| Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government | |
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| 河南省人民政府省长 | |
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| Henan Provincial People's Government | |
| Type | Governor |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Reports to | Henan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
| Nominator | Presidium of theHenan Provincial People's Congress |
| Appointer | Henan Provincial People's Congress |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Wu Zhipu |
| Formation | May 1949 |
| Deputy | Deputy Governors Secretary-General |
Thegovernor of Henan, officially theGovernor of the Henan Provincial People's Government, is the head ofHenan Province and leader of theHenan Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Henan 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 theHenan 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 Henan Committee.[1] The current governor isWang Kai, who took office on 2 April 2021.
| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Party | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 1 | Wu Zhipu (1906–1967) | May 1949 | January 1955 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Committee | ||||||
| (1) | Wu Zhipu (1906–1967) | January 1955 | July 1962 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 2 | Wen Minsheng (1915–1997) | July 1962 | January 1968 | |||
| Director of the Henan Revolutionary Committee | ||||||
| 3 | Liu Jianxun (1913–1983) | January 1968 | October 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 4 | Duan Junyi (1910–2004) | October 1978 | September 1979 | |||
| Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government | ||||||
| 5 | Liu Jie (1915–2018) | September 1979 | December 1981 | Chinese Communist Party | ||
| 6 | Yu Mingtao (1917–2017) | December 1981 | December 1982 | |||
| 7 | Dai Suli (1919–2000) | December 1982 | March 1983 | |||
| 8 | He Zhukang (born 1932) | March 1983 | July 1987 | |||
| 9 | Cheng Weigao (1933–2010) | July 1987 | July 1990 | |||
| 10 |  | Li Changchun (born 1944) | July 1990 | December 1992 | ||
| 11 | Ma Zhongchen (1936–2021) | December 1992 | July 1998 | |||
| 12 | _(cropped).jpg) | Li Keqiang (1955–2023) | 24 July 1998 | 18 January 2003 | [2] | |
| 13 | Li Chengyu (born 1946) | 18 January 2003 | 8 April 2008 | |||
| 14 |  | Guo Gengmao (born 1950) | 8 April 2008 | 27 March 2013 | [3] | |
| 15 |  | Xie Fuzhan (born 1954) | 2 April 2013 | 5 April 2016 | [4] | |
| 16 | Chen Run'er (born 1957) | 7 April 2016 | 6 December 2019 | [5] | ||
| 17 |  | Yin Hong (born 1963) | 6 December 2019 | 2 April 2021 | [6] | |
| 18 | | Wang Kai (born 1962) | 2 April 2021 | Incumbent | [7] | |