The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The mayor of Chongqing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Chongqing. As since 1997 Chongqing has been a centrally administered municipality, the mayor occupies the same level in the order of precedence as provincial governors. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Chongqing Chinese Communist Party Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Chongqing CCP Party Chief".
Since 1997, the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress has governed Chongqing.[1] Chongqing was previously also governed by a municipal government between 1939 and 1954, but in 1929–1939 and 1954–1997, when Chongqing was a sub-provincial city rather than a centrally administered municipality, it was governed by the Chongqing City Government.
See main article: Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
| Number | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Xilian (陈锡联)(1915–1999) | 1949 | 1950 | |||
| 2 | Zhang Linzhi (张霖之)(1908–1967) | 1950 | 1952 | |||
| 3 | Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋)(1909–1976) | 1952 | 1954 | |||
| 4 | Yan Hongyan (阎红彦)(1909–1967) | 1956 | 1959 | |||
| 5 | Ren Baige (任白戈)(1906–1986) | 1959 | 1967 | |||
| 6 | Lan Yinong (蓝亦农)(1919–2008) | 1967 | 1968 | |||
| 7 | Duan Siying (段思英)(1917–2007) | 1968 | 1969 | |||
| 8 | He Yunfeng (何云峰)(1922–2013) | 1969 | 1973 | |||
| 9 | Lu Dadong (鲁大东)(1915–1998) | 1973 | 1977 | |||
| 10 | Qian Min (钱敏)(1915–2016) | 1977 | 1978 | |||
| 11 | Ding Changhe (丁长河)(born 1934) | 1978 | 1980 | |||
| 12 | Yu Hanqing (于汉卿)(1929–2011) | 1980 | 1985 | |||
| 13 | Liao Bokang (廖伯康)(born 1924) | 1985 | 1988 | |||
| 14 | Xiao Yang (肖秧)(1929–1998) | 1988 | 1993 | |||
| 15 | Sun Tongchuan (孙同川)(born 1940) | 1993 | 1995 | |||
| 16 | Zhang Delin (张德邻)(born 1939) | October 1995 | June 1999 | |||
| 17 | He Guoqiang (贺国强)(born 1943) | June 1999 | October 2002 | Politburo Standing Committee (2007 - 2012) Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2007 - 2012) | ||
| 18 | Huang Zhendong (黄镇东)(born 1941) | October 2002 | December 2005 | |||
| 19 | Wang Yang (汪洋)(born 1955) | December 2005 | November 2007 | Vice-Premier (2013 - 2018;) Politburo Standing Committee (2017–2022) | ||
| 20 | Bo Xilai (薄熙来)(born 1949) | November 2007 | March 2012 | Sacked in 2012 after being implicated in the Wang Lijun incident, sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption and abuse of power | ||
| 21 | Zhang Dejiang (张德江)(born 1946) | March 2012 | November 2012 | Politburo Standing Committee (2012 - 2016;) Chairman of the National People's Congress (2013–2017;) | ||
| 22 | Sun Zhengcai (孙政才)(born 1963) | November 2012 | July 2017 | Sacked in 2017 and sentenced to life imprisonment on May 8, 2018, for bribery worth 170 million yuan | ||
| 23 | Chen Min'er (陈敏尔)(born 1960) | July 2017 | December 2022 | |||
| 24 | Yuan Jiajun (袁家军)(born 1962) | December 2022 | Incumbent |
See main article: Mayor of Chongqing.
| Number | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Sen (楊森)(1884–1977) | November 1921 | August 1922 | ||
| 2 | Deng Xihou (鄧錫侯)(1889–1964) | February 1923 | |||
| 3 | Cheng Guodong (陳國棟)(1879–1954) | ||||
| 4 | Zhu Zongque (朱宗愨)(?–?) | ||||
| 5 | Tang Shizun (唐式遵)(1884–1950) | June 1926 | |||
| 6 | Pan Wenhua (潘文華)(1886–1950) | July 1926 | June 1935 | ||
| 7 | Zhang Biguo (張必果)(1891–1936) | 24 June 1935 | 11 April 1936 | ||
| 8 | Li Hongkun (李宏錕)(1895–1957) | 1936 | July 1938 | ||
| 9 | Jiang Zhicheng (蔣志澄)(1893–1949) | 1 August 1938 | 5 May 1939 | ||
| 10 | He Guoguang (賀國光)(1885–1969) | 15 May 1939 | 5 December 1939 | ||
| 11 | K. C. Wu (吳國楨)(1903–1984) | December 1939 | 16 December 1942 | ||
| 12 | He Yaozu (賀耀組)(1889–1961) | 16 December 1942 | November 1945 | ||
| 13 | Zhang Dulun (張篤倫)(1892–1958) | 1 December 1945 | April 1948 | ||
| 14 | Yang Sen (楊森)(1884–1977) | April 1948 | 30 November 1949 |
| Number | Image | Name | Term Start | Term End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Xilian (陈锡联)(1915–1995) | 2 December 1949 | |||
| 2 | Cao Diqiu (曹荻秋)(1909–1976) | December 1951 | January 1955 | ||
| 3 | Ren Baige (任白戈)(1906–1986) | January 1955 | 1966 | ||
| 4 | Lan Yinong (蓝亦农)(1919–2008) | May 1968 | December 1968 | ||
| 5 | Duan Siying (段思英)(1917–2007) | December 1968 | 1969 | ||
| 6 | He Yunfeng (何云峰)(1922–2013) | 1969 | December 1973 | ||
| 7 | Lu Dadong (鲁大东)(1915–1998) | December 1973 | 1978 | ||
| 8 | Qian Min (钱敏)(1915–2016) | May 1978 | August 1978 | ||
| 9 | Ding Changhe (丁长河)(born 1934) | 1978 | March 1980 | ||
| 10 | Yu Hanqing (于汉卿)(1929–2011) | March 1980 | May 1985 | ||
| 11 | Xiao Yang (肖秧)(1929–1998) | May 1985 | August 1988 | ||
| 12 | Sun Tongchuan (孙同川)(born 1940) | August 1988 | April 1993 | ||
| 13 | Liu Zhizhong (刘志忠)(born 1942) | May 1993 | September 1996 | ||
| 14 | Pu Haiqing (蒲海清)(born 1941) | September 1996 (acting)19 June 1997 | June 1999 | ||
| 15 | Bao Xuding (包叙定)(born 1939) | June 1999 | October 2002 | ||
| 16 | Wang Hongju (王鸿举)(born 1945) | October 2002 (acting)January 2003 | November 2009 | ||
| 17 | Huang Qifan (黄奇帆)(born 1952) | November 2009 | December 2016 | ||
| 18 | Zhang Guoqing (张国清)(born 1964) | December 2016 | January 2018 | ||
| 19 | Tang Liangzhi (唐良智)(born 1960) | January 2018 | December 2021 | ||
| 20 | Hu Henghua (胡衡华)(born 1963) | December 2021 | Incumbent |