Yang Fasen (; born February 1971) is a Chinese politician who is currently serving as the secretary of the

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Political and Legal Affairs Committee. He previously served as the vice chairman of

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 ...

, party secretary of

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and

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Biography

Yang was born in Gulang County,

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, in February 1971. He enlisted in the

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in December 1990, serving until March 1994. He joined the

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(CCP) in June 1993. Yang studied briefly at the Party School in

Aksu Prefecture Aksu PrefectureThe official spelling according to is located in mid-Western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and 2.37 million inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 535,657 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of A ...

before being assigned to Kumbash Township as an official in December 1994. He moved up the ranks to become party secretary in November 1999. After a short term as party secretary of Yiganqi Township, he was promoted to vice governor of Aksu Prefecture in September 2005, and then served as

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between December 2008 and September 2010. In September 2010, he was appoint party secretary of Baicheng County. It would be his first job as "first-in-charge" of a county. After this office was terminated in July 2014, he became party secretary of

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, serving until December 2016. He became deputy secretary of

in December 2016, and then party secretary, the top political position in the prefecture, beginning in February 2018. He concurrently served as vice chairman of

since March 2021. On October 21, he was unanimously chosen as party secretary of

, the capital of Xinjiang, becoming the youngest man to hold the position of top official in a provincial capital. He was also admitted to member of the standing committee of the CCP Xinjiang Regional Committee, the region's top authority. In 2022, he was elected as an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee. He was appointed as the secretary of the

Political and Legal Affairs Committee in May 2023.

Honors and awards

* June 2015 Title of National Excellent Party Secretary in a County

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Fasen 1971 births Living people People from Gulang County People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Xinjiang Alternate members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party