Governor of Zhejiang

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

Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
浙江省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
Flag of China
Incumbent Liu Jie since 18 December 2024
Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
Term length	Five years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Tan Zhenlin
Formation	August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor is elected by the Zhejiang 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 Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Zhejiang Committee.^[1] The current governor is Liu Jie, who took office on 18 December 2024.

Leader offices

Title	Existence
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government	1949–1955
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee	1955–1967
Director of the Committee for the People's Liberation Army Control of Zhejiang Province	1967–1968
Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Committee	1968–1979
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government	1979–present

List of governors

Republic of China

  Non-partisan/ unknown   Unity Party   Republican Party   Military/ Warlords   Kuomintang/ National Revolutionary Army

Military governors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Tang Shouqian 湯壽潛 (1856–1917)	4 November 1911 (nominated on 4 November 1911)[2]	1 January 1912[2]
			Served as provincial military governor (dudu 都督)[2]
2		Jiang Zungui 蔣尊簋 (1882–1931)	12 July 1912 (nominated on 16 January 1912)[2]	23 July 1912[2]	Unity Party
			Also served as head of the civil government during his tenure as military governor.[2]
3		Zhu Rui 朱瑞 (1883–1916)	23 July 1912[2]	11 April 1916[2]	Republican Party
			Served as provincial general (jiangjun 將軍) from 30 June 1914; also served as head of the civil government 23 July 1912 – 10 September 1913. Eventually fled the province.[2]
4		Qu Yingguang 屈映光 (1881–1973)	14 April 1916 (nominated on 12 April 1916)[2]	5 May 1916[2]
			Acting military governor. Also served as de facto head of the civil government from 10 September 1913 to 6 July 1916, and as "pacification commissioner" (xun'anshi 巡按使) from 25 May 1914[2]
5		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	6 July 1916 (nominated on 5 May 1916)[2]	1 January 1917[2]
			Also served as de facto head of the civil government, namely "provincial head" (shengzhang 省長) during his tenure.[2]
6		Yang Shande 楊善德 (1873–1919)	1 January 1917[2]	13 August 1919[2]	Anhui clique
			Died in office.[2]
7		Lu Yongxiang 盧永祥 Lú Yǒngxiáng (1867–1933)	14 August 1919[2]	20 September 1924[2]	Anhui clique
			Served as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 20 June 1922.[2]
8		Sun Chuanfang 孫傳芳 Sūn Chuánfāng (1885–1935)	20 September 1924[2]	19 December 1926[2]	Zhili clique
			Sun initially served as "provincial supervisor" (duli 督理), and as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 16 January 1925.[2] He mostly ruled through subordinates, most notably appointing Lu Xiangting as "military commander-in-chief" (de facto military governor) in January 1926.[3]
(9)		Lu Xiangting	25 January 1926[3]	?	Zhili clique
			Served as "military commander-in-chief" of the province.[3]
10		Jiang Zungui	19 December 1926[2]	29 December 1926[2]	Zhili clique
11		Meng Zhaoyue	29 December 1926[2]	17 February 1927[2]	Zhili clique

Civil governors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954)	1916	January 1917
2		Qi Yaoshan 齊耀珊 (1865–1954)	January 1917	24 June 1920
3		Shen Jinjian 沈金鑒 (1875–1924)	24 June 1920	29 October 1922
4		Zhang Zaiyang 張載揚 (1874–1945)	29 October 1922	?
5		Xia Chao 夏超 (1882–1926)	1924	23 October 1926	Zhili clique
	NRA
6		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)	October 1925	July 1927	Zhili clique
	NRA

Chairperson of the Provincial Government

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
1		Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)	27 July 1927	5 October 1927	Kuomintang
2		He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987)	5 October 1927	7 November 1928	Kuomintang
(1)		Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950)	7 November 1928	4 December 1930	Kuomintang
3		Zhang Nanxian 張難先 (1873–1968)	4 December 1930	15 December 1931	Kuomintang
4		Lu Diping 魯滌平 (1887–1935)	15 December 1931	12 December 1934	Kuomintang
5		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	12 December 1934	25 July 1936	Kuomintang
6		Bai Chongxi 白崇禧 (1893–1966)	25 July 1936	6 September 1936	Kuomintang
			Refused to take office; Director of Civil Affairs Department Xu Qingfu acted as Chairperson.
(5)		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	6 September 1936	2 December 1936	Kuomintang
7		Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 Zhū Jiāhuá (1893–1963)	12 December 1934	26 November 1937	Kuomintang
(5)		Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966)	26 November 1937	26 March 1946	Kuomintang
8		Shen Honglie 沈鴻烈 (1882–1969)	26 March 1946	22 June 1948	Kuomintang
9		Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950)	22 June 1948	21 February 1949	Kuomintang
10		Zhou Yan 周喦 (1895–1953)	21 February 1949	6 December 1949	Kuomintang
11		Shi Jue 石覺 (1908–1986)	7 December 1949	13 May 1950	Kuomintang
12		Hu Zongnan 胡宗南 (1896–1962)	19 October 1950	23 July 1953	Kuomintang
			Evacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953.

People's Republic of China

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
		Took office	Left office
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
1	Tan Zhenlin (1902–1983)	August 1949	January 1955	Chinese Communist Party
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee
2	Sha Wenhan (1908–1964)	January 1955	November 1957	Chinese Communist Party
2	Huo Shilian (1909–1996)	November 1957	January 1958
3	Zhou Jianren (1888–1984)	January 1958	January 1967
Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army
4	Long Qian (1913–1992)	January 1967	August 1967	Chinese Communist Party
5	Nan Ping (1918–1989)	August 1967	March 1968
Director of the Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee
(5)	Nan Ping (1918–1989)	March 1968	May 1973	Chinese Communist Party
6	Tan Qilong (1913–2003)	May 1973	February 1977
7	Tie Ying (1916–2009)	February 1977	December 1979
Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government
8	Li Fengping (1912–2008)	December 1979	April 1983	Chinese Communist Party
9	Xue Ju (1922–2024)	April 1983	January 1988
10	Shen Zulun (1931–2023)	February 1988[4]	January 1988
11	Ge Hongsheng (1931–2020)	November 1990[5]	March 1991
12	Wan Xueyuan (born 1941)	March 1991	April 1997
13	Chai Songyue (born 1941)	April 1997[6]	October 2002
14	Xi Jinping (born 1953)	October 2002	January 2003
15	Lü Zushan (born 1946)	January 2003[7]	August 2011
16	Xia Baolong (born 1952)	16 January 2012	21 December 2012
17	Li Qiang (born 1959)	21 December 2012[8]	4 July 2016
18	Che Jun (born 1955)	4 July 2016[9]	28 April 2017
19	Yuan Jiajun (born 1962)	28 April 2017[10]	4 September 2020
20	Zheng Shanjie (born 1961)	4 September 2020[11]	30 September 2021
21	Wang Hao (born 1963)	30 September 2021[12]	18 December 2024
21	Liu Jie (born 1970)	18 December 2024	Incumbent