Qadan Käbenuly (; born March 1969) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who is serving as secretary-general of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 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 office since October 2021. Previously he served as 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 ...

and before that, as 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 ...

Biography

Qaden Kabenūly was born in

Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County (sometimes Barkul or Balikul in English) is a part of Hami, Hami Prefecture in Xinjiang and has an area of . It forms part of the China–Mongolia border (bordering the Mongolian provinces of Khovd Province, Khovd an ...

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 March 1969. In 1988, he enrolled in

Dalian University of Technology The Dalian University of Technology (DLUT) is a public university in Ganjingzi, Dalian, Ganjingzi, Dalian, Liaoning, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 2 ...

, majoring in

organic chemicals Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-cont ...

. He joined the

(CCP) in October 2000. After graduating in 1992, he joined the Xinjiang Chemical Design and Research Institute, where he was promoted to associate engineer in 1993 and to engineer in 1997. He served in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Investment Company for a short while before assigning to the Enterprise Working Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as an official in October 2000. In November 2004, he became director of Policies and Regulations Division of State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a position he held until February 2012, when he was promoted to deputy director of the Economic and Information Technology Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In March 2016, he was appointed director of the Environmental Protection Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, but having held the position for only one year, then he took office as governor of

. In April 2021, he was made governor of

, succeeding

Qurmaş Sırjanulı Kurmash Syrzhanuly (, born May 1959) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh people, Kazakh ethnicity who served as Governor (China), governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture between 2016 and 2021. Biography Qūrmaş Syrjanūly was born in Jin ...

. In October 2021, he became secretary-general of CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kabenuly, Kaden 1969 births Living people People from Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County Dalian University of Technology alumni Chinese people of Kazakhstani descent Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture governors People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang