The secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi.
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 Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi 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 Zhao Yide, who took office on 27 November 2022.
List of party secretaries
Republic of China (1912–1949) ImageName (English)Name (Chinese)Term startTerm endGeng BingguangJuly 1927January 1928Pan ZiliJanuary 1928November 1928Li ZizhouNovember 1928January 1929Cao ZhirenJanuary 1929February 1929Du HengMarch 1929March 1931Gao WeihanMarch 1931August 1931Du HengAugust 1931August 1932Meng JianAugust 1932December 1932Yuan YuedongApril 1933July 1933Liu YingshengAugust 1933September 1933Yu HaifengOctober 1933November 1933Han XueyaNovember 19331934Wei GuangboMarch 1934October 1934Gao KelinAugust 1935December 1935Jia TuofuDecember 1936May 1939Ouyang QinMay 19391941 Zhang Desheng1941August 1945Wang FengJanuary 1946March 1947Zhao BopingMarch 1947December 1949
People's Republic of China (1949–present) ImageName (English)Name (Chinese)Term startTerm endMa MingfangJanuary 1950October 1952Pan ZiliOctober 19521956 Zhang DeshengJuly 1956November 1964Hu YaobangNovember 1964May 1965Huo ShilianOctober 1965March 1971Li RuishanMarch 1971December 1978Wang Renzhong10 December 197825 December 1978Ma Wenrui26 December 1978August 1984Bai JinianAugust 1984August 1987Zhang BoxingAugust 1987November 1994An QiyuanNovember 1994August 1997Li JianguoAugust 199725 March 2007Zhao Leji25 March 200719 November 2012Zhao Zhengyong19 November 201227 March 2016Lou Qinjian27 March 201629 October 2017Hu Heping29 October 201731 July 2020Liu Guozhong31 July 202027 November 2022Zhao Yide27 November 2022Incumbent
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