Politics of Liaoning

The politics of Liaoning Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a single party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Liaoning (辽宁省省长) is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Liaoning. However, in the province's single party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Liaoning Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary (辽宁省委书记), colloquially termed the "Liaoning CCP Party Chief".

Previous to 1949 and the takeover of the Communist forces, Liaoning was governed by the Fengtian Clique of warlords and interchangeably officials of the Chiang Kai-shek bureaucracy. During the Qing Dynasty Liaoning was known as the province of Fengtian, and was governed by a zongdu or Viceroy (The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces 东三省总督), along with the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang. The province itself also had a governor (xunfu).

List of Communist Party chiefs

CCP Party Secretary	Name in Chinese	Term	Notes
Huang Oudong	黄欧东	August 1954 – June 1958
Huang Huoqing	黄火青	June 1958 – January 1971
Chen Xilian	陈锡联	January 1971 – December 1973	Later Vice-Premier; Politically disgraced after the Cultural Revolution
Zeng Shaoshan	曾绍山	September 1975 – September 1978
Ren Zhongyi	任仲夷	September 1978 – November 1980	Led economic reform in Guangdong
Guo Feng	郭峰	November 1980 – June 1985
Li Guixian	李贵鲜	June 1985 – April 1986	Later People's Bank of China Governor
Quan Shuren	全树仁	April 1986 – September 1993
Gu Jinchi	顧金池	September 1993 – August 1997
Wen Shizhen	闻世震	August 1997 – December 2004
Li Keqiang	李克强	December 2004 – October 2007	Politburo Standing Committee (2007 – ); Premier (2013 – )
Zhang Wenyue	张文岳	October 2007 – November 2009
Wang Min	王珉	November 2009 – May 2015	Sentenced to life in prison for corruption, embezzlement, and dereliction of duty
Li Xi	李希	May 2015 – October 2017	Later Party Chief of Guangdong
Chen Qiufa	陈求发	October 2017 – September 2020
Zhang Guoqing	张国清	September 2020 – November 2022
Hao Peng	郝鹏	November 2022 – present

List of governors

Governor	Chinese Name	Term	Notes
Du Zheheng	杜者蘅	August 1954 – October 1958
Huang Oudong	黄欧东	October 1958 – January 1967
Chen Xilian	陈锡联	May 1968 – December 1973	Politically disgraced after Cultural Revolution
Zeng Shaoshan	曾绍山	September 1975 – September 1978
Ren Zhongyi	任仲夷	September 1978 – January 1979
Chen Puru	陈璞如	January 1980 – April 1982
Quan Shuren	全树仁	April 1983 – July 1986
Li Changchun	李长春	July 1986 – July 1990	Politburo Standing Committee (2002 – 2012)
Yue Qifeng	岳歧峰	July 1990 – May 1994
Wen Shizhen	闻世震	May 1994 – January 1998
Zhang Guoguang	张国光	January 1998 – January 2001
Bo Xilai	薄熙来	January 2001 – February 2004	Later Minister of Commerce, Party Secretary of Chongqing; Politburo (2007 – 2012); Charged and convicted of bribery and abuse of power in 2013, jailed.
Zhang Wenyue	张文岳	February 2004 – December 2007	Promoted to party chief
Chen Zhenggao	陈政高	December 2007 – May 2014	Later Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
Li Xi	李希	May 2014 – May 2015	Promoted to party chief
Chen Qiufa	陈求发	May 2015 – October 2017	Promoted to party chief
Tang Yijun	唐一军	October 2017 – April 2020
Liu Ning	刘宁	April 2020 – October 2021
Li Lecheng	李乐成	October 2021 – present

List of chairmen of Liaoning People's Congress

1. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1980–1983
2. Zhang Zhengde (张正德): 1983–1988
3. Wang Guangzhong (王光中): 1988–1993
4. Quan Shuren (全树仁):1993–1998
5. Wang Huaiyuan (王怀远): 1998–2003
6. Wen Shizhen (闻世震): 2003–2005
7. Li Keqiang (李克强): 2005–2007
8. Zhang Xilin (张锡林): 2007–2010
9. Wang Min (王珉): 2010–2015
10. Li Xi (李希): 2015– 2018
11. Chen Qiufa (陈求发): 2018 - 2021
12. Zhang Guoqing (张国清): 2021–present

List of chairmen of Liaoning CPPCC

1. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1955–1959
2. Huang Huoqing: 1959–1967
3. Huang Oudong (黄欧东): 1977–1980
4. Li Huang (李荒): 1980–1982
5. Song Li (宋黎): 1982–1985
6. Xu Shaofu (徐少甫): 1985–1993
7. Sun Qi (孙奇): 1993–2001
8. Xiao Zuofu (肖作福): 2001–2003
9. Zhang Wenyue (张文岳): 2003–2004
10. Guo Tingbiao (郭廷标): 2004–2008
11. Luo Lin (骆琳): 2008
12. Yue Fuhong (岳福洪): 2009–2013
13. Xia Deren: 2013– 2021
14. Zhou Bo: 2021–present

See also

• Politics of the People's Republic of China