Thepolitics ofShanxi Province in thePeople's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions inmainland China.
TheGovernor of Shanxi (山西省长) is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government ofShanxi. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the ShanxiChinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary (山西省委书记), colloquially termed the "ShanxiCCP Party Chief".
During theanti-corruption campaign of Xi Jinping, thousands of officials included a dozen at the highest levels of governance in Shanxi were disciplined.[1]: 4 This necessitated a scramble to find find suitable personnel for many vacated offices.[1]: 4
| Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cheng Zihua (程子华) | August 1949 | September 1950 | [2] |
 | Lai Ruoyu (赖若愚) | September 1950 | February 1952 | [2] |
| Xie Xuegong (解学恭) | February 1952 | July 1952 | [2] | |
 | Gao Kelin (高克林) | February 1952 | January 1953 | [2] |
| Tao Lujia (陶鲁笳) | August 1956 | August 1965 | [2] | |
 | Wei Heng (卫恒) | August 1965 | January 1967 | [2] |
 | Liu Geping (刘格平) | February 1967 | April 1971 | [2] |
| Xie Zhenhua (谢振华) | April 1971 | May 1975 | [2] | |
| Wang Qian (王谦) | May 1975 | October 1980 | [2] | |
| Huo Shilian (霍士廉) | October 1980 | July 1985 | [2] | |
 | Li Ligong (李立功) | July 1985 | March 1991 | [2][3] |
| Wang Maolin (王茂林) | March 1991 | September 1993 | [2][4] | |
| Hu Fuguo (胡富国) | September 1993 | 12 June 1999 | [2] | |
| Tian Chengping (田成平) | 12 June 1999 | 2 July 2005 | [5] | |
| Zhang Baoshun (张宝顺) | 2 July 2005 | 31 May 2010 | [6] | |
| Yuan Chunqing (袁纯清) | 31 May 2010 | 1 September 2014 | [7] | |
 | Wang Rulin (王儒林) | 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2016 | [8] |
 | Luo Huining (骆惠宁) | 30 June 2016 | 30 November 2019 | [9] |
| Lou Yangsheng (楼阳生) | 30 November 2019 | 1 June 2021 | [10] | |
| Lin Wu (林武) | 1 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | [11] | |
.jpg) | Lan Fo'an (蓝佛安) | 29 December 2022 | 28 September 2023 | [12] |
 | Tang Dengjie (唐登杰) | 28 October 2023 | Incumbent | [13] |
| 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 | [14] | ||
| 16 | Wang Jun (born 1952) | 14 September 2008 | 19 December 2012 | [15] | ||
| 17 |  | Li Xiaopeng (born 1959) | 29 January 2013 | 30 August 2016 | [16] | |
| 18 | Lou Yangsheng (born 1959) | 30 August 2016 | 5 December 2019 | [17] | ||
| 19 | Lin Wu (born 1962) | 5 December 2019 | 4 June 2021 | [18] | ||
| 20 | | Lan Fo'an (born 1962) | 4 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | [19] | |
| 21 |  | Jin Xiangjun (born 1964) | 29 December 2022 | 23 April 2025 | [20] | |
| 22 | Lu Dongliang (born 1973) | 3 June 2025 | Incumbent | [21] | ||
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