# Chairman of Xinjiang

The Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government is the head of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and leader of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The chairperson is elected by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The chairperson is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the regional government. The chairperson is assisted by an executive vice chairperson as well as several vice chairpersons. The chairperson generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The chairperson is the second-highest ranking official in the autonomous region after the secretary of the CCP Xinjiang Committee. The government chairman is always an Uyghur. The current chairperson is Erkin Tuniyaz, who took office on 30 September 2021.

## List
### Republic of China

Non-partisan/ unknown Warlords People's Anti-Imperialist Association Kuomintang (Nationalist)

#### Chairperson of the Provincial Government (Mainland era)

| No. | Name (Birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party |
| 1 | Yang Zengxin 楊增新 Yáng Zēngxīn (1864–1928) | 1912 | July 7, 1928 | Xinjiang clique |
| Assassinated. ||||
| 2 | Jin Shuren 金樹仁 Jīn Shùrén (1879–1941) | July 7, 1928 | April 12, 1933 | Xinjiang clique |
| Deposed in a coup. ||||
| 3 | Liu Wenlong 劉文龍 Liú Wénlóng (1870–1950) | April 14, 1933 | September 1933 | |
| Removed from office and placed under house arrest by Sheng Shicai. ||||
| – | Zhu Ruichi 朱瑞墀 Zhū Ruìchí (1862–1934) | September 1933 | March 5, 1934 | |
| Figurehead chairman appointed by Sheng Shicai and not recognized by the Central government. Died in office. ||||
| 4 | Li Rong 李溶 Lǐ Róng (1870–1940) | October 1934 | March 21, 1940 | |
| Figurehead chairman. Died in office. ||||
| 5 | Sheng Shicai 盛世才 Shèng Shìcái (1895–1970) | April 4, 1940 | August 29, 1944 | People's Anti-Imperialist Association |
| | Sheng Shicai 盛世才 Shèng Shìcái (1895–1970) | April 4, 1940 | August 29, 1944 | Kuomintang |
| Recognized by the Central government only as a duban (military governor), Sheng was de facto ruler of Sinkiang from 1933. In 1940, the Central government recognized him as Provincial chairman. Removed from office. ||||
| 6 | Wu Zhongxin 吳忠信 Wú Zhōngxìn (1884–1959) | August 29, 1944 | March 29, 1946 | Kuomintang |
| Resigned. ||||
| 7 | Zhang Zhizhong 張治中 Zhāng Zhìzhōng (1895–1969) | March 1946 | June 1947 | Kuomintang |
| Removed from office. ||||
| 8 | Masud Sabri 麥斯武德 مەسئۇت سابرى (1887–1952) | June 1947 | January 1949 | Kuomintang |
| First Uighur governor and first non-Han Governor in China during the twentieth century. Appointed during the Ili Rebellion. ||||
| 9 | Burhan Shahidi 包爾漢 بۇرھان شەھىدى (1894–1989) | January 1949 | September 26, 1949 | Kuomintang |
| Surrendered to the People's Liberation Army. ||||

#### Xinjiang Provincial Government Office era
##### Chairperson of the Provincial Government

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | | Yulbars Khan 堯樂博士 يۇلبارس خان (1888–1971) | April 11, 1950 | July 27, 1971 | Kuomintang |
| Died in office. ||||

##### Director, Xinjiang Provincial Government Office

| No. | Name (Birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| 1 | Yao Tao-hung 堯道宏 Yáo Dàohóng (1913–1991) | July 27, 1971 | ? | Kuomintang |
| Son of Yulbars Khan. ||||
| 2 | Hou Chi-yu 侯紀峪 Hóu Jìyù | ? | January 16, 1992 | Kuomintang |
| Post abolished. ||||

### People's Republic of China

| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Ref. |
| No. | Officeholder | Officeholder | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref. |
| Governor of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government |||||||
| 1 | | Burhan Shahidi (1894–1989) | October 1949 | January 1955 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Committee |||||||
| 2 | | Saifuddin Azizi (1915–2003) | October 1955 | January 1967 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Revolutionary Committee |||||||
| 3 | | Long Shujin (1910–2003) | 1968 | July 1972 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 4 | | Saifuddin Azizi (1915–2003) | 1972 | 1978 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 5 | | Wang Feng (1910–1998) | 1978 | 1979 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government |||||||
| 6 | | Ismail Amat (1935–2018) | 1979 | 1985 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 7 | | Tömür Dawamat (born 1930) | 1985 | 1993 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 8 | | Ablet Abdureshit (born 1938) | January 1993 | January 2003 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 9 | | Ismail Tiliwaldi (born 1944) | January 2003 | December 2007 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 10 | | Nur Bekri (born 1961) | 22 January 2008 | 31 December 2014 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 11 | | Shohrat Zakir (born 1953) | 24 January 2015 | 30 September 2021 | Chinese Communist Party | |
| 12 | | Erkin Tuniyaz (born 1961) | 27 January 2022 (acting from 30 September 2021) | Incumbent | Chinese Communist Party | |