The politics of Liaoning Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a single party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The Governor of Liaoning () is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Liaoning. However, in the province's single party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Liaoning Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary (), colloquially termed the "Liaoning CCP Party Chief".
Previous to 1949 and the takeover of the Communist forces, Liaoning was governed by the Fengtian Clique of warlords and interchangeably officials of the Chiang Kai-shek bureaucracy. During the Qing dynasty Liaoning was known as the province of Fengtian, and was governed by a zongdu or Viceroy (The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces 东三省总督), along with the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang. The province itself also had a governor (xunfu).
List of CCP Committee Secretaries
List of governors Governor Chinese name Term Notes Du Zheheng 杜者蘅 August 1954 – October 1958 Huang Oudong 黄欧东 October 1958 – January 1967 Chen Xilian 陈锡联 May 1968 – December 1973 Politically disgraced after the Cultural Revolution Zeng Shaoshan 曾绍山 September 1975 – September 1978 Ren Zhongyi 任仲夷 September 1978 – January 1979 Chen Puru 陈璞如 January 1980 – April 1982 Quan Shuren 全树仁 April 1983 – July 1986 Li Changchun 李长春 July 1986 – July 1990 Politburo Standing Committee (2002 – 2012) Yue Qifeng 岳歧峰 July 1990 – May 1994 Wen Shizhen 闻世震 May 1994 – January 1998 Zhang Guoguang 张国光 January 1998 – January 2001 Bo Xilai 薄熙来 January 2001 – February 2004 Later Minister of Commerce, Party Secretary of Chongqing; Politburo (2007 – 2012);Charged and convicted of bribery and abuse of power in 2013, jailed. Zhang Wenyue 张文岳 February 2004 – December 2007 Promoted to party chief Chen Zhenggao 陈政高 December 2007 – May 2014 Later Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Li Xi 李希 May 2014 – May 2015 Promoted to party chief Chen Qiufa 陈求发 May 2015 – October 2017 Promoted to party chief Tang Yijun 唐一军 October 2017 – April 2020 Liu Ning 刘宁 April 2020 – October 2021 Li Lecheng 李乐成 October 2021 – February 2025 Promoted to Minister of Industry and Information TechnologyWang Xinwei王新伟February 2025 – presentActing governor and deputy governor
List of chairmen of Liaoning People's Congress Huang Oudong (): 1980–1983 Zhang Zhengde (): 1983–1988 Wang Guangzhong (): 1988–1993 Quan Shuren ():1993–1998 Wang Huaiyuan (): 1998–2003 Wen Shizhen (): 2003–2005 Li Keqiang (): 2005–2007 Zhang Xilin (): 2007–2010 Wang Min (): 2010–2015 Li Xi (): 2015– 2018 Chen Qiufa (): 2018–2021 Zhang Guoqing (): 2021–present
List of chairmen of Liaoning CPPCC Huang Oudong (): 1955–1959 Huang Huoqing: 1959–1967 Huang Oudong (): 1977–1980 Li Huang (): 1980–1982 Song Li (): 1982–1985 Xu Shaofu (): 1985–1993 Sun Qi (): 1993–2001 Xiao Zuofu (): 2001–2003 Zhang Wenyue (): 2003–2004 Guo Tingbiao (): 2004–2008 Luo Lin (): 2008 Yue Fuhong (): 2009–2013 Xia Deren: 2013– 2021 Zhou Bo: 2021–present
See also Politics of the People's Republic of China
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