Governor of Hunan

The governor of Hunan, officially the Governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, is the head Hunan Province and leader of the Hunan Provincial People's Government.

Governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government
湖南省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Mao Weiming since 27 November 2020
Hunan Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Hunan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Hunan Provincial People's Congress
Inaugural holder	Chen Mingren
Formation	4 August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor is elected by the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial 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 the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second highest-ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Hunan Committee.^[1] The current governor is Mao Weiming, who took office on 27 November 2020.

List of governors

People's Republic of China

Image	Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Took office	Left officce	Ref.
	Chen Mingren	陈明仁	4 August 1949	24 August 1949	[2]
	Cheng Qian	程潜	August 1949	April 1950	[3]
	Wang Shoudao	王首道	April 1950	December 1952	[4]
	Cheng Qian	程潜	December 1952	April 1968	[3]
	Li Yuan	黎原	April 1968	May 1970	[5]
	Hua Guofeng	华国锋	May 1970	June 1977	[6]
	Mao Zhiyong	毛致用	June 1977	December 1979	[7]
	Sun Guozhi	孙国治	December 1979	May 1983	[8]
	Liu Zheng	刘正	May 1983	July 1985	[9]
	Xiong Qingquan	熊清泉	July 1985	May 1989	[10]
	Chen Bangzhu	陈邦柱	May 1989	January 1995	[11]
	Yang Zhengwu	杨正午	January 1995	September 1998	[12]
	Chu Bo	储波	September 1998	August 2001	[13]
	Zhang Yunchuan	张云川	August 2001	March 2003
	Zhou Bohua	周伯华	March 2003	September 2006	[14]
	Zhou Qiang	周强	September 2006	June 2010	[15]
	Xu Shousheng	徐守盛	June 2010	April 2013	[16]
	Du Jiahao	杜家毫	April 2013	September 2016	[17]
	Xu Dazhe	许达哲	September 2016	November 2020	[18]
	Mao Weiming	毛伟明	November 2020	Incumbent	[19]