Nur Bekri
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Nur Bekri is the current Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
in the People's Republic of China
. He is of Uyghur ethnicity
and was born and raised in his native Xinjiang. He has spent his entire life in the Region, aside from a short stint as the Deputy Mayor of Feicheng
, Shandong
. He was also formerly Mayor of Urumqi
, the capital of Xinjiang.
(CPC) in December 1982. He had served as deputy party secretary of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China since January 2005.
Nur Bekri was appointed at the 35th session of the Standing Committee of the 10th Xinjiang Regional People's Congress in Urumqi to replace Ismail Tiliwaldi
, who resigned as Chairman in December 2007.
After the 2009 Urumqi riots, Bekri delivered the televised address in which he elaborated on the situation that has led up to the violence and then condemned who he deemed to be coordinators of the attack, including Ilham Tohti
, founder of Uyghur Online, a website that criticized the governor and his policies. He was the highest-ranked government official to deliver a televised speech on this issue.
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. He is of Uyghur ethnicity
Uyghur people
The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
and was born and raised in his native Xinjiang. He has spent his entire life in the Region, aside from a short stint as the Deputy Mayor of Feicheng
Feicheng
Feicheng is a city of Tai'an in the Chinese province of Shandong.The population in 1999 was 960,232.Part of the Great Wall of Qi starts here, and is listed on the People's Republic of China's list of cultural artifacts....
, Shandong
Shandong
' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...
. He was also formerly Mayor of Urumqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
, the capital of Xinjiang.
Political career
He joined the Communist Party of ChinaCommunist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
(CPC) in December 1982. He had served as deputy party secretary of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Communist Party of China since January 2005.
Nur Bekri was appointed at the 35th session of the Standing Committee of the 10th Xinjiang Regional People's Congress in Urumqi to replace Ismail Tiliwaldi
Ismail Tiliwaldi
Ismail Tiliwaldi was the chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2007 and is currently a Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress....
, who resigned as Chairman in December 2007.
After the 2009 Urumqi riots, Bekri delivered the televised address in which he elaborated on the situation that has led up to the violence and then condemned who he deemed to be coordinators of the attack, including Ilham Tohti
Ilham Tohti
Ilham Tohti is an ethnic Uyghur and mainland Chinese economist. Just days after the July 2009 Ürümqi riots, he was detained in Beijing by PRC authorities because of his criticism of that government's policies toward Uyghurs in Xinjiang...
, founder of Uyghur Online, a website that criticized the governor and his policies. He was the highest-ranked government official to deliver a televised speech on this issue.