The mayor of Guangzhou, officially the Mayor of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, is the head of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Guangzhou Committee.
Republic of China
Mayors NameTerm of office Took officeLeft office 1 Sun Fo 15 February 1921July 1922 2 Wu Fei (吳飛) July 1922December 1922 3 Jin Zhang (金章) December 19228 February 1923 4 Lin Yungai 8 February 192326 February 1923 5 Sun Fo 26 February 1923September 1924 6 Li Fulin (李福林) September 1924July 1925City Council Chairperson 1 Wu Chaoshu July 1925June 1926 2 Sun Fo June 1926May 1927 3 Lin Yungai May 1927November 1927 4 Kan Nai-kuang (甘乃光) November 1927May 1928Mayor 7 Lin Yungai May 1928June 1931 8 Cheng Tiangu (程天固) June 1931March 1932 9 Liu Jiwen March 1932August 1936 10 Zeng Yangfu August 193621 October 1938 (11) Peng Dongyuan (彭東原) 21 October 1938October 1941(12)Guan Zhongyi (關仲義)October 1941October 1941 (days unknown) (13) Zhou Huaren October 1941June 1942 (14) Chen Yaozu (陳耀祖) June 19421942 (15) Zhou Yingxiang (周應湘) 1942February 1943 (16) Wang Qi (汪屺) February 19431944 (17) Cheung Cheuk Kwan (張焯堃) 1944September 1945 11 Chan Chak September 1945June 1946 12 Ouyang Ju (欧阳驹) June 19466 October 1949 13 Li Yangjing (李扬敬) 6 October 194913 October 1949
People's Republic of China Mayors NameTerm of office Took officeLeft office 1 Ye Jianying 28 October 1949December 1952 2 He Wei (何伟) December 1952November 1956 3 Zhu Guang (朱光) November 1956November 1960 4 Zeng Sheng November 196015 March 1967Chairman of Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee 5(1) Huang Ronghai (黄荣海) 15 March 1967December 1972 6(2) Jiao Linyi (焦林义) December 1972March 1979 7(3) Yang Shangkun March 1979September 1981Mayor 8 Liang Lingguang September 1981July 1983 9 Ye Xuanping July 1983August 1985 10 Zhu Senlin August 1985June 1988 11 Yang Ziyuan June 19887 June 1989 12 Li Ziliu 7 June 19891996 13 Lin Shusen 1996April 2003 14 Zhang Guangning April 200316 April 2010 15 Wan Qingliang 16 April 201020 December 2011 16 Chen Jianhua 20 December 201126 January 2016 17 Wen Guohui 26 January 20163 December 202118Guo Yonghang3 December 20219 October 202319Sun Zhiyang9 October 2023Incumbent
See also Timeline of Guangzhou Mayor of Beijing Mayor of Chongqing Mayor of Shanghai Mayor of Tianjin
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