The minister of agriculture and rural affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is eighteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.
The minister since June 2004 is Han Jun, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.
List of ministers
Minister of Agriculture PortraitNameTerm of officeTook officeLeft office1Li ShuchengOctober 1949September 19542Liao LuyanSeptember 19541966— Jiang YizhenSeptember 1964May 1966Post abolished3Sha Feng ()June 1970January 19784Yang Ligong ()January 1978February 19795Huo ShilianFebruary 1979March 19816Lin HujiaMarch 1981June 19837He KangJune 1983June 19908Liu ZhongyiJune 1990March 19929Liu JiangMarch 1992March 199810Chen YaobangMarch 1998August 200111Du QinglinAugust 2001December 200612Sun ZhengcaiDecember 2006November 200913Han ChangfuDecember 2009March 2018
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs PortraitNameTerm of officeTook officeLeft office1Han Changfu 韩长赋19 March 2018December 20202Tang Renjian 唐仁健26 December 202028 June 20243Han Jun 韩俊28 June 2024Incumbent
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