The secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Yunnan 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 Yunnan.
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 Yunnan 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 Yunnan 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 Wang Ning, who took office on 19 October 2021.
List of party secretaries ImageName (English)Name (Chinese)Term startTerm endSong RenqiongFebruary 1950July 1952Xie FuzhiJuly 1952August 1959Yan HongyanAugust 1959January 1967Zhou XingJune 1970October 1975Jia QiyunOctober 1975February 1977An PingshengFebruary 1977July 1985Pu ZhaozhuJuly 1985June 1995Gao YanJune 1995August 1997Linghu AnAugust 1997October 2001Bai Enpei25 October 200125 August 2011Qin Guangrong25 August 201114 October 2014Li Jiheng14 October 201428 August 2016Chen Hao28 August 201620 November 2020Ruan Chengfa20 November 202019 October 2021Wang Ning19 October 2021Incumbent
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