| Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government | |
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| 辽宁省人民政府省长 | |
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since 1 March 2025 | |
| Liaoning Provincial People's Government | |
| Type | Governor |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Reports to | Liaoning Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of theLiaoning Provincial People's Congress |
| Appointer | Liaoning Provincial People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Du Zheheng |
| Formation | August 1954 |
| Deputy | Deputy Governors Secretary-General |
Thegovernor of Liaoning, officially theGovernor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government, is the head ofLiaoning Province and leader of theLiaoning Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Liaoning 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 theLiaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of theCCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after thesecretary of the CCP Liaoning Committee.[1] The current governor isWang Xinwei, who took office on 1 March 2025.
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 | Du Zheheng (1910–1975) | August 1954 | February 1955 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (1) | Du Zheheng (1910–1975) | February 1955 | December 1958 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 2 | Huang Oudong (1905–1993) | December 1958 | May 1968 | |||
| Director of the Liaoning Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| 3 |  | Chen Xilian (1915–1999) | May 1968 | December 1973 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 |  | Zeng Shaoshan (1914–1995) | September 1975 | September 1978 | ||
| 5 | Ren Zhongyi (1914–2005) | September 1978 | January 1980 | |||
| Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 6 | Chen Puru (1918–1998) | January 1980 | April 1982 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 7 | Quan Shuren (1930–2008) | April 1982 | July 1986 | |||
| 8 |  | Li Changchun (born 1944) | July 1986 | July 1990 | ||
| 9 | Yue Qifeng (1931–2008) | July 1990 | July 1990 | |||
| 10 | Wen Shizhen (1940–2021) | May 1994 | January 1998 | |||
| 11 | Zhang Guoguang (born 1945) | January 1998 | January 2001 | |||
| 12 | .jpg) | Bo Xilai (born 1949) | 24 February 2001 | 17 February 2004 | [2] | |
| 13 | Zhang Wenyue (born 1944) | 17 February 2004 | 22 December 2007 | [3] | ||
| 14 | Chen Zhenggao (1952–2024) | 22 December 2007 | 5 May 2014 | |||
| 15 | Li Xi (born 1953) | 5 May 2014 | 4 May 2015 | [4] | ||
| 16 | _(4679014852).jpg) | Chen Qiufa (born 1954) | 4 May 2015 | 30 October 2017 | [5] | |
| 17 | Tang Yijun (born 1961) | 30 October 2017 | 11 May 2020 | [6] | ||
| 18 |  | Liu Ning (born 1962) | 1 July 2020 | 19 October 2021 | [7] | |
| 19 | .jpg) | Li Lecheng (born 1965) | 20 October 2021 | 1 March 2025 | [8] | |
| 20 | Wang Xinwei (born 1967) | 1 March 2025 | Incumbent | |||