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.[1]
| Period | Year | President (English name) | President (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunan Higher Normal School | 1912–1914 | Feng Gaozhu | |||
| 1914–1915 | |||||
| 1915–1916 | Wu Jiarui | ||||
| 1916–1917 | Peking University | ||||
| Hunan Public Polytechnic School | 1913–1923 | ||||
| 1923–1926 | Yang Maojie | ||||
| Hunan Provincial University | February 2016–July 1926 | ||||
| August 1926–June 1927 | Lei Zhuhuan | ||||
| June 1927–July 1929 | |||||
| July 1929–August 1930 | Hu Yuantan | Hongwen Academy | |||
| August 1930–March 1931 | |||||
| March 1931–October 1932 | Cao Dianqiu | ||||
| October 1932–December 1935 | |||||
| December 1935–July 1937 | |||||
| National Hunan University | July 1937–September 1940 | ||||
| September 1940–August 1943 | |||||
| August 1943–February 1945 | Li Yuyao | ||||
| February 1945–June 1949 | |||||
| Hunan University | July 1949–December 1949 | University of Maine Lehigh University | |||
| December 1949–January 1953 | |||||
| February 1953–July 1953 | Shanghai University of Arts | ||||
| Hunan Institute of Technology | May 1953–June 1958 | ||||
| Hunan University | July 1959–September 1968 | Shanghai University of Arts | |||
| July 1978–March 1981 | Zhang Jian | ||||
| March 1981–June 1982 | Shanghai University of Arts | ||||
| June 1982–December 1987 | |||||
| December 1987–July 1993 | |||||
| July 1993–May 1999 | |||||
| May 1999–April 2003 | |||||
| April 2003–July 2005 | |||||
| July 2005–September 2011 | Hunan University | ||||
| September 2011–January 2016 | |||||
| January 2016–present | Duan Xianzhong |
| Period | Year | Communist Party Secretary (English name) | Communist Party Secretary (Chinese name) | Alma mater | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunan Institute of Technology | March 1956–March 1958 | Gao Shezi | |||
| March 1958–August 1960 | Xu Qianli | ||||
| Hunan University | August 1960–September 1966 | Dai Yan | |||
| May 1970–June 1982 | Zhang Jian | ||||
| June 1982–December 1985 | Yang Shijie | ||||
| December 1985–August 1993 | |||||
| August 1993–April 2000 | Liu Guangdong | ||||
| April 2000–January 2016 | Liu Keli | Hunan University | [2] | ||
| January 2016–June 2018 | Jiang Changzhong | ||||
| June 2018–present | Deng Wei |