The governor of Jiangsu, officially the Governor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, is the head of Jiangsu Province and leader of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Jiangsu 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 Jiangsu 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 Jiangsu Committee. The current governor is Xu Kunlin, who took office on 19 October 2021.
List of governors
Republic of China
Beiyang government OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeMilitary Governor1Cheng Dequan5 November 19111 January 19122Zhuang Yunkuan1 January 191213 April 19123Cheng Dequan13 April 19123 September 19134Zhang Xun3 September 191316 December 19135Feng Guozhang16 December 19131 August 19176Li Chun6 August 191712 October 19207Qi Xieyuan15 October 192011 December 19248Han Guojun11 December 19246 January 19259Lu Yongxiang16 January 1925August 192510Zheng QianAugust 192529 August 192511Yang Yuting29 August 192525 November 192512Sun Chuanfang25 November 192524 March 1927Civilian Governor1Ying Dehong19 November 19126 September 19132Han Guojun9 September 191315 July 19143Qi Yaolin15 July 191418 September 19204Wang Hu18 September 192015 June 19225Han Guojun15 June 192214 February 19256Zheng Qian14 February 19251 December 19257Chen Taoyi1 December 192524 December 19268Xu Dingkang24 December 192624 March 1927
Nationalist government OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeChairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government1Niu Yongjian1 November 192717 March 19302Ye Chucang17 March 193015 December 19313Gu Zhutong15 December 19313 October 19334Chen Guofu3 October 193326 November 19375Gu Zhutong26 November 193713 October 19396Han Deqin12 May 193810 January 19457Wang Maogong10 January 19452 September 19488Ding Zhipan2 September 194821 May 1950
Japanese occupation OfficeholderTerm of officeTook officeLeft office1Chen Zemin30 March 194020 June 19402Gao Guanwu20 June 194020 January 19433Li Shiqun20 January 19439 September 19434Chen Qun9 September 19432 November 19445Ren Yuandao2 November 19443 May 19456Xiang Zhizhuang3 May 194515 August 1945
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government1Tan ZhenlinAugust 1949January 1955Chinese Communist PartyGovernor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Committee2Hui YuyuAugust 19571964Chinese Communist Party3Du Ping1964February 1968Director of the Jiangsu Revolutionary Committee4Xu ShiyouFebruary 19681973Chinese Communist Party5Peng Chong1973February 19776Xu JiatunFebruary 1977December 1979Governor of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government7Hui YuyuJanuary 1980December 1981Chinese Communist Party8Han PeixinDecember 1981May 19839Gu XiulianMay 1983April 198910Chen HuanyouApril 1989September 199411Zheng SilinSeptember 1994September 199812Ji YunshiSeptember 1998December 200213Liang BaohuaDecember 2002January 200814Luo Zhijun4 January 20088 December 201015Li Xueyong8 December 201030 November 201516Shi Taifeng28 January 201631 May 201717Wu Zhenglong31 May 201719 October 202118Xu Kunlin19 October 20219 October 202519Liu Xiaotao9 October 2025Incumbent
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