Governor of Hunan

Governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government
湖南省人民政府省长
National Emblem of China
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Incumbent Mao Weiming since 27 November 2020
Hunan Provincial People's Government
Type	Governor
Status	Provincial and ministerial-level official
Reports to	Hunan Provincial People's Congress and its Standing Committee
Nominator	Presidium of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress
Appointer	Hunan Provincial People's Congress
Inaugural holder	Chen Mingren
Formation	4 August 1949
Deputy	Deputy Governors Secretary-General

The governor of Hunan, officially the Governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, is the head Hunan Province and leader of the Hunan Provincial People's Government.

The governor is elected by the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Hunan Committee.^[1] The current governor is Mao Weiming, who took office on 27 November 2020.