Erkin Tuniyaz

Erkin Tuniyaz
ئەركىن تۇنىياز
艾尔肯·吐尼亚孜
Chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Assumed office
27 January 2022
(acting from 30 September 2021)
Party SecretaryChen Quanguo
Ma Xingrui
Preceded byShohrat Zakir
Personal details
BornDecember 1961 (age 62)
Aksu County, Xinjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materChangji Normal School
Shaanxi Normal University
Xinjiang University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese艾尔肯·吐尼亚孜
Traditional Chinese艾爾肯·吐尼亞孜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀi'ěrkěn Tǔníyàzī
Uyghur name
Uyghurئەركىن تۇنىياز

Erkin Tuniyaz[a] (also spelled Arkin Tuniyaz; born December 1961) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur ethnicity who is the current deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee and chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in office since 30 September 2021. He is a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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