| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government | |
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| 陕西省人民政府省长 | |
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since 1 December 2022 | |
| Shaanxi Provincial People's Government | |
| Type | Governor |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Reports to | Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of theShaanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Appointer | Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Ma Mingfang |
| Formation | May 1949 |
| Deputy | Deputy Governors Secretary-General |
Thegovernor of Shaanxi, officially theGovernor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head ofShaanxi Province and leader of theShaanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shaanxi 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 theShaanxi 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 Shaanxi Committee.[1] The current governor isZhao Gang, who took office on 1 December 2022.
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 |  | Ma Mingfang (1905–1974) | May 1949 | November 1952 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965) | November 1952 | December 1954 | |||
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (2) | Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965) | December 1954 | July 1959 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 3 | Zhao Boping (1902–1993) | July 1959 | March 1963 | |||
| 4 | Li Qiming (1915–2007) | March 1963 | April 1968 | |||
| Director of the Shaanxi Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| 5 | Li Ruishan (1920–1997) | April 1968 | December 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 6 | .jpg) | Wang Renzhong (1917–1992) | December 1978 | February 1979 | ||
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 7 | Yu Mingtao (1917–2017) | December 1979 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 8 | Li Qingwei (1920–1994) | April 1983 | December 1986 | |||
| 9 | Zhang Boxing (1930–2025) | December 1986 | September 1987 | |||
| 10 | Hou Zongbin (1929–2017) | September 1987 | March 1990 | |||
| 11 | Bai Qingcai (1932–2016) | March 1990 | December 1994 | |||
| 12 | Cheng Andong (born 1936) | December 1994 | May 2002 | |||
| 13 | Jia Zhibang (born 1946) | May 2002 | October 2004 | |||
| 14 |  | Chen Deming (born 1953) | October 2004 | June 2006 | ||
| 15 | Yuan Chunqing (born 1952) | 1 June 2006 | 2 June 2010 | |||
| 16 |  | Zhao Zhengyong (born 1951) | 2 June 2010 | 21 December 2012 | [2] | |
| 17 |  | Lou Qinjian (born 1956) | 21 December 2012 | 1 April 2016 | [3] | |
| 18 | .jpg) | Hu Heping (born 1962) | 1 April 2016 | 4 January 2018 | [4] | |
| 19 |  | Liu Guozhong (born 1962) | 4 January 2018 | 2 August 2020 | [5] | |
| 20 | Zhao Yide (born 1965) | 2 August 2020 | 1 December 2022 | [6] | ||
| 21 | Zhao Gang (born 1968) | 1 December 2022 | Incumbent | |||