# Governor of Shaanxi

The governor of Shaanxi, officially the Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shaanxi Province and leader of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi 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 Shaanxi Committee. The current governor is Zhao Gang, who took office on 1 December 2022.

## List of governors
### People's Republic of China

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref. |
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government |||||||
| 1 | | Ma Mingfang (1905–1974) | May 1949 | November 1952 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | | Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965) | November 1952 | December 1954 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Committee |||||||
| (2) | | Zhao Shoushan (1894–1965) | December 1954 | July 1959 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 3 | | Zhao Boping (1902–1993) | July 1959 | March 1963 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | | Li Qiming (1915–2007) | March 1963 | April 1968 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Director of the Shaanxi Revolutionary Committee |||||||
| 5 | | Li Ruishan (1920–1997) | April 1968 | December 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 6 | | Wang Renzhong (1917–1992) | December 1978 | February 1979 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Governor of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government |||||||
| 7 | | Yu Mingtao (1917–2017) | December 1979 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | | Li Qingwei (1920–1994) | April 1983 | December 1986 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 9 | | Zhang Boxing (born 1930) | December 1986 | September 1987 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | | Hou Zongbin (1929–2017) | September 1987 | March 1990 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 11 | | Bai Qingcai (1932–2016) | March 1990 | December 1994 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 12 | | Cheng Andong (born 1936) | December 1994 | May 2002 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 13 | | Jia Zhibang (born 1946) | May 2002 | October 2004 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 14 | | Chen Deming (born 1953) | October 2004 | June 2006 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 15 | | Yuan Chunqing (born 1952) | 1 June 2006 | 2 June 2010 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 16 | | Zhao Zhengyong (born 1951) | 2 June 2010 | 21 December 2012 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 17 | | Lou Qinjian (born 1956) | 21 December 2012 | 1 April 2016 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 18 | | Hu Heping (born 1962) | 1 April 2016 | 4 January 2018 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 19 | | Liu Guozhong (born 1962) | 4 January 2018 | 2 August 2020 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 20 | | Zhao Yide (born 1965) | 2 August 2020 | 1 December 2022 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 21 | | Zhao Gang (born 1968) | 1 December 2022 | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party | |