The governor of Yunnan, officially the Governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Yunnan Province and leader of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Yunnan 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 Yunnan 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 Yunnan Committee. The current governor is Wang Yubo, who took office on 25 November 2020.
List of governors
Republic of China
No.PortraitName (Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party1Long Yun 龍雲 Lóng Yún (1884–1962)17 January 19282 October 1945Kuomintang Yunnan cliqueOf Yi descent. Removed from office.—Li Zonghuang 李宗黄 Lǐ Zōnghuáng (1888–1978)2 October 19451 December 1945Kuomintang2Lu Han 盧漢 Lú Hàn (1896–1974)1 December 19459 December 1949KuomintangOf Yi descent. Defected to the Communists.3Li Mi 李彌 Lǐ Mí (1902–1973)21 December 19451954KuomintangPost abolished.
People's Republic of China PortraitName (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsLu Han9 December 1949January 1950Chen GengJanuary 1950April 1955Guo YingqiuJanuary 1955March 1958Yu YichuanMarch 1958August 1964Liu MinghuiAugust 196418 February 1965Zhou Xing18 February 196531 March 196731 March 196710 August 1968Tan Furen10 August 196817 December 1970Zhou XingDecember 19703 October 1975Jia Qiyun5 October 19752 February 1977An Pingsheng2 February 197731 December 1979Liu Minghui31 December 197925 March 1983Pu Chaozhu29 April 198316 August 1985He Zhiqiang16 August 198518 January 1998Li Jiating18 January 19981 June 2001Xu Rongkai1 June 20016 November 2006Qin Guangrong6 November 200630 August 2011Li Jiheng30 August 201117 October 2014Chen Hao17 October 201413 December 2016Ruan Chengfa13 December 201625 November 2020Wang Yubo25 November 2020Incumbent
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