Huo Liujun Explained

Office1:Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department
Term Start1:February 2017
Term End1:April 2019
1Blankname1:Chief
1Namedata1:Wang Mingshan
Successor1:Wang Mingshan
Huo Liujun
Native Name:霍留军
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1960 8, df=yes
Birth Place:China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Branch: People's Armed Police
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Huò Liújūn

Huo Liujun (; born 13 August 1960) is a Chinese politician currently serving as party secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department since March 2017.

Biography

Born on 13 August 1960, he assumed various posts in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department, where he was promoted to deputy chief in August 2015 and party secretary, the top political position in the department, in March 2017.[1]

On 9 July 2020, the United States government imposed Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act sanctions and visa restrictions against him for his connection to similar human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.[2] [3]

In July 2010, he was promoted to the rank of major general (Shaojiang).

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Luan Meng (Chinese: 栾梦). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1630178 . zh:新疆公安厅人事调整:霍留军任党委书记,王明山任督察长 . thepaper . 2 March 2017 . 6 December 2021 . zh.
  2. Web site: US Department of Treasury Press Release . US Government . 6 December 2021 . 9 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200709160652/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1055 . live .
  3. News: Xinjiang: US sanctions on Chinese officials over 'abuse' of Muslims . 6 December 2021 . BBC . 9 September 2020.