| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | |
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| 山西省人民政府省长 | |
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since 3 June 2025 | |
| Shanxi Provincial People's Government | |
| Type | Governor |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Reports to | Shanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of theShanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Appointer | Shanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Cheng Zihua |
| Formation | August 1949 |
| Deputy | Deputy Governors Secretary-General |
Thegovernor of Shanxi, officially theGovernor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head ofShanxi Province and leader of theShanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is aprovincial 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 generally serves as the deputy secretary of theShanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of theCCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after thesecretary of the CCP Shanxi Committee.[1] The current governor isJin Xiangjun, who took office on 29 December 2022.
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 |  | Cheng Zihua (1905–1991) | August 1949 | February 1951 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 |  | Lai Ruoyu (1910–1958) | February 1951 | May 1952 | ||
| 3 |  | Pei Lisheng (1906–2000) | May 1952 | February 1955 | ||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (3) | | Pei Lisheng (1906–2000) | February 1955 | April 1956 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 |  | Wang Shiying (1905–1968) | April 1956 | November 1958 | ||
| 5 |  | Wei Heng (1915–1967) | November 1958 | December 1965 | ||
| 6 | Wang Qian (1917–2007) | December 1965 | January 1967 | |||
| Director of the Shanxi Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| 7 |  | Liu Geping (1904–1992) | January 1967 | April 1971 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 |  | Xie Zhenhua (1916–2011) | April 1971 | May 1975 | ||
| 9 | Wang Qian (1917–2007) | May 1975 | December 1979 | |||
| Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 10 |  | Luo Guibo (1907–1995) | December 1979 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | Wang Senhao (1933–2022) | April 1983 | July 1992 | |||
| 11 | Hu Fuguo (born 1937) | 23 July 1992 | 20 September 1993 | |||
| 12 | Sun Wensheng (born 1942) | September 1993 | July 1999 | |||
| 13 | Liu Zhenhua (born 1940) | July 1999 | January 2004 | |||
| 13 | Zhang Baoshun (born 1950) | 19 February 2004 | 9 July 2005 | |||
| 14 | Yu Youjun (born 1953) | 9 July 2005 | 3 September 2007 | |||
| 15 | Meng Xuenong (born 1949) | 3 September 2007 | 14 September 2008 | [2] | ||
| 16 | Wang Jun (born 1952) | 14 September 2008 | 19 December 2012 | [3] | ||
| 17 |  | Li Xiaopeng (born 1959) | 29 January 2013 | 30 August 2016 | [4] | |
| 18 | Lou Yangsheng (born 1959) | 30 August 2016 | 5 December 2019 | [5] | ||
| 19 | Lin Wu (born 1962) | 5 December 2019 | 4 June 2021 | [6] | ||
| 20 | .jpg) | Lan Fo'an (born 1962) | 4 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | [7] | |
| 21 |  | Jin Xiangjun (born 1964) | 29 December 2022 | 23 April 2025 | [8] | |
| 22 | Lu Dongliang (born 1973) | 3 June 2025 | Incumbent | [9] | ||