Liu Youfan, male, Han nationality, is a native of Guangshui, Hubei province. He was born in 1949, joined the CPC, and graduated from the Party school of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee. In the late 1990s he served four terms as secretary of the CPC Huanggang City committee, and two terms as the city's mayor. In 2002, Liu Youfan was elected vice-governor of his native Hubei province, and he was reelected in 2003.