Nur Bekri

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Nur Bekri (Uyghur: نۇر بەكرى; Chinese: 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. 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. In 2019, he was dismissed from his posts, expelled from the Communist Party and sentenced to life in prison for corruption.