Huo Liujun (; born 13 August 1960) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department since March 2017.
Biography
Born on 13 August 1960, he assumed various posts in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department, where he was promoted to deputy chief in August 2015 and party secretary, the top political position in the department, in March 2017.
On 9 July 2020, the
United States government
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imposed
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act sanctions and visa restrictions against him for his connection to similar human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
On 11 December 2024,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly (; born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Minister of Industry, Registrar General of Canada, and Minister responsible for the Economic D ...
announced Canada's sanctions against Huo and seven other government officials of Xinjiang and Tibet involved in serious human rights violations.
In July 2010, he was promoted to the rank of
major general (''
Shaojiang'').
References
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1960 births
Living people
People's Liberation Army generals
Chinese Communist Party politicians