The governor of Shanxi, officially the Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shanxi Province and leader of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shanxi 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 Shanxi 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 Shanxi Committee. The current governor is Lu Dongliang, who took office on 3 June 2025.
List of governors
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government1Cheng ZihuaAugust 1949February 1951Chinese Communist Party2Lai RuoyuFebruary 1951May 19523Pei LishengMay 1952February 1955Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Committee(3)Pei LishengFebruary 1955April 1956Chinese Communist Party4Wang ShiyingApril 1956November 19585Wei HengNovember 1958December 19656Wang QianDecember 1965January 1967Director of the Shanxi Revolutionary Committee7Liu GepingJanuary 1967April 1971Chinese Communist Party8Xie ZhenhuaApril 1971May 19759Wang QianMay 1975December 1979Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government10Luo GuiboDecember 1979April 1983Chinese Communist Party11Wang SenhaoApril 1983July 199212Hu Fuguo23 July 199220 September 199313Sun WenshengSeptember 1993July 199914Liu ZhenhuaJuly 1999January 200415Zhang Baoshun19 February 20049 July 200516Yu Youjun9 July 20053 September 200717Meng Xuenong3 September 200714 September 200818Wang Jun14 September 200819 December 201219Li Xiaopeng29 January 201330 August 201620Lou Yangsheng30 August 20165 December 201921Lin Wu5 December 20194 June 202122Lan Fo'an4 June 202129 December 202223Jin Xiangjun29 December 202223 April 2025—Vacant24Lu Dongliang3 June 2025IncumbentChinese Communist Party
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