Head of the United Front Work Department

The head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The head of the United Front Work Department has generally served as the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Though not required by law, the UFWD head also serves as the executive vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification. The current head of the United Front Work Department is Li Ganjie, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Li is the first UFWD head to be a member of the Politburo since 1977.

List of heads During two periods the United Front Work Department was without a leader, from 1966 to 1975 during the Cultural Revolution and from the end of 1989 until 22 November 1990 following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The UFWD has had two female heads, Liu Yandong (2002–2007) and Sun Chunlan (2014–2017). +Department HeadTerm of officeTook officeLeft officeZhou Enlai19381942Wang Ming19421947Zhou Enlai19471948Li WeihanOctober 1948December 1964Xu BingDecember 19641966Cultural Revolution Interregnum19661975Li DazhangNovember 1975May 1976UlanhuMay 1976April 1982Yang JingrenApril 1982November 1985Yan MingfuNovember 1985November 1990Tiananmen Massacre InterregnumLate 198922 November 1990Ding GuangenNovember 1990December 1992Wang ZhaoguoDecember 1992December 2002Liu Yandong5 December 20022 December 2007Du Qinglin2 December 200731 August 2012Ling Jihua1 September 201231 December 2014Sun Chunlan31 December 20147 November 2017You Quan7 November 201727 October 2022Shi Taifeng石泰峰27 October 20222 April 2025Li Ganjie李干杰2 April 2025Incumbent

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