The secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Liaoning 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 Liaoning.
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 Liaoning 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 Liaoning 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 Xu Kunlin, who took office on 30 September 2025.
List of party secretaries ImageName (English)Name (Chinese)Term startTerm endHuang Oudong1 August 1954September 1959Huang HuoqingSeptember 1959Chen XilianJanuary 1971December 1973Zeng ShaoshanSeptember 1975September 1978Ren ZhongyiSeptember 1978November 1980Guo FengNovember 1980June 1985Li GuixianJune 1985April 1986Quan ShurenApril 1986October 1993Gu JinchiOctober 1993August 1997Wen ShizhenAugust 199713 December 2004Li Keqiang13 December 200429 October 2007Zhang Wenyue29 October 200730 October 2009Wang Min30 October 20094 May 2015 Li Xi4 May 201528 October 2017Chen Qiufa28 October 20171 September 2020Zhang Guoqing1 September 202028 November 2022Hao Peng28 November 202230 September 2025Xu Kunlin30 September 2025Incumbent
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