Shewket Imin ( ug, شەۋكەت ئىمىن‎; ; born December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin, currently serving as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He was a delegate to the

12th National People's Congress The 12th National People's Congress was elected in national congressional conferences from October 2012 to February 2013 and was in session from 2013 to 2018. It succeeded the 11th National People's Congress. It held five plenary sessions in t ...

and is a delegate to the

13th National People's Congress The 13th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China was elected from October 2017 to February 2018 and will be in session in the five-year period from 2018 to 2023. It is scheduled to hold five sessions in this period, occurri ...

Biography

Shewket Imin was born in Manas County,

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwes ...

, in December 1959. From October 1977 to October 1979, he was a teacher at Xinhe High School in his home-county. In 1979, he was admitted to

Xinjiang Normal University Xinjiang Normal University (XJNU) ( ug, شىنجاڭ پىداگوگېكا ئۇنىۋېرسىتېتى; zh, s=新疆师范大学, p=Xīnjiāng Shīfàn Dàxué) is a public university in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Rep ...

, majoring in

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

. He joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Ci ...

in June 1981. After graduating in 1983, he stayed at the university and worked there for eight years. In December 1991, he was appointed deputy party secretary of

Turpan Turpan (also known as Turfan or Tulufan, , ug, تۇرپان) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 632,000 (2015). Geonyms The original name of the cit ...

and two years later was admitted to member of the standing committee of the Turpan Party Committee, the city's top authority. He also served as secretary of its Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. In April 1994, he was appointed secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee of the

Communist Youth League of China The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), also known as the Young Communist League of China or simply the Communist Youth League (CYL), is a youth movement of the People's Republic of China for youth between the ages of 14 and 28, run by the ...

, a position he held until October 1998, when he was transferred to

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining Cit ...

and appointed deputy party secretary. In July 2000, he moved back to

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

and became director of Radio, Film and Television Administration of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In December 2004, he was promoted to member of the standing committee of the Xinjiang Party Committee, the region's top authority. He concurrently served as head of United Front Work Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. On 26 January 2018, he was proposed as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

References

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