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Shewket Imin
Shewket Imin
شەۋكەت ئىمىن‎
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
	In office; 26 January 2018 – 18 January 2023
Preceded by	Neyim Yasin
Succeeded by	Zumret Obul
Personal details
Born	December 1959 (age 65); Manas County, Xinjiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Xinjiang Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	肖开提·依明
Traditional Chinese	肖開提·依明
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiāokāití Yīmíng

Shewket Imin (Uyghur: شەۋكەت ئىمىن‎; Shewket Imin; 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.^[1]^[2]

He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress and is a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress.

Biography

Shewket Imin was born in Manas County, Xinjiang, 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, majoring in track and field. He joined the Chinese Communist Party 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 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, a position he held until October 1998, when he was transferred to Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and appointed deputy party secretary. In July 2000, he moved back to Ürümqi 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.^[3]

References

^ Michael Martina (12 March 2019). "China says Xinjiang has 'boarding schools', not 'concentration camps'". reuters.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Everything Xinjiang has done is above board: local lawmaker". xinhuanet.com. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (26 January 2018). 新疆维吾尔自治区十三届人大常委会主任、副主任简历(主任肖开提·依明). ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 October 2021.

Party political offices
Preceded by Neyim Yasin	Secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee of the Communist Youth League of China 1994–1998	Succeeded by Erkenjiang Turahon [zh]
Preceded by Cheng Zhenshan [zh]	Head of United Front Work Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2016–2018	Succeeded by Zumret Obul
Government offices
Preceded by ?	Director of Radio, Film and Television Administration of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2000–2004	Succeeded by Ilhan Osman [zh]
Assembly seats
Preceded by Neyim Yasin	Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2018–2023	Succeeded by Zumret Obul