The secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Sichuan 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 Sichuan.
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 Sichuan 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 Sichuan 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 Xiaohui, who took office on 22 April 2022.
List of party secretaries ImageNameTerm startTerm end1Li Jingquan (1909–1989)September 1952February 19652Liao Zhigao (1913–2000)February 1965January 1967Cultural Revolution Interregnum196719713Zhang Guohua (1914–1972)August 1971February 19724Liu Xingyuan (1908–1990)March 1972October 19755Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005)October 1975March 19806Tan Qilong (1913–2003)March 1980February 19837Yang Rudai (1926–2018)February 1983March 19938Xie Shijie (born 1934)March 1993January 20009Zhou Yongkang (born 1942)6 January 20005 December 200210Zhang Xuezhong (born 1943)5 December 20023 December 200611Du Qinglin (born 1946)3 December 20062 December 200712Liu Qibao (born 1953)2 December 200721 November 201213Wang Dongming (born 1956)21 November 201221 March 201814Peng Qinghua (born 1957)21 March 201822 April 202215Wang Xiaohui (born 1962)22 April 2022Incumbent
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