Menglik Siyit (Uyghur: مەڭلىك سىيىت; Chinese: 芒力克·斯依提; born September 1962) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur ethnicity who is the current vice chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Menglik Siyit
مەڭلىك سىيىت‎
Vice Chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Assumed office
January 2018
ChairmanShohrat Zakir
Erkin Tuniyaz
Mayor of Turpan
In office
May 2016 – January 2018
Party SecretaryZhang Wenquan
Zhang Wensheng
Preceded byElixan Osman [zh]
Succeeded byMemtimin Qadir
Personal details
BornSeptember 1962 (age 62)
Shanshan County, Xinjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXinjiang University
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Chinese芒力克·斯依提
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMánglìkè Sīyītí

Biography

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Menglik Siyit was born in Shanshan County, Xinjiang, in September 1962. In 1981, he was admitted to Xinjiang Institute of Technology (now Xinjiang University), majoring in inorganic chemical. After graduation, he worked at the university.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party in November 1984, and got involved in politics in September 1998, when he was appointed vice mayor of Hami, and ten years later was promoted to the mayor position. He was deputy party secretary of Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture and secretary of its Prefectural Political and Legal Affairs Commission in September 2012, and held that office until March 2013. In May 2016, he was transferred to Turpan, where he was named acting mayor in June of that same year and installed as mayor in February 2017.[1][2] In January 2018, he was elevated to vice chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 芒力克 斯依提任吐鲁番市委副书记、市长候选人 伊力汗 奥斯曼不再担任. Sohu (in Chinese). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. ^ Jiang Hai (姜海) (25 May 2016). 芒力克·斯依提任新疆吐鲁番市委副书记,提名市长候选人. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ 雪克来提·扎克尔当选新疆维吾尔自治区主席. thepaper (in Chinese). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by Mayor of Turpan
2016–2018
Succeeded by