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Chinese politician
Wang Mingshan
(
Chinese
:
王明山
;
pinyin
:
Wang Mingsh?n
; born 18 January 1964) is a Chinese politician currently serving as secretary of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission
since January 2021.
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He is a member of the standing committee of the CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority.
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Biography
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Wang was born in
Wuwei, Gansu
, on 18 January 1964. In 1982, he entered
Xinjiang University
, majoring in radio. He worked in
Yili Public Security Department
after university in 1986, and joined the
Chinese Communist Party
(CCP) in April 1990. In September 2000, he became deputy chief of Yili Public Security Bureau, rising to chief in February 2004. He was chief of
Urumqi Public Security Bureau
in December 2009, and held that office until April 2015, when he was appointed deputy party secretary of Urumqi and secretary of the Urumqi Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He served as executive deputy secretary of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission
in November 2015, and five years later promoted to the secretary position. He also served as chief of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department from February 2017 to January 2021, and vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from January 2018 to January 2021.
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On 9 July 2020, the
United States government
imposed
Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
sanctions and visa restrictions against Wang for his connection to similar human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
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References
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Government offices
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Chief of Urumqi Public Security Bureau
2009?2015
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Chief of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department
2017?2021
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Party political offices
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Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Urumqi Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2015
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Secretary of
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission
2020?present
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