Shohrat Zakir

Shohrat Zakir
شۆھرەت زاكىر
雪克来提·扎克尔
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Assumed office
10 March 2023
ChairmanZhao Leji
Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
In office
January 2015 – September 2021
Preceded byNur Bekri
Succeeded byErkin Tuniyaz
Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress
In office
January 2014 – December 2014
Preceded byArken Imirbaki
Succeeded byNeyim Yasin
Mayor of Ürümqi
In office
March 2001 – December 2005
Acting: December 2000 – March 2001
Preceded byNur Bekri
Succeeded byNeyim Yasin
Personal details
BornAugust 1953 (age 71)
Yining (Ghulja), Xinjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
ParentAbdullah Zakrof
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese雪克来提·扎克尔
Traditional Chinese雪克來提·扎克爾
Hanyu PinyinXuěkèláití Zhākè'ěr
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXuěkèláití Zhākè'ěr
Uyghur name
Uyghurشۆھرەت زاكىر
Transcriptions
Siril YëziqiШɵһрəт Закир

Shohrat Zakir (Uyghur: شۆھرەت زاكىر, Chinese: 雪克来提·扎克尔; born August 1953) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur ethnicity who served as the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the deputy secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xinjiang Committee from 2014 to 2021.

Born in Yining (Ghulja), he studied computer science in Hubei Province, and later attended Tianjin University. Between 2000 and 2005, he served as the mayor of Ürümqi. He served as the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between 2015 and 2021. Between 2017 and 2022, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In March 2023, he was appointed a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.