Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国农业农村部
	National Emblem of China
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	Incumbent; Han Jun; since 13 September 2024
	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Plenary Meeting of the State Council
Seat	Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Affairs Building, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier; (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President; with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Formation	19 October 1949; 75 years ago
First holder	Li Shucheng
Deputy	Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

The minister of agriculture and rural affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is eighteenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.^[1]

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The current minister is Han Jun, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the ministry.

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Li Shucheng	October 1949	September 1954	^{[citation needed]}
2		Liao Luyan	September 1954	1966	^{[citation needed]}
—		acting Jiang Yizhen	September 1964	May 1966	^{[citation needed]}
Post abolished
3		Sha Feng (沙风)	June 1970	January 1978	^{[citation needed]}
4		Yang Ligong (杨立功)	January 1978	February 1979	^{[citation needed]}
5		Huo Shilian	February 1979	March 1981	^{[citation needed]}
6		Lin Hujia	March 1981	June 1983	^{[citation needed]}
7		He Kang	June 1983	June 1990	^{[citation needed]}
8		Liu Zhongyi	June 1990	March 1992	^[2]
9		Liu Jiang	March 1992	March 1998	^{[citation needed]}
10		Chen Yaobang	March 1998	August 2001	^[3]
11		Du Qinglin	August 2001	December 2006	^[4]
12		Sun Zhengcai	December 2006	November 2009	^[5]
13		Han Changfu	December 2009	March 2018	^[6]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Ref.
1		Han Changfu 韩长赋 (born 1954)	March 19, 2018	December 2020	^[7]
2		Tang Renjian 唐仁健 (born 1962)	December 26, 2020	June 28, 2024	^[8]
3		Han Jun 韩俊 (born 1963)	June 28, 2024	Incumbent	^[9]

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