Bagatur

Bagatur or Bater (simplified Chinese: 巴特尔; traditional Chinese: 巴特爾; pinyin: Bātè'ěr; born February 1955) is a Chinese politician of Mongol ancestry, currently serving as the Chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. A career party functionary with background in the Communist Youth League, Bagatur steadily ascended the ranks of government, spending his entire career in Inner Mongolia. Between 2009 and 2016, he served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia.

Biography

Bagatur, an ethnic Mongol, was born in Kangping County in northeastern Liaoning Province in February 1955. He obtained a diploma in Mongolian language from Hailar Mongolian Normal College. He began work in January 1973 in Ulan Muqir in the Evenk Autonomous Banner under Hulunbuir city, Heilongjiang Province. He then joined the CPC in December 1981 and went to serve in Inner Mongolia, ultimately becoming secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the Communist Youth League of China between April 1986 and April 1992.

Bagatur served as the secretary of the CPC Wuhai Municipal Committee from March 1994 to December 1999 and also mayor of Wuhai from December 1994 to February 1998. During this time, he obtained a master's degree in political economics from Fudan University. He was the Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's party Discipline Inspection Commission from December 1999 to April 2008, and beginning in December 2001 was named deputy secretary of the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee. Bagatur was appointed acting chairman and vice chairman of the regional government on April 3, 2008.^[1][2] He was elected chairman on January 12, 2009.^[3][4]

Bagatur was an alternate member of the 15th Central Committee. He was a member of the 16th^[5] and 17th Central Commissions of Discipline Inspection.^[6] On December 27, 2008, Bagatur was admitted as a substitute delegate to the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) representing Inner Mongolia.^[7] In November 2012, he was elected to the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.^[8] In March 2016, Bagatur was transferred to become the Chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.^[9]

References

External links

• (in Chinese) Biography of Bagatur, Xinhua.
• (in Chinese) Acting Chairman Bagatur participates in an online chat at Xinhuanet.com (July 14, 2008).

12th State Council of the People's Republic of China (2013–2018)
Li Keqiang (Premier)
Vice Premiers	Zhang Gaoli Liu Yandong Wang Yang Ma Kai
State Councilors	Yang Jing (also Secretary-General) Chang Wanquan Yang Jiechi Guo Shengkun Wang Yong
Ministers	Agriculture Han Changfu Civil Affairs Li Liguo→Huang Shuxian Commerce Gao Hucheng→Zhong Shan Construction Jiang Weixin→Chen Zhenggao→Wang Menghui Culture Cai Wu→Luo Shugang Defense Chang Wanquan Education Yuan Guiren→Chen Baosheng Finance Lou Jiwei→Xiao Jie Foreign Wang Yi Environment Zhou Shengxian→Chen Jining→Li Ganjie Human Resources Yin Weimin Industry and Information Miao Wei Justice Wu Aiying→Zhang Jun Public Security Guo Shengkun Resources Jiang Daming Science and Technology Wan Gang State Security Geng Huichang→Chen Wenqing Supervision Huang Shuxian→Yang Xiaodu Transport Yang Chuantang→Li Xiaopeng Water Chen Lei
Commissioners	Development Xu Shaoshi→He Lifeng Ethnic Affairs Wang Zhengwei→Bagatur Health Li Bin
Other bodies	Auditor General Liu Jiayi→Hu Zejun Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan