宋亚平,湖北省社会科学院院长、党组副书记、研究员,历史学博士。华中师范大学政治学研究院兼职教授、博士生导师。曾长期在市(县)及省直党政部门工作,先后担任过枣阳市常务副市长、咸宁市咸安区委书记、省委政研室副主任等职。多年从事政治学特别是关于地方政府学方面的研究,是省内外知名的“三农”问题研究专家。出版有《湖 Song Yaping, president of Hubei Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, deputy party secretary, researcher, doctor of history. Huazhong Normal University Institute of Political Science adjunct professor, doctoral tutor. Has long been in the city (county) and the provincial party and government departments, has served as executive vice mayor of Zaoyang City, Xianning City Xian’an secretary, deputy director of the provincial party committee and government officials. For many years engaged in political science, especially on the local government studies, is well-known inside and outside the “three rural ” issue of research experts. Published "lake