- Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit
Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit (Chinese: 阿不来提·阿不都热西提; born November, 1944 in
Yining ) was thechairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of thePeople's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. He currently serves as the vice chairman of 11thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).He joined the
Communist Party of China in July 1960, and started working in September 1965. He graduated from department of electrical mechanics of Xinjiang Institute of Technology, and holds the title of senior engineer.From 1991 to 1993, he served as vice chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. In 1993, he was appointed as acting chairman and vice Party chief of Xinjiang. He was confirmed as the chairman of the Region in 1994 and served this post till 2003. From January to May of 2003, he was the chairman of Xinjiang People's Congress. He was elected to vice chairman of 10th CPPCC in March of 2003, and was re-elected in March, 2008.
He was a member of 15th and 16th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China, and is a current member of 17th Central Committee of CPC.
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