The secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Wuhan Municipal 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 Wuhan, which outranks the mayor, conventionally being the deputy secretary of the municipal committee. The secretary is also the leader of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal Committee.
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 could also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Wuhan Municipal Committee, which the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government.
The current secretary is Sheng Yuechun, who took office on 18 October 2025.
List of party secretaries No.English nameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeReferences1Zhang PinghuaMay 1949September 19552Song KanfuSeptember 1955January 19683Fang MingJanuary 1968November 19734Wang KewenNovember 1973November 19775Li RenzhiFebruary 1979December 19806Wang QunDecember 1980August 19877Zheng YunfeiOctober 1987October 19918Qian YunluOctober 1991December 19989Luo QingquanJanuary 1999October 200210Chen XunqiuOctober 2002May 200511Miao WeiMay 2005March 200812Yang SongMarch 2008January 201113Ruan Chengfa30 January 201113 December 201614Chen Yixin26 June 201720 March 201815Ma Guoqiang20 July 201812 February 202016Wang Zhonglin12 February 202030 April 202117Guo Yuanqiang29 September 202118 October 202518Sheng Yuechun18 October 2025Incumbent
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