head of the United Front Work Department
{{Short description|Chinese Communist Party position}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Head
| insignia = Danghui.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
| flag = Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
| image = Li Ganjie.jpg
| imagesize =
| incumbent = Li Ganjie
| incumbentsince = April 2, 2025
| style =
| residence =
| constituting_instrument =
| precursor =
| inaugural = Zhou Enlai
| formation = 1938
| deputy = Deputy Head
| salary =
| website =
| appointer = Central Committee
| nominator = Central Committee
| native_name = {{lang|zh-Hans|中国共产党中央委员会统一战线工作部部长}}
| department = United Front Work Department
| body = the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
| type = Department Head
| member_of =
| seat = Beijing
| status = Provincial and ministerial-level official
}}
The head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The head of the United Front Work Department has generally served as the first-ranking vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Though not required by law, the UFWD head also serves as the executive vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification.{{Cite book |last1=Cole |first1=J. Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ |title=Insidious Power: How China Undermines Global Democracy |last2=Hsu |first2=Szu-Chien |date=2020-07-30 |publisher=Eastbridge Books |isbn=978-1-78869-213-7 |pages= |language=en |access-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719224203/https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ |archive-date=2023-07-19 |url-status=live}}
The current head of the United Front Work Department is Li Ganjie, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-02 |title=In a first for China’s Communist Party, 2 Politburo members swap jobs |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3304844/first-chinas-communist-party-politburo-members-li-ganjie-and-shi-taifeng-swap-jobs |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
List of heads
During two periods the United Front Work Department was without a leader, from 1966 to 1975 during the Cultural Revolution and from the end of 1989 until 22 November 1990 following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The UFWD has had two female heads, Liu Yandong (2002–2007) and Sun Chunlan (2014–2017).{{cite book |last=Faligot |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Faligot |title=Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping |title-link=Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping |date=June 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-1-78738-096-7 |pages=117–118 |language=en |oclc=1104999295}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Portrait !English Name !Chinese !Start !End !{{Ref.}} |
| 118x118px
|{{Zh|c=周恩来|labels=no}} |1938 |1942 |
| 115x115px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=王明}} |1942 |1947 |
| 118x118px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=周恩来}} |1947 |1948 |
| 117x117px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=李维汉}} |October 1948 |December 1964 |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=徐冰}} |December 1964 |1966 |
| colspan="3" |Cultural Revolution Interregnum
|1966 |1975 | |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=李大章}} |November 1975 |May 1976 |
| 109x109px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=鸟阑夫}} |May 1976 |April 1982 |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=杨静仁}} |April 1982 |November 1985 |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=阎明复}} |November 1985 |November 1990 |
| colspan="3" |Tiananmen Massacre Interregnum
|Late 1989 |22 November 1990 | |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=丁关根}} |November 1990 |December 1992 |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=王兆国}} |December 1992 |December 2002 |
| 95x95px
|{{Zh|c=刘延东|labels=no}} |5 December 2002 |2 December 2007 |
| 122x122px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=杜青林}} |2 December 2007 |31 August 2012 |
| 108x108px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=令计划}} |1 September 2012 |31 December 2014 |
| 119x119px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=孙春兰}} |31 December 2014 |7 November 2017 |
| 105x105px
|{{Zh|labels=no|c=尤权}} |7 November 2017 |27 October 2022 |
| File:Shi Taifeng 2025.jpg
|石泰峰 |27 October 2022 |2 April 2025 |{{Cite news |last=Li |first=Salina |date=28 October 2022 |title=Xi Jinping ally Shi Taifeng to head Chinese Communist Party's influence machine |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3197609/xi-jinping-ally-helm-communist-partys-influence-machine |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=South China Morning Post}} |
| File:Li Ganjie.jpg
|李干杰 |2 April 2025 |Incumbent |{{Cite news |date=2 April 2025 |title=In a first for China’s Communist Party, Politburo members Li Ganjie and Shi Taifeng swap jobs |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3304844/first-chinas-communist-party-politburo-members-li-ganjie-and-shi-taifeng-swap-jobs?module=top_story |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=South China Morning Post}} |
| colspan="6" |Source: Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping |
