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mayors In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. In the People's Republic of China, the mayor is subordinate to the Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai.

Republic of China

Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government

Huang Fu Huang Fu () (8 March 1883 – 6 December 1936) was a general and politician in early Republic of China. Biography Huang studied at Zhejiang Military College and Qiushi Academy (current Zhejiang University), later was sent to Japan in 1904. ...

(July 7, 1927 – August 14, 1927) # Wu Zhenxiu (August 15, 1927 – September 16, 1927) # Zhang Dingfan (September 17, 1927 – March 31, 1929) # Zhang Qun (April 1, 1929 – June 29, 1930)

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government

# Zhang Qun (July 1, 1930 – January 6, 1932) #

Wu Tieh-cheng Wu Tieh-cheng (; 1893–1953) was a politician in the Republic of China. He served as Mayor of Shanghai, Governor of Guangdong province, and was the Vice Premier and Foreign Minister in 1948–1949. After communists were purged from the Kuo ...

(January 7, 1932 – March 31, 1937) # Yu Hung-chun (April 1, 1937 – August 13, 1945)

Mayors under Japanese occupation

Mayor of the Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai

# Su Xiwen (December 5, 1937 – April 27, 1938)

Supervisor of the Shanghai Municipal Great Way Office

# Su Xiwen (April 28, 1938 – October 15, 1938)

Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government

# Fu Xiaoan (October 16, 1938 – October 11, 1940) # Su Xiwen (October 11, 1940 – November 19, 1940) #

Chen Gongbo Chen Gongbo (; Japanese: ''Chin Kōhaku''; October 19, 1892 – June 3, 1946) was a Chinese politician, noted for his role as second (and final) President of the collaborationist Wang Jingwei regime during World War II. Biography Chen Gongbo ...

(November 20, 1940 – November 11, 1944) #

Wu Songgao Wu Songgao (, 1898–1953) was a politician, jurist and political scientist in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Wang Jingwei regime. He was born in Wuxian (now, Wuzhong District and Xiangcheng District, Suzhou), ...

(November 12, 1944 – January 14, 1945) # Zhou Fohai (January 15, 1944 – September 12, 1945)

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal Government (after World War II)

# Qian Dajun (September 12, 1945 – May 19, 1946) # K. C. Wu (May 20, 1946 – April 30, 1949) # Chen Liang (April 1-30, 1949) # Zhao Zukang (May 24, 1949 – May 28, 1949)

People's Republic of China

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government

# Chen Yi (May 28, 1949 – February 1955)

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Committee

# Chen Yi (February 1955 – November 1958) #

Ke Qingshi Ke Qingshi ( Chinese: 柯庆施; October 10, 1902 – April 9, 1965) was a senior leader of the People's Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party in 1950s and 1960s. Born in She County, Anhui Province, Ke joined Chinese Socialist Youth ...

(November 1958 – April 1965) #

Cao Diqiu Cao Diqiu () (Wade–Giles Ts'ao Ti-ch'iu) (August 1, 1909 – March 29, 1976) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Ziyang, Sichuan Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1929. After graduating from Sichuan Unive ...

(November 1965 – February 1967)

Director of the Shanghai People's Commune Interim Committee

# Zhang Chunqiao (February 1967)

Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee

# Zhang Chunqiao (February 1967 – October 1976) # Su Zhenhua (October 1976 – January 1979) # Peng Chong (January 1979 – December 1979)

Mayor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government (from 1979)

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