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Mayor of Chongqing

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Mayor

| body = the Chongqing Municipal People's Government

| insignia = File:National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = National Emblem of China

| flag = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

| flagcaption = Flag of China

| flagsize = 125px

| image = 胡衡华 (53287447433).jpg

| imagesize =

| incumbent = Hu Henghua

| incumbentsince = 30 December 2021

| style =

| status = Provincial and ministerial-level official

| residence =

| termlength = Five years, renewable

| constituting_instrument =

| precursor =

| inaugural = Chen Xilian

| formation = 2 December 1949

| deputy = Deputy Mayors
Secretary-General

| salary =

| website =

| appointer = Chongqing Municipal People's Congress

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|重庆市人民政府市长}}

| department = Chongqing Municipal People's Government

| reports_to = Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and its Standing Committee

| type = Head of government

| nominator = Presidium of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress

}}The mayor of Chongqing, officially the Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, is the head of Chongqing Municipality and leader of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government.

The mayor is elected by the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The mayor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the municipal government. The mayor is assisted by an executive vice mayor as well as several vice mayors. The mayor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The mayor the second-highest ranking official in the city after the secretary of the CCP Chongqing Committee.{{Cite web |title=Decoding Chinese Politics: Provincial Leaders |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics?policy=provincial-leaders&group=organizations&size=rank&connection=personal |access-date=5 March 2025 |website=Asia Society}} The current mayor is Hu Henghua, who took office on 30 December 2021.

List of mayors

= Republic of China =

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Officeholder

! colspan="2" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |{{Ref.}}

Took office

!Left office

colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervision Office
1

|157x157px

|Yang Sen

{{small|(1884–1977)}}

|November 1921

|August 1922

|

colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Municipal Government Office
2

|156x156px

|Deng Xihou

{{small|(1889–1964)}}

|February 1923

|

|

3

|

|Cheng Guodong

{{small|(1879–1954)}}

|

|

|

4

|

|Zhu Zongque

{{small|(?–?)}}

|

|

|

colspan="6" |Supervisor of the Chongqing Commercial Port Supervisory Office
5

|143x143px

|Tang Shizun

{{small|(1884–1950)}}

|June 1926

|

|

6

|146x146px

|Pan Wenhua

{{small|(1886–1950)}}

|July 1926

|1 November 1927

|{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=People's Daily Online |language=zh}}

colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing City Hall
(6)

|146x146px

|Pan Wenhua

{{small|(1886–1950)}}

|1 November 1927

|15 February 1929

|{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=People's Daily Online |language=zh}}

colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government
(6)

|146x146px

|Pan Wenhua

{{small|(1886–1950)}}

|15 February 1929

|June 1935

|{{cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=25 Mayors of Chongqing |url=http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415075415/http://leaders.people.com.cn/GB/6225496.html |archive-date=April 15, 2011 |publisher=People's Daily Online |language=zh}}

7

|

|Zhang Biguo

{{small|(1891–1936)}}

|24 June 1935

|11 April 1936

|

8

|166x166px

|Li Hongkun

{{small|(1895–1957)}}

|1936

|July 1938

|

9

|

|Jiang Zhicheng

{{small|(1893–1949)}}

|1 August 1938

|5 May 1939

|

colspan="6" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal Government (city directly under the Central Government)
10

|156x156px

|He Guoguang

{{small|(1885–1969)}}

|15 May 1939

|5 December 1939

|

11

|107x107px

|K. C. Wu

{{small|(1903–1984)}}

|December 1939

|16 December 1942

|

12

|166x166px

|He Yaozu

{{small|(1889–1961)}}

|16 December 1942

|November 1945

|

13

|134x134px

|Zhang Dulun

{{small|(1892–1958)}}

|1 December 1945

|April 1948

|

14

|157x157px

|Yang Sen

{{small|(1884–1977)}}

|April 1948

|30 November 1949

|

= People's Republic of China =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Officeholder

! colspan="2" |Term of office

! rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |{{Ref.}}

Took office

!Left office

colspan="7" |Director of the People's Liberation Army Military Control Commission of Chongqing Municipality
1

|File:Zhang Jichun.jpg

|Zhang Jichun

{{small|(1900–1968)}}

|3 December 1949

|?

|Chinese Communist Party

|

colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
1

|130x130px

|Chen Xilian

{{small|(1915–1995)}}

|2 December 1949

|September 1950

| rowspan="2" |Chinese Communist Party

|

2

|

|Cao Diqiu

{{small|(1909–1976)}}

|December 1951

|19 June 1954

|

colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)
(2)

|

|Cao Diqiu

{{small|(1909–1976)}}

|19 June 1954

|January 1955

| rowspan="2" |Chinese Communist Party

|

3

|134x134px

|Ren Baige

{{small|(1906–1986)}}

|January 1955

|July 1966

|

colspan="7" |Director of the Chongqing Revolutionary Committee
4

|

|Lan Yinong

{{small|(1919–2008)}}

|May 1968

|December 1968

| rowspan="6" |Chinese Communist Party

|

5

|

|Duan Siying

{{small|(1917–2007)}}

|December 1968

|1969

|

6

|

|He Yunfeng

{{small|(1922–2013)}}

|1969

|December 1973

|

7

|

|Lu Dadong

{{small|(1915–1998)}}

|December 1973

|1978

|

8

|

|Qian Min

{{small|(1915–2016)}}

|May 1978

|August 1978

|

9

|

|Ding Changhe

{{small|(born 1934)}}

|1978

|March 1980

|

colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government (province-level city of Sichuan)
10

|

|Yu Hanqing

{{small|(1929–2011)}}

|March 1980

|May 1985

| rowspan="5" |Chinese Communist Party

|

11

|

|Xiao Yang

{{small|(1929–1998)}}

|May 1985

|August 1988

|

12

|

|Sun Tongchuan

{{small|(born 1940)}}

|August 1988

|April 1993

|

13

|

|Liu Zhizhong

{{small|(born 1942)}}

|May 1993

|September 1996

|

–

|

|Pu Haiqing

{{small|(born 1941)}}

|September 1996

|June 1999

|

colspan="7" |Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government
14

|

|Pu Haiqing

{{small|(born 1941)}}

|19 June 1997

|June 1999

| rowspan="7" |Chinese Communist Party

|

15

|

|Bao Xuding

{{small|(born 1939)}}

|June 1999

|October 2002

|

16

|

|Wang Hongju

{{small|(born 1945)}}

|January 2003

{{small|(acting from October 2002)}}

|November 2009

|

17

|100x100px

|Huang Qifan

{{small|(born 1952)}}

|30 November 2009

|30 December 2016

|

18

|142x142px

|Zhang Guoqing

{{small|(born 1964)}}

|30 December 2016

|2 January 2018

|{{cite web |date=30 December 2016 |title=Chongqing mayor who survived China's biggest political storm of modern times resigns |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2058142/survivor-chinas-biggest-political-storm-modern-times |access-date=30 December 2016 |publisher=South China Morning Post}}

19

|

|Tang Liangzhi

{{small|(born 1960)}}

|2 January 2018

|30 December 2021

|{{cite web |author= |date=2018-01-02 |script-title=zh:唐良智任重庆市代理市长 |url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1932165 |accessdate=2018-01-02 |work=thepaper.cn |language=zh}}

20

|File:胡衡华 (53287447433).jpg

|Hu Henghua

{{small|(born 1963)}}

|30 December 2021

|Incumbent

|{{cite news |author1=Zhu Jiabei ({{lang|zh|祝加贝}}) |date=30 December 2021 |script-title=zh:胡衡华任重庆市代市长 |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2021-12-30/doc-ikyamrmz2159918.shtml |access-date=30 December 2021 |work=sina |language=zh}}

References

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