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Nur Bekri was born on 9 August, 1961 in Bole (Bortala), Xinjiang, China, is a Chinese politician. Discover Nur Bekri's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

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Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 9 August, 1961
Birthday 9 August
Birthplace Bole (Bortala), Xinjiang, China
Nationality China

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1961

Nur Bekri (نۇر بەكرى; 努尔·白克力; born 9 August 1961) is a Chinese former politician of Uyghur ethnicity, best known for his term as Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between 2008 and 2014.

1978

Ultimately, Bekri enrolled at Xinjiang University in September 1978 and studied political theory.

1980

He stayed at his alma mater to serve as a lecturer for political theory after graduation, and was a prominent member of the local Communist Youth League organization, rising to become the Xinjiang University Youth League organization's deputy chief in the late 1980s, eventually being promoted to the First Secretary (i.e. leader) of the Xinjiang University Youth League, a position he held until 1992.

1982

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1982.

1993

Between 1993 and 1995 Bekri served in the Kashgar region as an assistant to the local governor.

1994

Between 1994 and 2002 Bekri served in a series of local political roles, including the vice-mayor of Feicheng, Shandong province, the deputy Secretary-General of the Xinjiang regional government, the deputy party secretary and mayor of Ürümqi.

At age 37, Bekri was the youngest mayor of a provincial-level capital in China at the time.

As Chairman, Bekri was nominally Xinjiang's top government official, but in practice was subordinate to the Communist Party Secretary for the region, Wang Lequan (term 1994–2010), then Zhang Chunxian (2010 onwards).

2000

Bekri then worked in the Xinjiang regional government beginning in 2000, becoming a member of the Party Committee, then Deputy Party Secretary in January 2005.

2007

Nur Bekri was appointed Chairman of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People's Government, replacing Ismail Tiliwaldi, who resigned as chairman in December 2007.

At age 46, Bekri became one of the youngest provincial governors (or equivalents) in China.

2009

After the 2009 Ürümqi riots, Bekri delivered the televised address in which he explained the situation that has led up to the violence and then condemned who he deemed to be coordinators of the attack.

Bekri has been subject to criticism by Uyghur economist and scholar Ilham Tohti, founder of Uyghur Online, a website that criticized the chairman and his policies.

Tohti said that Bekri was "unqualified" for his position and that he "does not care about Uyghurs".

Tohti was later jailed on charges of "separatism".

The World Uyghur Congress and some in the overseas Uyghur community also considered Bekri to be a "puppet of the Chinese government."

Bekri was the highest-ranked government official to deliver a televised speech on this issue.

As the highest ranked ethnic Uyghur official in the Xinjiang government, Bekri toed the party line on issues related to Xinjiang independence, often issuing official denunciations of what the government saw as religious extremism or terrorism.

He was sometimes called "Nol Bekri", a Uyghur language pun on his name which roughly meant "nil Bekri" or "zero Bekri", referring to his being seen as having little to no power.

2014

Between 2014 and 2018, he was vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission and Director of the National Energy Administration, with rank equivalent of a minister.

Bekri was one of the highest ranked ethnic minority officials in the Chinese government.

Bekri was born and raised in Xinjiang.

Prior to his transfer to Beijing, he spent his entire life in the region, aside from a short stint as the Deputy Mayor of Feicheng, Shandong Province.

He is also former Mayor of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

Bekri was transferred to the National Energy Administration (NEA) under the powerful National Development and Reform Commission, a body with wide jurisdiction over economic development, in December 2014.

He was replaced as Xinjiang Chairman by Shohrat Zakir.

By taking on the top job at the National Energy Administration, Nur Bekri broke the mold of Uyghur government leaders, taking on a substantive post completely unrelated to ethnic affairs.

His first act as leader of the NEA was to crack down on corruption; one of his predecessors Liu Tienan went to jail for corruption in a high-profile case.

Under Bekri's leadership, the NEA pledged massive investment into renewable energy, and closed down over 100 coal-fired power plants.

He became an outspoken proponent of renewable energy, meeting global industry executives and touting that China was contributing "strength and wisdom" to the transformation of the global energy production.

2017

Bekri was an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 18th Central Committee.

He did not gain a seat on the 19th Central Committee despite not having reached retirement age, raising speculation in 2017 that he had fallen out of favor.

2018

He was the only ethnic Uyghur with full membership on the 18th Central Committee.

In the early morning hours of 20 September 2018, Bekri was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.

His last public appearance was a visit to Russia with Vice-Premier Han Zheng.

2019

In 2019, he was dismissed from his posts, expelled from the Communist Party and sentenced to life in prison for corruption.

Nur Bekri was born in a village near Kazakhstan in an area under the jurisdiction of Bole (known in Uyghur as "Bortala"), Xinjiang.

He received education in the Chinese language since early childhood and spoke Uyghur and Mandarin Chinese at a native fluency.

He spent only one year in high school before taking the university entrance examinations, and scored highest in his township.

He was sought after as a "minority talent" by the nation's top universities.