The secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Henan 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 Henan.
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 Henan 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 Henan 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 Zhou Zuyi, who took office on 23 September 2026.
List of party secretaries ImageNameTerm startTerm end1Zhang Xi (1912–1959)October 1949November 19522Pan Fusheng (1908–1980)November 1952August 19583Wu Zhipu (1906–1967)August 1958July 19614Liu Jianxun (1913–1983)July 1961October 19785Duan Junyi (1910–2004)October 1978January 19816Liu Jie (1915–2018)January 1981May 19857Yang Xizong (1928–2007)May 1985March 19908Hou Zongbin (1929–2017)March 1990December 19929Li Changchun (born 1944)December 1992February 199810Ma Zhongchen (born 1936)February 1998October 200011Chen Kuiyuan (born 1941)October 2000December 200212Li Keqiang (1955–2023)29 December 200214 December 200413Xu Guangchun (1944–2022)14 December 200430 November 200914Lu Zhangong (born 1952)30 November 2009March 201315Guo Gengmao (born 1950)March 201326 March 201616Xie Fuzhan (born 1954)26 March 201621 March 201817Wang Guosheng (born 1956)21 March 20181 June 202118Lou Yangsheng (born 1959)1 June 202131 December 202419Liu Ning (born 1962)31 December 202423 September 202620Zhou Zuyi (born 1965)23 September 2026Incumbent
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