Qadan Käbenuly ( kk, قادان كابەن ۇلى / Қаден Қабенұлы, translit=Qadan Käbenuly; born March 1969) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh origin, currently serving as secretary-general of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee, in office since October 2021. Previously he served as governor of

Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture ( kk, Іле Қазақ автономиялық облысы) (also as Yili) is an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people in Northern Xinjiang, China, one of five autonomous prefectures in Xinjiang. Yining City ...

and before that, governor of

Altay Prefecture Altay Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 561,667 (2000). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. At the 2000 census, Altay was the only major subdivision of Ili ...

Biography

Qadan Käbenuly was born in

Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County (sometimes Barkul or Balikul in English) is part of Hami Prefecture in Xinjiang and has an area of . It forms part of the China–Mongolia border (bordering the Mongolian provinces of Khovd and Govi-Altai) on the co ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, in March 1969. In 1988, he enrolled in

Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology (DUT) (), colloquially known in Chinese as Dagong (), is a public research university located in Dalian, Liaoning, China, with an additional campus in Panjin, Liaoning. Established in April 1949, it is the ...

, majoring in

organic chemicals In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The s ...

. He joined the

Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

(CPC) in October 2000. After graduating in 1992, he joined the Xinjiang Chemical Design and Research Institute, where he was promoted to associate engineer in 1993 and to engineer in 1997. He served in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Investment Company for a short while before assigning to the Enterprise Working Committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as an official in October 2000. In November 2004, he became director of Policies and Regulations Division of State Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a position he held until February 2012, when he was promoted to deputy director of the Economic and Information Technology Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In March 2016, he was appointed director of the Environmental Protection Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, but having held the position for only one year, then he took office as governor of

. In April 2021, he was made governor of

, succeeding Qurmaş Sırjanulı. In October 2021, he became secretary-general of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qadan, Käbenuly 1969 births Living people People from Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County Dalian University of Technology alumni Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture governors People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang