# Governor of Guangdong

The governor of Guangdong, officially the Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, is the head of Guangdong Province and leader of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Guangdong 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 Guangdong 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 Guangdong Committee. The current governor is Wang Weizhong, who took office on 27 December 2021.

## List of governors
### Republic of China

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | 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 | 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 |

#### Japanese occupation

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | 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 |

#### After World War II

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office |
| – | | Liu Yonggao | 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. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref. |
| 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 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 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 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | | Huang Yongsheng (1910–1983) | November 1967 | 21 February 1968 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 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 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 6 | | Ding Sheng (1913–1999) | April 1972 | April 1974 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 7 | | Zhao Ziyang (1919–2005) | April 1974 | October 1975 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | | Wei Guoqing (1913–1989) | October 1975 | January 1979 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government |||||||
| 9 | | Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002) | January 1979 | March 1981 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | | Liu Tianfu (1908–2002) | March 1981 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 11 | | Liang Lingguang (1916–2006) | April 1983 | August 1985 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 12 | | Ye Xuanping (1924–2019) | August 1985 | May 1991 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 13 | | Zhu Senlin (born 1930) | May 1991 | 9 February 1996 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 14 | | Lu Ruihua (born 1938) | 10 February 1996 | 20 January 2003 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 15 | | Huang Huahua (born 1946) | 20 January 2003 | 4 November 2011 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 16 | | Zhu Xiaodan (born 1953) | 17 January 2012 (acting from 5 November 2011) | 30 December 2016 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 17 | | Ma Xingrui (born 1959) | 23 January 2017 (acting from 30 December 2016) | 27 December 2021 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 18 | | Wang Weizhong (born 1962) | 22 January 2022 (acting from 27 December 2021) | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party | |