Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党新疆维吾尔自治区委员会
جۇڭگو كوممۇنىستىك پارتىيەسى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق كومىتېتى | |
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Overview | |
Type | Highest decision-making organ when Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Congress is not in session. |
Elected by | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Congress |
Length of term | Five years |
Term limits | None |
First convocation | November 1949 |
Leadership | |
Secretary | Ma Xingrui |
Deputy Secretary | Erkin Tuniyaz (Government Chairman) Li Yifei (XPCC Political Commissar) He Zhongyou (Party Secretary of Ürümqi) Zhang Zhu (Xinjiang Organization Department Director) |
Secretary-General | Qadan Käbenuly |
Executive organ | Standing Committee |
Inspection organ | Commission for Discipline Inspection |
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the regional committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The committee secretary is the highest ranking post in the region, and also ex officio leads the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). The current secretary is Ma Xingrui, a member of the CCP Politburo, who succeeded Chen Quanguo on 25 December 2021.
In November 1949, during the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China at the end of the Chinese Civil War, the CCP Central Committee approved the establishment of the CCP Central Committee Xinjiang Branch. After the Xinjiang Province was transformed to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in 1955, the Party Central Committee Xinjiang Branch was abolished and replaced with the Xinjiang Uygur Regional Committee of the CCP.[1]
The organization of the CCP XUAR Committee includes:[2]
Secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
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中国共产党新疆维吾尔自治区委员会书记 جۇڭگو كوممۇنىستىك پارتىيەسى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق كومىتېتىنىڭ شۇجىسى | |
Incumbent Ma Xingrui since 25 December 2021 | |
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
Status | Local head of party |
Nominator | Regional Committee |
Appointer | Regional Committee |
Inaugural holder | Wang Zhen |
Formation | 1949 |
Deputy | Deputy Secretary of the Regional Committee |
The Regional Committee Secretary is the highest-ranking official in Xinjiang. The Regional Committee Secretary is ex officio the first-ranking political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The Chairman of the XUAR People's Government usually serves as the Deputy Committee Secretary.[3]
No. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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1 | Wang Zhen (王震)
(1908–1993) |
October 1949 | June 1952 | ||
2 | Wang Enmao (王恩茂)
(1913–2001) |
June 1952 | 1967 | ||
3 | Long Shujin (龙书金)
(1910–2003) |
May 1971 | July 1972 | ||
4 | Saifuddin Azizi (赛福鼎·艾则孜)
(1915–2003) |
July 1972 | January 1978 | ||
5 | Wang Feng (汪锋)
(1910–1998) |
January 1978 | October 1981 | ||
6 | Wang Enmao (王恩茂)
(1913–2001) |
October 1981 | July 1985 | ||
7 | Song Hanliang (宋汉良)
(1934–2000) |
July 1985 | 24 September 1994 | ||
8 | Wang Lequan (王乐泉)
(born 1944) |
24 September 1994 | 24 April 2010 | [4] | |
9 | Zhang Chunxian (张春贤)
(born 1953) |
24 April 2010 | 29 August 2016 | [5] | |
10 | Chen Quanguo (陈全国)
(born 1955) |
29 August 2016 | 25 December 2021 | [6] | |
11 | Ma Xingrui (马兴瑞)
(born 1959) |
25 December 2021 | Incumbent | [7] |
9th Regional Party Committee (November 2016–October 2021)
10th Regional Party Committee (October 2021–)
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Note: The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as its 23rd province, but Taiwan and its associated islands are controlled by the Republic of China. See also Political status of Taiwan. |
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