The politics of Liaoning Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a single party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The Governor of Liaoning (Chinese: 辽宁省省长) is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Liaoning. However, in the province's single party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Liaoning Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Provincial Committee Secretary (Chinese: 辽宁省委书记), colloquially termed the "Liaoning CCP Party Chief".
Previous to 1949 and the takeover of the Communist forces, Liaoning was governed by the Fengtian Clique of warlords and interchangeably officials of the Chiang Kai-shek bureaucracy. During the Qing Dynasty Liaoning was known as the province of Fengtian, and was governed by a zongdu or Viceroy (The Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces 东三省总督), along with the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang. The province itself also had a governor (xunfu).
| CCP Party Secretary | Name in Chinese | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 黄欧东 | August 1954 – June 1958 | |||
| 黄火青 | June 1958 – January 1971 | |||
| 陈锡联 | January 1971 – December 1973 | Later Vice-Premier; Politically disgraced after the Cultural Revolution | ||
| 曾绍山 | September 1975 – September 1978 | |||
| 任仲夷 | September 1978 – November 1980 | Led economic reform in Guangdong | ||
| 郭峰 | November 1980 – June 1985 | |||
| 李贵鲜 | June 1985 – April 1986 | Later People's Bank of China Governor | ||
| 全树仁 | April 1986 – September 1993 | |||
| 顧金池 | September 1993 – August 1997 | |||
| 闻世震 | August 1997 – December 2004 | |||
| 李克强 | December 2004 – October 2007 | Politburo Standing Committee (2007 -); Premier (2013 -) | ||
| 张文岳 | October 2007 – November 2009 | |||
| 王珉 | November 2009 – May 2015 | Sentenced to life in prison for corruption, embezzlement, and dereliction of duty | ||
| 李希 | May 2015 – October 2017 | Later Party Chief of Guangdong | ||
| 陈求发 | October 2017 – September 2020 | |||
| 张国清 | September 2020 – November 2022 | |||
| 郝鹏 | November 2022 – present |
| Governor | Chinese Name | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杜者蘅 | August 1954 – October 1958 | |||
| 黄欧东 | October 1958 – January 1967 | |||
| 陈锡联 | May 1968 – December 1973 | Politically disgraced after Cultural Revolution | ||
| 曾绍山 | September 1975 – September 1978 | |||
| 任仲夷 | September 1978 – January 1979 | |||
| 陈璞如 | January 1980 – April 1982 | |||
| 全树仁 | April 1983 – July 1986 | |||
| 李长春 | July 1986 – July 1990 | Politburo Standing Committee (2002 – 2012) | ||
| 岳歧峰 | July 1990 – May 1994 | |||
| 闻世震 | May 1994 – January 1998 | |||
| 张国光 | January 1998 – January 2001 | |||
| 薄熙来 | January 2001 – February 2004 | Later Minister of Commerce, Party Secretary of Chongqing; Politburo (2007 – 2012); Charged and convicted of bribery and abuse of power in 2013, jailed. | ||
| 张文岳 | February 2004 – December 2007 | Promoted to party chief | ||
| 陈政高 | December 2007 – May 2014 | Later Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | ||
| 李希 | May 2014 – May 2015 | Promoted to party chief | ||
| 陈求发 | May 2015 – October 2017 | Promoted to party chief | ||
| 唐一军 | October 2017 – April 2020 | |||
| 刘宁 | April 2020 – October 2021 | |||
| 李乐成 | October 2021 – present |
1959–1967
2013– 2021
2021–present