{{Short description|Chinese politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office1 = Head of United Front Work Department of CCP Hubei Provincial Committee | term_start1 = April 2017 | term_end1 = June 2022 | predecessor1 = Liang Huiling | successor1 = Ning Yong | office2 = Communist Party Secretary of Tacheng Prefecture | term_start2 = January 2015 | term_end2 = March 2017 | predecessor2 = {{ill|Zhang Bo (politician)|zh|张博 (新疆政协副主席)|lt=Zhang Bo}} | successor2 = Xue Bin | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | name = Erkinjan Turaxun | native_name = ئەركىنجان تۇراخۇن | native_name_lang = ug | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964|06}} | birth_place = Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|}} or {{death year and age| }} --> | death_place = | party = Chinese Communist Party | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | alma_mater = Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics<br>Xinjiang University<br>Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party<br>Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | s = 尔肯江·吐拉洪 | t = 爾肯江·吐拉洪 | p = Ĕrkěnjiāng Tǔlāhóng }} }} '''Erkinjan Turaxun''' ({{langx|ug|ئەركىنجان تۇراخۇن, Әркинҗан Турахун}}; {{lang-zh|s=尔肯江·吐拉洪}}; born June 1964) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur ethnicity who served as chairman of the Hubei Federation of Trade Unions, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and head of United Front Work Department of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2017 to 2022. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1985, and entered the workforce in July that same year.
He was an alternate of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
==Early life and education== Erkinjan Turaxun was born in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, in June 1964. In 1981, he was admitted to Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, majoring in planning statistics. After graduation, he worked at the Communist Youth League of China of the university.
==Career in Xinjiang== In May 1999, he was promoted to become secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Communist Youth League of China, a position he held until July 2003, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China. In May 2008, he was admitted to member of the standing committee of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee, the region's top authority. One month later, he was made chairman of the Xinjiang Federation of Trade Unions and vice chairman of All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In January 2015, he was appointed party secretary of Tacheng Prefecture, the top political position in prefecture.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Chen Wen ({{lang|zh|陈文}})|author2=Wang Chunlin ({{lang|zh|汪春林}})|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1649135 |script-title=zh:新疆乌鲁木齐市委副书记薛斌调任塔城地委书记 |work=Thepaper |date=28 March 2017 |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>
==Career in Hubei== In April 2017, Erkinjan Turaxun was transferred to Central China's Hubei province, where he took office as head of United Front Work Department of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, vice chairman of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and chairman of Hubei Federation of Trade Unions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1664758 |script-title=zh:湖北省委常委尔肯江·吐拉洪兼任省委统战部部长 |work=Thepaper |date=18 April 2017 |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1692528 |script-title=zh:湖北省委常委、统战部长尔肯江·吐拉洪当选省总工会主席 |work=Thepaper |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=15 February 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{s-bef|before=Shewket Imin}} {{s-ttl|title=Secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the Communist Youth League of China|years=May 1999–July 2003}} {{s-aft|after=Elixan Osman}} {{s-bef|before=Memetjan Emet}} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Xinjiang Federation of Trade Unions|years=June 2008–May 2015}} {{s-aft|after=Nijat Sultan}} {{s-bef|before=Liang Huiling}} {{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the Hubei Federation of Trade Unions|years=May 2017–July 2022}} {{s-aft|after=Liu Xuerong}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before={{ill|Zhang Bo (politician)|zh|张博 (新疆政协副主席)|lt=Zhang Bo}}}} {{s-ttl|title=Communist Party Secretary of Tacheng Prefecture|years=February 2015–March 2017}} {{s-aft|after=Xue Bin}} {{s-bef|before=Liang Huiling}} {{s-ttl|title=Head of United Front Work Department of Hubei Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|years=April 2017–June 2022}} {{s-aft|after=Ning Yong}} {{s-end}}
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