Nur Bekri
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Nur Bekri (Uyghur: نۇر بەكرى; Chinese: 努尔·白克力; pinyin: Nǔěr Báikèlì; born August 1961 in Bole, Xinjiang) 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.
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He joined the Communist Party 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, who resigned as Chairman in December 2007. He serves alongside Party Secretary Wang Lequan.
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| Preceded by Ismail Tiliwaldi |
Chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 2007 – |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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