Governor of Guangdong

Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
广东省人民政府省长
Incumbent
Wang Weizhong
since 27 December 2021
Guangdong Provincial People's Government
TypeHead of government
Reports toGuangdong Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
AppointerGuangdong Provincial People's Congress
Term lengthFive years, renewable
DeputyDeputy Governors

The governor of Guangdong, officially the Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, is the head of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Guangdong Committee.

Republic of China

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office
Took office Left office
Governor of the Military Government of Guangdong Province
1 Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

17 November 1911 12 December 1911
2 Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

12 December 1911 25 April 1912
(1) Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

25 April 1912 4 June 1913
3 Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

2 July 1913 3 August 1913
4 Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

3 August 1913 6 July 1916
Director of the Guangdong Civil Affairs Office
1 Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

14 June 1913 14 June 1913
2 Chen Zhaochang

(1867–1914)

Never took office
3 Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

14 June 1913 3 August 1913
4 Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

3 August 1913 13 September 1913
5 Li Kaiqian

(1871–1929)

13 September 1913 26 May 1914
Guangdong Provincial Inspector General's Office
4 Li Guoyun

(1878–?)

26 May 1914 3 July 1915
5 Zhang Mingqi

(1875–1945)

3 July 1915
6 Long Jiguang

(1867–1925)

21 June 1916 6 July 1916
Governor of Guangdong Province
1 Zhu Qinglan

(1874–1941)

6 July 1916 27 August 1917
2 Li Yaohan

(1878–1942)

6 September 1917 22 September 1918
3 Zhai Wang

(1877–1941)

22 September 1918 22 June 1919
– Zhang Jinfang

(1854–1921)

22 June 1919 29 May 1920
4 Yang Yongtai

(1880–1936)

August 1957 27 October 1920
– Wei Bangping

(1884–1935)

27 October 1920 10 November 1920
5 Chen Jiongming

(1878–1933)

10 November 1920 19 April 1922
6 Wu Ting-fang

(1842–1922)

22 April 1922 21 June 1922
7 Wei Bangping

(1884–1935)

21 June 1922 15 August 1922
8 Chun Chik-yu

(1859–1936)

15 August 1922 19 January 1923
9 Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

20 January 1923 22 February 1923
10 Xu Shaozhen

(1861–1936)

22 February 1923 7 May 1923
11 Liao Zhongkai

(1877–1925)

7 May 1923 23 February 1924
12 Yang Shukan

(1881–1942)

23 February 1924 12 June 1924
(11) Liao Zhongkai

(1877–1925)

12 June 1924 29 August 1924
(9) Hu Hanmin

(1879–1936)

5 September 1924 3 July 1925
13 Xu Chongzhi

(1887–1965)

3 July 1925 August 1925
14 Chen Shuren

(1884–1948)

August 1925 10 November 1926
Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government
1 Sun Fo

(1891–1973)

13 November 1926 7 December 1926
2 Li Jishen

(1885–1959)

7 December 1926 3 July 1928
– Feng Zhuwan

(1879–1954)

3 July 1928 19 December 1928
3 Chen Mingshu

(1889–1965)

19 December 1928 12 May 1931
4 Chen Jitang

(1890–1954)

12 May 1931 3 May 1932
5 Lin Yizhong

(1887–1984)

3 May 1932 29 July 1936
6 Huang Musong

(1884–1937)

29 July 1936 March 1937
7 Wu Tiecheng

(1893–1953)

March 1937 23 December 1938
8 Li Hanhun

(1895–1987)

23 December 1938 31 August 1945

Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government (under Japanese occupation)

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Peng Dongyuan

(1882–1954)

21 October 1938 10 May 1940
2 Chen Yaozu

(1892–1944)

10 May 1940 4 April 1944
– Wang Qi

(1896–1961)

4 April 1944 14 April 1944
3 Chen Chunpu

(1900–1966)

14 April 1944 26 April 1945
4 Chu Minyi

(1884–1946)

26 April 1945 31 August 1945

Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government (after World War II)

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office
Took office Left office
– Liu Yonggao[note 1] 31 August 1945 19 September 1945
1 Luo Zhuoying

(1896–1961)

19 September 1945 3 October 1947
2 T. V. Soong

(1894–1971)

3 October 1947 24 January 1949
3 Xue Yue

(1896–1998)

24 January 1949 May 1950

People's Republic of China

No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
1 Ye Jianying

(1897–1986)

6 November 1949 September 1953 Chinese Communist Party
2 Tao Zhu

(1908–1969)

September 1953 February 1955
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Committee
(2) Tao Zhu

(1908–1969)

February 1955 August 1957 Chinese Communist Party
3 Chen Yu

(1901–1974)

August 1957 November 1967
4 Huang Yongsheng

(1910–1983)

November 1967 21 February 1968
Director of the Guangdong Revolutionary Committee
(4) Huang Yongsheng

(1910–1983)

21 February 1968 June 1969 Chinese Communist Party
5 Liu Xingyuan

(1908–1990)

June 1969 April 1972
6 Ding Sheng

(1913–1999)

April 1972[1] April 1974
7 Zhao Ziyang

(1919–2005)

April 1974 October 1975
8 Wei Guoqing

(1913–1989)

October 1975 January 1979
Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government
9 Xi Zhongxun

(1913–2002)

January 1979[2] March 1981 Chinese Communist Party
10 Liu Tianfu

(1908–2002)

March 1981[3] April 1983
11 Liang Lingguang

(1916–2006)

April 1983[4] August 1985
12 Ye Xuanping

(1924–2019)

August 1985[5] May 1991
13 Zhu Senlin

(born 1930)

May 1991[6] 9 February 1996
14 Lu Ruihua

(born 1938)

10 February 1996[7] 20 January 2003
15 Huang Huahua

(born 1946)

20 January 2003[8] 4 November 2011
16 Zhu Xiaodan

(born 1953)

17 January 2012[9]

(acting from 5 November 2011)

30 December 2016
17 Ma Xingrui

(born 1959)

23 January 2017[10]

(acting from 30 December 2016)

27 December 2021
18 Wang Weizhong

(born 1962)

22 January 2022[11]

(acting from 27 December 2021)

Incumbent

Notes

  1. ^ Special Commissioner of the National Government

References

  1. ^ Yeung, Yue-man; Chu, David K. Y. (1998). Guangdong: Survey of a Province Undergoing Rapid Change. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-962-201-769-6.
  2. ^ 习仲勋的故事（全本）前中央书记处书记习仲勋的战斗一生 - 第1章 习仲勋生平（2） (in Chinese (China)). Ifeng Books. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ 陳瑞璋, Sui-jeung Chan (2009). East River Column: Hong Kong Guerrillas in the Second World War and After. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-962-209-850-3.
  4. ^ "广东原省长梁灵光同志遗体广州火化". Sina. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ Crane, George T. (2019). The Political Economy of China's Economic Zones. Taylor & Francis. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-315-49243-8.
  6. ^ "Biography of Zhu Senlin". China Vitae. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  7. ^ "卢瑞华 (About Lu Ruihua)" (in Chinese). CSFQW.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Huang Huahua". China.org.cn. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Zhu Xiaodan elected Guangdong governor". China Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  10. ^ "李玉妹当选省人大常委会主任 马兴瑞当选广东省省长". Xinhua. 24 January 2017.
  11. ^ Yi Yi (伊一) (27 December 2021). 王伟中代理广东省省长 马兴瑞辞去省长职务. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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