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 byNeyim Yasin
Succeeded byZumret Obul
Personal details
BornDecember 1959 (age 64)
Manas County, Xinjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXinjiang Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese肖开提·依明
Traditional Chinese肖開提·依明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāokāití 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.

  1. ^ Michael Martina (12 March 2019). "China says Xinjiang has 'boarding schools', not 'concentration camps'". reuters.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Everything Xinjiang has done is above board: local lawmaker". xinhuanet.com. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.