Thepolitics ofHunan Province in thePeople's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
TheGovernor of Hunan is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Hunan. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the HunanChinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "HunanCCP Party Chief".
| Image | Name (English) | Name (Chinese) | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huang Kecheng | 黄克诚 | August 1949 | October 1952 | [1][2][3] | |
| Jin Ming | 金明 | October 1952 | October 1953 | [1][2] | |
| Zhou Xiaozhou | 周小舟 | October 1953 | March 1960 | [1][4] | |
| Zhang Pinghua | 张平化 | March 1960 | October 1970 | [1][2] | |
| Hua Guofeng | 华国锋 | October 1970 | September 1977 | [1][5] | |
| Mao Zhiyong | 毛致用 | September 1977 | May 1988 | [1][6] | |
| Xiong Qingquan | 熊清泉 | May 1988 | September 1993 | [1][7] | |
| Wang Maolin | 王茂林 | September 1993 | October 1998 | [1][2][8] | |
| Yang Zhengwu | 杨正午 | October 1998 | December 2005 | [1][9] | |
| Zhang Chunxian | 张春贤 | December 2005 | April 2010 | [1][10] | |
| Zhou Qiang | 周强 | April 2010 | March 2013 | [11] | |
| Xu Shousheng | 徐守盛 | March 2013 | August 2016 | [12] | |
| Du Jiahao | 杜家豪 | August 2016 | November 2020 | [13] | |
| Xu Dazhe | 许达哲 | November 2020 | October 2021 | [14] | |
| Zhang Qingwei | 张庆伟 | October 2021 | March 2023 | [15] | |
| Shen Xiaoming | 沈晓明 | March 2023 | [16] |