The secretary of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Jilin Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Jilin.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Jilin Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Jilin Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.
The current secretary is Huang Qiang, who took office on 28 June 2024.
List of party secretaries ImageName (English)Name (Chinese)Term startTerm endLiu XiwuOctober 1949April 1952Li MenglingApril 1952February 1955Wu DeFebruary 1955June 1966Zhao LinJune 19661968Wang HuaixiangMarch 1971February 1977Wang EnmaoFebruary 1977October 1981Qiang XiaochuOctober 1981May 1985Gao DiMay 1985April 1988He ZhukangApril 1988June 1993Zhang DejiangJune 199316 September 1998Wang Yunkun16 September 19983 December 2006Wang Min3 December 200630 November 2009Sun Zhengcai30 November 200918 December 2012Wang Rulin18 December 201231 August 2014Bayanqolu31 August 201420 November 2020Jing Junhai20 November 202028 June 2024Huang Qiang28 June 2024Incumbent
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