Party Secretary of Xinjiang

Secretary of the 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
TypeParty Committee Secretary
StatusProvincial and ministerial-level official
Member ofXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Standing Committee
NominatorCentral Committee
AppointerXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee
Central Committee
Inaugural holderWang Zhen
Formation1949
DeputyDeputy Secretary
Secretary-General

The secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Xinjiang.

The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, and since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo.[1].The secretary leads the work of the Regional Committee and its Standing Committee and is ex officio the first-ranking political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The secretary is outranks the chairman, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee and is customarily an ethnic Uyghur. The secretary is always an ethnic Han.[2]

The current secretary is Ma Xingrui, a member of the CCP Politburo, who took office on 25 December 2021.

  1. ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center". Asia Society. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Decoding Chinese Politics: Ethnic Policy". Asia Society. Retrieved 2 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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