The office of the President of Tianjin University, currently held by Jin Donghan (), was created with the founding of Tientsin University in 1895 as the

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

officer of the school. After the founding of the

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, each president is appointed by and is responsible to the

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and the

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, who is delegated the day-to-day running of the university. In reality, the university President reports to the Party Secretary in the university's Communist Party committee.

Presidents of Tianjin University

Communist Party Committee Secretaries of Tianjin University

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Tianjin University Tianjin University (TJU, ), formerly Peiyang University (), is a national public research university in Tianjin, China. The university was established in 1895 by Guangxu Emperor's royal charter to be the first university of China. It is now fun ...

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