# Governor of Jilin

The governor of Jilin, officially the Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government, is the head of Jilin Province and leader of the Jilin Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Jilin 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 Jilin 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 Jilin Committee. The current governor is Hu Yuting, who took office on 2 April 2023.

## 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 Jilin Provincial People's Government |||||||
| – | | Zhou Baozhong (1902–1964) | December 1945 | September 1949 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 1 | | Zhou Chiheng (1915–1986) | September 1949 | January 1952 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 2 | | Li Youwen (1901–1984) | January 1952 | February 1955 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Committee |||||||
| (2) | | Li Youwen (1901–1984) | February 1955 | March 1968 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Director of the Jilin Revolutionary Committee |||||||
| 3 | | Wang Huaixiang (1920–2013) | March 1968 | February 1977 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | | Wang Enmao (1913–2001) | February 1977 | March 1980 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government |||||||
| 5 | | Yu Ke (1913–2004) | March 1980 | June 1982 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 6 | | Zhang Gensheng (1923–2008) | June 1982 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 7 | | Zhao Xiu (1921–1992) | April 1983 | June 1985 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | | Gao Dezhan (born 1932) | June 1985 | July 1987 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 9 | | He Zhukang (born 1932) | July 1987 | March 1989 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | | Wang Zhongyu (born 1933) | March 1989 | March 1992 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 11 | | Gao Yan (born 1942) | March 1992 | June 1995 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 12 | | Wang Yunkun (born 1942) | June 1995 | September 1998 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 13 | | Hong Hu (born 1940) | September 1998 | October 2004 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 13 | | Wang Min (born 1950) | October 2004 | December 2006 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 14 | | Han Changfu (born 1954) | December 2006 | December 2009 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 15 | | Wang Rulin (born 1953) | 1 December 2009 | 19 December 2012 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 16 | | Bayanqolu (born 1955) | 31 January 2013 | 5 September 2014 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 17 | | Jiang Chaoliang (born 1957) | 5 September 2014 | 17 November 2016 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 18 | | Liu Guozhong (born 1961) | 12 December 2016 | 2 January 2018 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 19 | | Jing Junhai (born 1960) | 2 January 2018 | 25 November 2020 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 20 | | Han Jun (born 1963) | 25 November 2020 | 2 April 2023 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 21 | | Hu Yuting (born 1964) | 2 April 2023 | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party | |