# Governor of Zhejiang

The governor of Zhejiang, officially the Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, is the head of Zhejiang Province and leader of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government.
The governor is elected by the Zhejiang 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 Zhejiang 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 Zhejiang Committee. The current governor is Liu Jie, who took office on 18 December 2024.

## Leader offices

| Title | Existence |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government | 1949–1955 |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee | 1955–1967 |
| Director of the Committee for the People's Liberation Army Control of Zhejiang Province | 1967–1968 |
| Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Revolutionary Committee | 1968–1979 |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government | 1979–present |

## List of governors
### Republic of China

Non-partisan/ unknown Unity Party Republican Party Military/ Warlords Kuomintang/ National Revolutionary Army

#### Military governors

| № | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | Tang Shouqian 湯壽潛 (1856–1917) | 4 November 1911 (nominated on 4 November 1911) | 1 January 1912 | |
| Served as provincial military governor (dudu 都督) ||||
| 2 | Jiang Zungui 蔣尊簋 (1882–1931) | 12 July 1912 (nominated on 16 January 1912) | 23 July 1912 | Unity Party |
| Also served as head of the civil government during his tenure as military governor. ||||
| 3 | Zhu Rui 朱瑞 (1883–1916) | 23 July 1912 | 11 April 1916 | Republican Party |
| Served as provincial general (jiangjun 將軍) from 30 June 1914; also served as head of the civil government 23 July 1912 – 10 September 1913. Eventually fled the province. ||||
| 4 | Qu Yingguang 屈映光 (1881–1973) | 14 April 1916 (nominated on 12 April 1916) | 5 May 1916 | |
| Acting military governor. Also served as de facto head of the civil government from 10 September 1913 to 6 July 1916, and as "pacification commissioner" (xun'anshi 巡按使) from 25 May 1914 ||||
| 5 | Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954) | 6 July 1916 (nominated on 5 May 1916) | 1 January 1917 | |
| Also served as de facto head of the civil government, namely "provincial head" (shengzhang 省長) during his tenure. ||||
| 6 | Yang Shande 楊善德 (1873–1919) | 1 January 1917 | 13 August 1919 | Anhui clique |
| Died in office. ||||
| 7 | Lu Yongxiang 盧永祥 Lú Yǒngxiáng (1867–1933) | 14 August 1919 | 20 September 1924 | Anhui clique |
| Served as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 20 June 1922. ||||
| 8 | Sun Chuanfang 孫傳芳 Sūn Chuánfāng (1885–1935) | 20 September 1924 | 19 December 1926 | Zhili clique |
| Sun initially served as "provincial supervisor" (duli 督理), and as "provincial superintendent" (duban 督辦) from 16 January 1925. He mostly ruled through subordinates, most notably appointing Lu Xiangting as "military commander-in-chief" (de facto military governor) in January 1926. ||||
| (9) | Lu Xiangting | 25 January 1926 | ? | Zhili clique |
| Served as "military commander-in-chief" of the province. ||||
| 10 | Jiang Zungui | 19 December 1926 | 29 December 1926 | Zhili clique |
| 11 | Meng Zhaoyue | 29 December 1926 | 17 February 1927 | Zhili clique |

#### Civil governors

| № | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | Lü Gongwang 呂公望 (1879–1954) | 1916 | January 1917 | |
| 2 | Qi Yaoshan 齊耀珊 (1865–1954) | January 1917 | 24 June 1920 | |
| 3 | Shen Jinjian 沈金鑒 (1875–1924) | 24 June 1920 | 29 October 1922 | |
| 4 | Zhang Zaiyang 張載揚 (1874–1945) | 29 October 1922 | ? | |
| 5 | Xia Chao 夏超 (1882–1926) | 1924 | 23 October 1926 | Zhili clique |
| | Xia Chao 夏超 (1882–1926) | 1924 | 23 October 1926 | NRA |
| 6 | Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950) | October 1925 | July 1927 | Zhili clique |
| | Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950) | October 1925 | July 1927 | NRA |

#### Chairperson of the Provincial Government

| № | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950) | 27 July 1927 | 5 October 1927 | Kuomintang |
| 2 | He Yingqin 何應欽 Hé Yìngqīn (1890–1987) | 5 October 1927 | 7 November 1928 | Kuomintang |
| (1) | Zhang Renjie 張靜江 (1877–1950) | 7 November 1928 | 4 December 1930 | Kuomintang |
| 3 | Zhang Nanxian 張難先 (1873–1968) | 4 December 1930 | 15 December 1931 | Kuomintang |
| 4 | Lu Diping 魯滌平 (1887–1935) | 15 December 1931 | 12 December 1934 | Kuomintang |
| 5 | Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966) | 12 December 1934 | 25 July 1936 | Kuomintang |
| 6 | Bai Chongxi 白崇禧 (1893–1966) | 25 July 1936 | 6 September 1936 | Kuomintang |
| Refused to take office; Director of Civil Affairs Department Xu Qingfu acted as Chairperson. ||||
| (5) | Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966) | 6 September 1936 | 2 December 1936 | Kuomintang |
| 7 | Zhu Jiahua 朱家驊 Zhū Jiāhuá (1893–1963) | 12 December 1934 | 26 November 1937 | Kuomintang |
| (5) | Huang Shaohong 黃紹竑 (1895–1966) | 26 November 1937 | 26 March 1946 | Kuomintang |
| 8 | Shen Honglie 沈鴻烈 (1882–1969) | 26 March 1946 | 22 June 1948 | Kuomintang |
| 9 | Chen Yi 陳儀 Chén Yí (1883–1950) | 22 June 1948 | 21 February 1949 | Kuomintang |
| 10 | Zhou Yan 周喦 (1895–1953) | 21 February 1949 | 6 December 1949 | Kuomintang |
| 11 | Shi Jue 石覺 (1908–1986) | 7 December 1949 | 13 May 1950 | Kuomintang |
| 12 | Hu Zongnan 胡宗南 (1896–1962) | 19 October 1950 | 23 July 1953 | Kuomintang |
| Evacuated to Taiwan 23 July 1953. ||||

### People's Republic of China

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Political party |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government |||||
| 1 | Tan Zhenlin (1902–1983) | August 1949 | January 1955 | Chinese Communist Party |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Committee |||||
| 2 | Sha Wenhan (1908–1964) | January 1955 | November 1957 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 2 | Huo Shilian (1909–1996) | November 1957 | January 1958 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 3 | Zhou Jianren (1888–1984) | January 1958 | January 1967 | Chinese Communist Party |
| Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army |||||
| 4 | Long Qian (1913–1992) | January 1967 | August 1967 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 5 | Nan Ping (1918–1989) | August 1967 | March 1968 | Chinese Communist Party |
| Director of the Zhejiang Revolutionary Committee |||||
| (5) | Nan Ping (1918–1989) | March 1968 | May 1973 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 6 | Tan Qilong (1913–2003) | May 1973 | February 1977 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 7 | Tie Ying (1916–2009) | February 1977 | December 1979 | Chinese Communist Party |
| Governor of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government |||||
| 8 | Li Fengping (1912–2008) | December 1979 | April 1983 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 9 | Xue Ju (1922–2024) | April 1983 | January 1988 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 10 | Shen Zulun (1931–2023) | February 1988 | January 1988 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 11 | Ge Hongsheng (1931–2020) | November 1990 | March 1991 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 12 | Wan Xueyuan (born 1941) | March 1991 | April 1997 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 13 | Chai Songyue (born 1941) | April 1997 | October 2002 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 14 | Xi Jinping (born 1953) | October 2002 | January 2003 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 15 | Lü Zushan (born 1946) | January 2003 | August 2011 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 16 | Xia Baolong (born 1952) | 16 January 2012 | 21 December 2012 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 17 | Li Qiang (born 1959) | 21 December 2012 | 4 July 2016 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 18 | Che Jun (born 1955) | 4 July 2016 | 28 April 2017 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 19 | Yuan Jiajun (born 1962) | 28 April 2017 | 4 September 2020 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 20 | Zheng Shanjie (born 1961) | 4 September 2020 | 30 September 2021 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 21 | Wang Hao (born 1963) | 30 September 2021 | 18 December 2024 | Chinese Communist Party |
| 21 | Liu Jie (born 1970) | 18 December 2024 | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party |