Party Secretary of Hunan

The secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Hunan 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 Hunan.

Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党湖南省委员会书记
Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
Incumbent Shen Xiaoming since 14 March 2023
Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Type	Party Committee Secretary
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Member of	Hunan Provincial Standing Committee
Nominator	Central Committee
Appointer	Hunan Provincial Committee Central Committee
Inaugural holder	Huang Kecheng
Formation	August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Secretary Secretary-General

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 Hunan 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 Hunan 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 Shen Xiaoming, who took office on 14 March 2023.

List of party secretaries

Image	Name (English)	Name (Chinese)	Term start	Term end	Ref.
	Huang Kecheng	黄克诚	August 1949	October 1952	[1][2][3]
	Jin Ming	金明	October 1952	October 1953	[1][2]
	Zhou Xiaozhou	周小舟	October 1953	March 1960	[1][4]
	Zhang Pinghua	张平化	March 1960	October 1970	[1][2]
	Hua Guofeng	华国锋	October 1970	September 1977	[1][5]
	Mao Zhiyong	毛致用	September 1977	May 1988	[1][6]
	Xiong Qingquan	熊清泉	May 1988	September 1993	[1][7]
	Wang Maolin	王茂林	September 1993	October 1998	[1][2][8]
	Yang Zhengwu	杨正午	October 1998	December 2005	[1][9]
	Zhang Chunxian	张春贤	December 2005	April 2010	[1][10]
	Zhou Qiang	周强	April 2010	March 2013	[11]
	Xu Shousheng	徐守盛	March 2013	August 2016	[12]
	Du Jiahao	杜家豪	August 2016	November 2020	[13]
	Xu Dazhe	许达哲	November 2020	October 2021	[14]
	Zhang Qingwei	张庆伟	October 2021	March 2023	[15]
	Shen Xiaoming	沈晓明	March 2023		[16]