Zulhayat Ismail

Zulhayat Ismail
Zulhayat Ismail
祖力亚提·司马义
Party Branch Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Ecology and Environment Department
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 2024
Preceded by	Lu Weidong
Director of the Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
	In office; March 2023 – October 2024
Preceded by	Anido Ibrahim
Personal details
Born	September 1977 (age 47); Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Peking University; Xinjiang University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	祖力亚提·司马义
Traditional Chinese	祖力亞提·司馬義
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zǔlìyàtí Sīmǎyì

Zulhayat Ismail (Chinese: 祖力亚提·司马义; born September 1977) is a Chinese university administrator and politician of Uyghur ethnicity, currently serving as Party Branch Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Ecology and Environment Department. She was director of the Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from March 2023 to October 2024.

She is a representative of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]

Early life and education

Zulhayat Ismail was born in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, in September 1977. In 2008 she graduated from Peking University with a Ph.D. in sociology. From January 2010 to November 2012, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Xinjiang University.

Career

She began his political career in June 2014, when he was appointed deputy director of the Middle School and University Offices of the School Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China.

She has served as vice president of Xinjiang University, as well as deputy party secretary and dean of the School of Marxism at Xinjiang University. She was deputy party secretary and vice president of Kashi University in September 2022 and subsequently director of the Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in March 2023.^[2]^[3]

In October 2024, she was appointed Party Branch Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Ecology and Environment Department.^[4]

References

^ Xue Tao (薛涛) (22 October 2022). （二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单. news.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Gao Yizhe (高毅哲) (16 October 2022). 祖力亚提·司马义：成千上万的毕业生在新疆找到人生大舞台. jyb.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Zhou Qian (周倩) (30 March 2023). 祖力亚提·司马义(女)任新疆维吾尔自治区教育厅厅长. news.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Tang Ketao (唐可涛) (9 October 2024). 从新疆跨省份履新江苏之后，祖力亚提·司马义新职已明确. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2024.

Government offices
Preceded by Anido Ibrahim	Director of the Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2023–2024	Succeeded by TBA
Party political offices
Preceded by Lu Weidong (陆卫东)	Party Branch Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Ecology and Environment Department 2024–present	Incumbent

[1] Xue Tao (薛涛) (22 October 2022). （二十大受权发布）中国共产党第二十届中央委员会候补委员名单. news.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] Gao Yizhe (高毅哲) (16 October 2022). 祖力亚提·司马义：成千上万的毕业生在新疆找到人生大舞台. jyb.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[3] Zhou Qian (周倩) (30 March 2023). 祖力亚提·司马义(女)任新疆维吾尔自治区教育厅厅长. news.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[4] Yue Huairang (岳怀让); Tang Ketao (唐可涛) (9 October 2024). 从新疆跨省份履新江苏之后，祖力亚提·司马义新职已明确. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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