Party Secretary of Xinjiang
{{Short description|Government position in China}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Secretary
| body = the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
| native_name = {{lang|zh-Hans|中国共产党新疆维吾尔自治区委员会书记}}
{{lang|ug|جۇڭگو كوممۇنىستىك پارتىيەسى شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونلۇق كومىتېتىنىڭ شۇجىسى}}
| insignia = Danghui.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the Chinese Communist Party
| flag = Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = Flag of the Chinese Communist Party
| image = Ma Xingrui at the 20th Conference on Remote Sensing in China (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| incumbent = Ma Xingrui
| incumbentsince = 25 December 2021
| type = Party Committee Secretary
| status = Provincial and ministerial-level official
| style =
| residence =
| constituting_instrument =
| appointer = Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee
Central Committee
| nominator = Central Committee
| department = Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
| member_of = Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Standing Committee
| precursor =
| inaugural = Wang Zhen
| formation = 1949
| deputy = Deputy Secretary
Secretary-General
| salary =
| website =
| seat =
}}The secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Xinjiang.
The secretary is officially appointed by the CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo and its Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Regional Committee, and since at least 2007, the secretary has consistently been a member of the CCP Politburo.{{Cite web |date=4 October 2024 |title=Decoding Chinese Politics: Party Center |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics?policy=party-center&group=organizations&size=rank&connection=personal |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=Asia Society}}.The secretary leads the work of the Regional Committee and its Standing Committee and is ex officio the first-ranking political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The secretary is outranks the chairman, who is generally the deputy secretary of the committee and is customarily an ethnic Uyghur. The secretary is always an ethnic Han.{{Cite web |title=Decoding Chinese Politics: Ethnic Policy |url=https://asiasociety.org/policy-institute/decoding-chinese-politics?policy=ethnic-policy&group=organizations&size=rank&connection=personal |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Asia Society}}
The current secretary is Ma Xingrui, a member of the CCP Politburo, who took office on 25 December 2021.
List of party secretaries
References
{{Xinjiang leaders}}{{Committee secretaries of the Chinese Communist Party}}
Category:Provincial and ministerial-level official
Category:Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party