The governor of Shaanxi, officially the Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shaanxi Province and leader of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi Committee. The current governor is Zhao Gang, who took office on 1 December 2022.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government1Ma MingfangMay 1949November 1952Chinese Communist Party2Zhao ShoushanNovember 1952December 1954Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee(2)Zhao ShoushanDecember 1954July 1959Chinese Communist Party3Zhao BopingJuly 1959March 19634Li QimingMarch 1963April 1968Director of the Shaanxi Revolutionary Committee5Li RuishanApril 1968December 1978Chinese Communist Party6Wang RenzhongDecember 1978February 1979Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government7Yu MingtaoDecember 1979April 1983Chinese Communist Party8Li QingweiApril 1983December 19869Zhang BoxingDecember 1986September 198710Hou ZongbinSeptember 1987March 199011Bai QingcaiMarch 1990December 199412Cheng AndongDecember 1994May 200213Jia ZhibangMay 2002October 200414Chen DemingOctober 2004June 200615Yuan Chunqing1 June 20062 June 201016Zhao Zhengyong2 June 201021 December 201217Lou Qinjian21 December 20121 April 201618Hu Heping1 April 20164 January 201819Liu Guozhong4 January 20182 August 202020Zhao Yide2 August 20201 December 202221Zhao Gang1 December 2022Incumbent
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