Mawken Seyitqamzaüli (; born November 1952) is a retired Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who served as vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

from 2013 to 2016, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from 2012 to 2013, governor of

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Yining, also known as Ghulja or Kulja. Covering an area of 268,591 square kilometres (16.18 per cent of Xinjiang), Ili Prefecture shares ...

from 2007 to 2012, and governor of

Altay Prefecture Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. As of the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivisi ...

from 2003 to 2007.

Biography

Mawken Seyitqamzaüli was born in

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, in November 1952. After a year of studying at the Translation Class of Qinghe County Committee of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP) in July 1967, he became a

sent-down youth The sent-down, rusticated, or educated youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People' ...

in Dongfeng People's Commune () and then Hongqi People's Commune (). Since October 1972, he successively worked as a translator and interpreter in the Office of CCP Qinghe County Committee, CCP Altay Prefecture Committee, and CCP Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Committee. In February 1984, he rose to become deputy director of the Office of Altay Prefecture People's Government, and held that office until June 1992, when he was appointed director of the Commercial Office of Altay Prefecture. In June 1994, he was elevated to deputy secretary-general of Altay Prefecture People's Government, a position at department level. In December 1996, he became deputy governor of Altay Prefecture, rising to governor in May 2003. In September 2007, he took office as CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of

, concurrently holding the governor position two months later. In January 2012, he became vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and a year later, vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the

, serving in the post until his resignation in January 2016. He was a delegate to the 10th and

11th National People's Congress The 11th National People's Congress (NPC) met for a 5-year term, from 2008 to 2013. It held five annual two week plenary sessions during this period. It succeeded the 10th National People's Congress. There were 2,987 deputies elected to the ...

, and a member of the 12th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mawken, Seyitqamzaüli 1952 births Living people People from Altay Prefecture Xinjiang Radio and Television University alumni Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture governors Chinese people of Kazakhstani descent People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress Members of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Vice-chairmen of the CPPCC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee