Huo Liujun

In this Chinese name, the family name is Huo.

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

Huo Liujun
霍留军
Communist Party Secretary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department
In office February 2017 – April 2019
Chief	Wang Mingshan
Preceded by	Zhu Changjie [zh]
Succeeded by	Wang Mingshan
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-13) 13 August 1960 (age 64) China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Armed Police
Rank	Major general
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	霍留军
Traditional Chinese	霍留軍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huò Liújūn

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] On 11 December 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly announced Canada's sanctions against Huo and seven other government officials of Xinjiang and Tibet involved in serious human rights violations.^[4]

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