Office1: | Secretary-General of CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee | ||||||||||
Term Start1: | October 2021 | ||||||||||
1Blankname1: | Party Secretary | ||||||||||
1Namedata1: | Chen Quanguo | ||||||||||
Office2: | Governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture | ||||||||||
Term Start2: | April 2021 | ||||||||||
Term End2: | October 2021 | ||||||||||
1Blankname2: | Party Secretary | ||||||||||
Predecessor2: | Qurmaş Sırjanulı | ||||||||||
Office3: | Governor of Altay Prefecture | ||||||||||
Term Start3: | March 2017 | ||||||||||
Term End3: | April 2021 | ||||||||||
1Blankname3: | Party Secretary | ||||||||||
1Namedata3: | Zhang Yan | ||||||||||
Successor3: | Jaynes Hades | ||||||||||
Qaden Kabenūly | |||||||||||
Native Name: | Қаден Қабенұлы | ||||||||||
Native Name Lang: | kk | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang, China | ||||||||||
Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
Alma Mater: | Dalian University of Technology | ||||||||||
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Qadan Käbenuly (Kazakh: قادان كابەن ۇلى / Қаден Кабенұлы|Qaden Kabenulı; born March 1969) is a Chinese politician of Kazakh ethnicity who is serving as secretary-general of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in office since October 2021. Previously he served as governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture and before that, as governor of Altay Prefecture.
Qaden Kabenūly was born in Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang, in March 1969. In 1988, he enrolled in Dalian University of Technology, majoring in organic chemicals. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 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,[1] then he took office as governor of Altay Prefecture.[2] In April 2021, he was made governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, succeeding Qurmaş Sırjanulı.[3] In October 2021, he became secretary-general of CCP Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.[4]