# President of Hunan University

The president of Hunan University is the highest academic official of Hunan University. The president is the chief executive, appointed by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (MOE).
The university's current president is Zhao Yueyu, formerly Dean of the Graduate School of Hunan University.

## Presidents of Hunan University

| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1912–1914 | Feng Gaozhu | 凤高翥 | |
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1914–1915 | Fu Dingyi | 符定一 | Peking University |
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1915–1916 | Wu Jiarui | 吴嘉瑞 | |
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1916–1917 | Liu Zongxiang | 刘宗向 | Peking University |
| Hunan Public Polytechnic School | 1913–1923 | Bin Bucheng | 宾步程 | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Hunan Public Polytechnic School | 1923–1926 | Yang Maojie | 杨茂杰 | |
| Hunan Provincial University | February 2016–July 1926 | Li Daichen | 李待琛 | University of Tokyo Harvard University |
| Hunan Provincial University | August 1926–June 1927 | Lei Zhuhuan | 雷铸寰 | |
| Hunan Provincial University | June 1927–July 1929 | Ren Kainan | 任凯南 | University of London Waseda University |
| Hunan Provincial University | July 1929–August 1930 | Hu Yuantan | 胡元倓 | Hongwen Academy |
| Hunan Provincial University | August 1930–March 1931 | Yang Zhuoxin | 杨卓新 | Harvard University University of Wisconsin University of Illinois Syracuse University |
| Hunan Provincial University | March 1931–October 1932 | Cao Dianqiu | 曹典球 | |
| Hunan Provincial University | October 1932–December 1935 | Hu Shuhua | 胡庶华 | Peking University |
| Hunan Provincial University | December 1935–July 1937 | Huang Shiheng | 黄士衡 | Aiawa University Columbia University |
| National Hunan University | July 1937–September 1940 | Pi Zongshi | 皮宗石 | University of Tokyo |
| National Hunan University | September 1940–August 1943 | Hu Shuhua | 胡庶华 | Peking University |
| National Hunan University | August 1943–February 1945 | Li Yuyao | 李毓尧 | |
| National Hunan University | February 1945–June 1949 | Hu Shuhua | 胡庶华 | Peking University |
| Hunan University | July 1949–December 1949 | Yi Dingxin | 易鼎新 | University of Maine Lehigh University |
| Hunan University | December 1949–January 1953 | Li Da | 李达 | Beijing Normal University University of Tokyo |
| Hunan University | February 1953–July 1953 | Zhu Fan | 朱凡 | Shanghai University of Arts |
| Hunan Institute of Technology | May 1953–June 1958 | Liu Shiying | 柳士英 | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Hunan University | July 1959–September 1968 | Zhu Fan | 朱凡 | Shanghai University of Arts |
| Hunan University | July 1978–March 1981 | Zhang Jian | 张健 | |
| Hunan University | March 1981–June 1982 | Zhu Fan | 朱凡 | Shanghai University of Arts |
| Hunan University | June 1982–December 1987 | Cheng Wenshan | 成文山 | Wuhan University |
| Hunan University | December 1987–July 1993 | Weng Zuze | 翁祖泽 | Harbin Institute of Technology |
| Hunan University | July 1993–May 1999 | Yu Ruqin | 俞汝勤 | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Hunan University | May 1999–April 2003 | Wang Kemin | 王柯敏 | Hunan University ETH Zurich |
| Hunan University | April 2003–July 2005 | Gu Shiwen | 谷士文 | Beijing Jiaotong University |
| Hunan University | July 2005–September 2011 | Zhong Zhihua | 钟志华 | Hunan University |
| Hunan University | September 2011–January 2016 | Zhao Yueyu | 赵跃宇 | Xiangtan University Beijing Institute of Technology |
| Hunan University | January 2016–present | Duan Xianzhong | 段献忠 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |

## Communist Party secretaries of Hunan University

| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater |
| Hunan Institute of Technology | March 1956–March 1958 | Gao Shezi | 高舍梓 | |
| Hunan Institute of Technology | March 1958–August 1960 | Xu Qianli | 徐千里 | |
| Hunan University | August 1960–September 1966 | Dai Yan | 戴彦 | |
| Hunan University | May 1970–June 1982 | Zhang Jian | 张健 | |
| Hunan University | June 1982–December 1985 | Yang Shijie | 杨世杰 | |
| Hunan University | December 1985–August 1993 | | 赵里生 | |
| Hunan University | August 1993–April 2000 | Liu Guangdong | 刘光栋 | Tianjin University |
| Hunan University | April 2000–January 2016 | Liu Keli | 刘克利 | Hunan University |
| Hunan University | January 2016–June 2018 | Jiang Changzhong | 蒋昌忠 | |
| Hunan University | June 2018–present | Deng Wei | 邓卫 | |