The secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Shanxi.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Shanxi Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Committee, and is usually a member of the CCP Central Committee. The secretary leads the work of the Provincial Committee and its Standing Committee. The secretary is outranks the governor, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee.
The current secretary is Tang Dengjie, who took office on 28 October 2023.
List of party secretaries ImageNameTerm startTerm endCheng Zihua ()August 1949September 1950Lai Ruoyu ()September 1950February 1952Xie Xuegong ()February 1952July 1952Gao Kelin ()February 1952January 1953Tao Lujia ()August 1956August 1965Wei Heng ()August 1965January 1967Liu Geping ()February 1967April 1971Xie Zhenhua ()April 1971May 1975Wang Qian ()May 1975October 1980Huo Shilian ()October 1980July 1985Li Ligong ()July 1985March 1991Wang Maolin (王茂林)March 1991September 1993Hu Fuguo ()September 199312 June 1999Tian Chengping ()12 June 19992 July 2005Zhang Baoshun ()2 July 200531 May 2010Yuan Chunqing ()31 May 20101 September 2014Wang Rulin ()1 September 201430 June 2016Luo Huining ()30 June 201630 November 2019Lou Yangsheng ()30 November 20191 June 2021Lin Wu ()1 June 202129 December 2022Lan Fo'an ()29 December 202228 September 2023Tang Dengjie ()28 October 2023Incumbent
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