Mayor of Guangzhou
Encyclopedia
This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of Guangzhou
since the mid-Warlord era
.
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
since the mid-Warlord era
Warlord era
The Chinese Warlord Era was the period in the history of the Republic of China, from 1916 to 1928, when the country was divided among military cliques, a division that continued until the fall of the Nationalist government in the mainland China regions of Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia,...
.
Republic of China
Mayors
| # | Name | Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Fo (孙科) | 15 February 1921 — July 1922 |
| 2 | Wu Fei Wu Fei Wu Fei is a composer, performer, and improviser from Beijing, China. She mainly performs on the ancient Chinese zither called guzheng, and also sings and plays the piano.... (吴飞) |
July 1922 — December 1922 |
| 3 | Jin Zhang (金章) | December 1922 — 8 February 1923 |
| 4 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | 8 February 1923 — 26 February 1923 |
| 5 | Sun Fo (孙科) | 26 February 1923 — September 1924 |
| 6 | Li Fulin (李福林) | September 1924 — July 1925 |
| City Council Chairperson | ||
| 1 | Wu Chaoshu Wu Chaoshu Wu Chaoshu was the Minister of the Republic of China to the United States from 1928 to 1931. He was the son of former Minister to the United States Wu Tingfang.Wu graduated from London University in 1911... (伍朝枢) |
July 1925 — June 1926 |
| 2 | Sun Fo (孙科) | June 1926 — May 1927 |
| 3 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | May 1927 — November 1927 |
| 4 | Gan Naiguang (甘乃光) | November 1927 — May 1928 |
| Mayor | ||
| 7 | Lin Yungai (林云陔) | May 1928 — June 1931 |
| 8 | Cheng Tiangu (程天固) | June 1931 — March 1932 |
| 9 | Liu Jiwen (刘纪文) | March 1932 — August 1936 |
| 10 | Zeng Yangfu (曾养甫) | August 1936 — 21 October 1938 |
| (11) | Peng Dongyuan (彭东原) | 21 October 1938 — October 1941 |
| (12) | Zhou Huaren Zhou Huaren Zhou Huaren was a politician in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Wang Jingwei regime. He was born in Huazhou, Guangdong.- Biography :In 1925 Zhou Huaren entered to the University of China in Beijing... (周化人) |
October 1941 — June 1942 |
| (13) | Chen Yaozu (陈耀祖) | June 1942 — 1942 |
| (14) | Zhou Yingxiang (周应湘) | 1942 — February 1943 |
| (15) | Wang Qi (汪屺) | February 1943 — 1944 |
| (16) | Zhang Zhuo (张焯) | 1944 — September 1945 |
| 11 | Chen Ce (陈策) | September 1945 — June 1946 |
| 12 | Ouyang Ju (欧阳驹) | June 1946 — 6 October 1949 |
| 13 | Li Yangjing (李扬敬) | 6 October 1949 — 28 October 1949 |
Mayors
| # | Name | Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Jianying Ye Jianying Ye Jianying was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.-Biography:... (叶剑英) |
28 October 1949 — December 1952 |
| 2 | He Wei (何伟) | December 1952 — November 1956 |
| 3 | Zhu Guang (朱光) | November 1956 — November 1960 |
| 4 | Zeng Sheng (曾生) | November 1960 — 15 March 1967 |
| Chairman of Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee | ||
| 5(1) | Huang Ronghai (黄荣海) | 15 March 1967 — December 1972 |
| 6(2) | Jiao Linyi (焦林义) | December 1972 — March 1979 |
| 7(3) | Yang Shangkun Yang Shangkun Yang Shangkun was President of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and was permanent Vice-chair of the Central Military Commission... (杨尚昆) |
March 1979 — September 1981 |
| Mayor | ||
| 8 | Liang Lingguang (梁灵光) | September 1981 — July 1983 |
| 9 | Ye Xuanping Ye Xuanping Ye Xuanping is the former Governor of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. He is the son of Ye Jianying, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1991-2003.-References:... (叶选平) |
July 1983 — August 1985 |
| 10 | Zhu Senlin Zhu Senlin Zhu Senlin was the sixth Governor of Guangdong in the history of the People's Republic of China and the mayor of Guangzhou. He became the acting governor in 1991 and officially in 1993.-References:... (朱森林) |
August 1985 — June 1988 |
| 11 | Yang Ziyuan (杨资元) | June 1988 — 7 June 1989 |
| 12 | Li Ziliu Li Ziliu Li Ziliu , born in January, 1932 in Shunde, Guangdong, China, was a former Mayor of Guangzhou, serving from 1990 to 1997. He was born in a farm family and he studied for only 2 years in a primary school.... (黎子流) |
7 June 1989 — 1996 |
| 13 | Lin Shusen Lin Shusen Lin Shusen , is the current governor of Guizhou Province and the vice secretary of the Communist Party of China Guizhou committee.-Biography:Lin was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, and graduated from the Guangdong University of Technology... (林树森) |
1996 — April 2003 |
| 14 | Zhang Guangning Zhang Guangning Zhang Guangning was the 14th Mayor of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China.-Biography:He holds a Masters in the Philosophy of Law and an MBA and graduated from the elite party school of the CPC central committee... (张广宁) |
April 2003 — 16 April 2010 |
| 15 | Wan Qingliang Wan Qingliang Wan Qingliang is a Chinese politician who is the current Mayor of Guangzhou, China. He was appointed in 2010.-Biography:... (万庆良) |
16 April 2010 — Incumbent |
Party chiefs
| # | Name | Office |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Jianying Ye Jianying Ye Jianying was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.-Biography:... (叶剑英) |
28 October 1949 — December 1952 |
| 2 | He Wei (何伟) | December 1952 — November 1956 |
| 3 | Wang De (王德) | November 1956 — February 1965 |
| 4 | Yong Wentao (雍文涛) | February 1965 — July 1966 |
| 5 | Xue Yan (薛焰) | July 1966 — July 1983 |
| 6 | Luo Peiyuan (罗培元) | July 1983 — August 1985 |
| 7 | Zhang Hanqing (张汉青) | August 1985 — June 1988 |
| 8 | Yang Ziyuan (杨资元) | June 1988 — 7 June 1989 |
| 9 | Wu Mengzhao (邬梦兆) | 7 June 1989 — 1998 |
| 10 | Chen Kaizhi (陈开枝) | 1998 — April 2003 |
| 11 | Zhu Zhenzhong (朱振中) | April 2003 — 16 April 2010 |
| 12 | Lin Yuanhe (林元和) | 16 April 2010 — Incumbent |
See Also
- Mayor of Beijing
- Mayor of Chongqing
- Mayor of Shanghai
- Mayor of Tianjin