 October 192311 November 1924Zhili Provincial Supervisory Office5Lu Yongxiang3 December 192411 December 19246Li Jinglin17 January 192525 December 1925–Li Shuangkai26 April 192525 December 19257Sun Yue25 December 192521 March 19268Chu Yupu11 August 192726 June 1928

Civilian governor OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeCivil Affairs Director of Zhili Province1Zhang Xiluan15 March 19128 September 19122Feng Guozhang8 September 191217 June 19133Liu Ruozeng17 June 191319 February 19144Zhao Bingjun19 February 191427 February 19145Zhu Jiabao27 February 191423 May 1914Zhili Provincial Inspector5Zhu Jiabao23 May 19146 July 1916Governor of Zhili Province5Zhu Jiabao6 July 19168 July 19178Cao Kun8 July 191730 January 19189Cao Rui12 July 191918 June 1922–Yang Yide17 April 192218 June 19229Gao Lingwei18 June 192224 June 192210Wang Chengbin24 June 192211 November 192411Li Jinglin13 November 192427 June 1925–Yang Yide3 December 192427 June 192511Li Jinglin27 June 192525 December 192512Sun Yue25 December 192521 March 192613Chu Yupu11 August 192720 March 192814Sun Shiwei20 March 192826 June 1928

Nationalist government OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft office1Shang Zhen25 June 192819 August 1929Kuomintang2Xu Yongchang10 August 192927 September 19303Wang Shuchang27 September 193018 August 19324Yu Xuezhong18 August 19326 June 1935–Zhang Houwan6 June 193525 June 1935Independent5Shang Zhen25 June 193512 December 1935Kuomintang6Song Zheyuan12 December 193527 November 19367Feng Zhi'an27 November 19362 June 19388Lu Zhonglin2 June 19383 February 19409Pang Bingxun3 February 194015 June 1943–Ma Fawu15 June 19434 September 194510Sun Lianzhong26 June 194517 December 194711Ding Zhipan5 February 194831 January 1949

Japanese occupation Governor of the Hebei Provincial Office: Gao Lingwei Wu Zanzhou Du Xijun Governor of the Hebei Provincial Government: Chen Zengye Rong Zhen

People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Hebei Provincial People's Government1Yang Xiufeng8 August 194915 November 1952Chinese Communist Party2Lin Tie15 November 1952February 1955Governor of the Hebei Provincial People's Committee2Lin TieFebruary 195516 April 1958Chinese Communist Party3Liu Zihou16 April 195819 January 1967Director of the Hebei Revolutionary Committee4Li Xuefeng3 February 196824 January 1971Chinese Communist Party5Liu Zihou24 January 197126 December 1979Governor of the Hebei Provincial People's Government6Li Erzhong6 February 198016 June 1982Chinese Communist Party7Liu Bingyan10 August 198228 April 19838Zhang Shuguang28 April 19834 May 19869Xie Feng4 May 19863 May 198810Yue Qifeng3 May 198815 June 199011Cheng Weigao15 June 199021 May 199312Ye Liansong21 May 19936 November 199813Niu Maosheng6 November 199821 December 2002钮茂生简历14Ji Yunshi21 December 200231 October 200615Guo Gengmao31 October 200615 April 200816Hu Chunhua15 April 200815 December 2009 胡春华任河北代省长 为中国目前最年轻省长 Hu Chunhua appointed as Acting Governor of Hebei, currently youngest governor in China, Sina.com April 15, 2008.17Chen Quanguo15 December 200927 August 201118Zhang Qingwei10 January 20121 April 201719Xu Qin7 April 201722 October 202120Wang Zhengpu21 October 2021Incumbent

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