Hamudun Niyaz

Hamudun Niyaz (Uyghur: ھامۇدۇن نىياز, romanized: Hamudun Niyaz; Chinese: 阿木冬·尼牙孜; pinyin: Āmùdōng Níyàzī; born November 1932) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin who served as chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region between 1985 and 2003.

In 1962, he was assigned to Ürümqi and appointed deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and deputy director of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

In 1978, he was promoted to vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

On 1 July 1979, he became vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Ethnic Affairs Committee, serving in the post until June 1983.

In April 1983, he was appointed secretary of Xinjiang Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission, but having held the position for only two years.