The governor of Fujian, officially the Governor of the Fujian Provincial People's Government, is the head of Fujian Province and leader of the Fujian Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Fujian Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor traditionally serves as the deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Fujian Committee. The current governor is Zhao Long, who took office on 22 October 2021.
List of governors
Republic of China
Chairperson of the Fujian Provincial Government No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of OfficePolitical Party 1 Yang Shu-chuang楊樹莊Yáng Shùzhuāng(1882–1934) 1 May 1927 7 December 1932 KuomintangConcurrently held position as Minister of the Navy. — Chen Nai-yuan陳乃元Chén Nǎiyuán(1878–1930) 5 February 1929 6 January 1930 KuomintangAs acting; head of Provincial Civil Affairs Department. — Fang Sheng-tao方聲濤Fāng Shēngtāo(1885–1934) 6 January 1930 7 December 1932 KuomintangAs acting; head of Provincial Public Security Department. 2 Chiang Kuang-nai蔣光鼐Jiǎng Guāngnài(1888–1967) 7 December 1932 20 December 1933 Kuomintang 3 Chen Yi陳儀Chén Yí(1883–1950) 12 January 1934 28 August 1941 KuomintangProvincial government relocated to Yong'an County from 1938 after Japan instituted a sea blockade and the Second Sino-Japanese War. 4 Liu Chien-hsü劉建緒Liú Jiànxù(1892–1978) 28 August 1941 16 September 1948 KuomintangGovernment relocated back to Fuzhou in 1945. 5 Li Liang-jung李良榮Lǐ Liángróng(1906–1967) 16 September 1948 20 January 1949 Kuomintang 6 Chu Shao-liang朱紹良Zhū Shàoliáng(1891–1963) 20 January 1949 4 October 1949 Kuomintang
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePolitical partyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Fujian Provincial People's Government1Zhang Dingcheng17 August 1949October 1954Chinese Communist Party2Ye FeiOctober 1954February 1955Governor of the Fujian Provincial People's Committee2Ye FeiFebruary 1955January 1959Chinese Communist Party3Jiang YizhenJanuary 1959October 1959–Wu HongxiangApril 1960June 19623Jiang YizhenNovember 1962December 19624Wei JinshuiDecember 1962May 1967Director of the Fujian Revolutionary Committee6Han XianchuMay 1967August 1968Chinese Communist PartyDirector of the Fujian Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army7Han XianchuAugust 1968December 1973Chinese Communist Party8Liao ZhigaoNovember 1974December 1979Governor of the Fujian Provincial People's Government9Ma XingyuanDecember 1979January 1983Chinese Communist Party 10Hu PingJanuary 1983September 198711Wang ZhaoguoSeptember 1987November 199012Jia QinglinNovember 1990March 199413Chen MingyiMarch 1994October 199614He GuoqiangOctober 1996August 199915Xi JinpingAugust 1999October 200216Lu ZhangongOctober 2002December 200417Huang XiaojingDecember 2004April 201118Su Shulin2 April 20117 October 201519Yu Weiguo26 November 20152 January 2018 20Tang Dengjie2 January 20182 July 202021Wang Ning2 July 202022 October 202122Zhao Long22 October 2021Incumbent
See also Politics of Fujian Fujian Provincial People's Congress Fujian Provincial People's Government Governor of Fujian Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Party Secretary of Fujian Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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