The Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government is the head of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and leader of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The chairperson is elected by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government. The chairperson is assisted by an executive vice chairperson as well as several vice chairpersons. The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The chairperson is the second-highest-ranking official in the autonomous region after the secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Committee. The government chairman is always an Uyghur. The current chairperson is Erkin Tuniyaz, who took office on 30 September 2021.
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Republic of China
Chairperson of the Provincial Government (Mainland era) No.PortraitName (Birth–death)Term of officePolitical Party1Yang Zengxin 楊增新 Yáng Zēngxīn (1864–1928)1912July 7, 1928Xinjiang cliqueAssassinated.2Jin Shuren 金樹仁 Jīn Shùrén (1879–1941)July 7, 1928April 12, 1933Xinjiang cliqueDeposed in a coup.3Liu Wenlong 劉文龍 Liú Wénlóng (1870–1950)April 14, 1933September 1933Removed from office and placed under house arrest by Sheng Shicai.–Zhu Ruichi 朱瑞墀 Zhū Ruìchí (1862–1934)September 1933March 5, 1934Figurehead chairman appointed by Sheng Shicai and not recognized by the Central government. Died in office.4Li Rong 李溶 Lǐ Róng (1870–1940)October 1934March 21, 1940Figurehead chairman. Died in office.5Sheng Shicai 盛世才 Shèng Shìcái (1895–1970)April 4, 1940August 29, 1944People's Anti-Imperialist AssociationKuomintangRecognized by the Central government only as a duban (military governor), Sheng was de facto ruler of Sinkiang from 1933. In 1940, the Central government recognized him as Provincial chairman. Removed from office.6Wu Zhongxin 吳忠信 Wú Zhōngxìn (1884–1959)August 29, 1944March 29, 1946KuomintangResigned.7Zhang Zhizhong 張治中 Zhāng Zhìzhōng (1895–1969)March 1946June 1947KuomintangRemoved from office.8Masud Sabri 麥斯武德
(1887–1952)June 1947January 1949KuomintangFirst Uighur governor and first non-Han Governor in China during the twentieth century. Appointed during the Ili Rebellion.9Burhan Shahidi 包爾漢
(1894–1989)January 1949September 26, 1949KuomintangSurrendered to the People's Liberation Army.
Xinjiang Provincial Government Office era
Chairperson of the Provincial Government No.PortraitName (Birth–death)Term of officePolitical party1Yulbars Khan 堯樂博士
(1888–1971)April 11, 1950July 27, 1971KuomintangDied in office.
Director, Xinjiang Provincial Government Office No.PortraitName (Birth–death)Term of officePolitical party1Yao Tao-hung 堯道宏 Yáo Dàohóng (1913–1991)July 27, 1971 ?KuomintangSon of Yulbars Khan.2Hou Chi-yu 侯紀峪 Hóu Jìyù ?January 16, 1992KuomintangPost abolished.
People's Republic of China OfficeholderTerm of officePartyTook officeLeft officeGovernor of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government1Burhan ShahidiOctober 1949January 1955Chinese Communist PartyChairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Committee2Saifuddin AziziOctober 1955January 1967Chinese Communist PartyChairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee3Long Shujin1968July 1972Chinese Communist Party4Saifuddin Azizi197219785Wang Feng19781979Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government6Ismail Amat19791985Chinese Communist Party7Tömür Dawamat198519938Ablet AbdureshitJanuary 1993January 20039Ismail TiliwaldiJanuary 2003December 200710Nur Bekri22 January 200831 December 201411Shohrat Zakir24 January 201530 September 202112Erkin Tuniyaz27 January 2022Incumbent
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