Bagatur

For the Slavic folk hero, see bogatyr.

Bagatur or Bater (Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠦᠷ; born February 1955) is a Chinese Communist Party politician of Mongol ancestry, formerly serving as the Chairman of the National 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.

Bagatur
ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠦᠷ
Bagatur in 2020
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2018
Chairman	Wang Yang Wang Huning
Head of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission
In office 28 April 2016 – 14 December 2020
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Wang Zhengwei
Succeeded by	Chen Xiaojiang
Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 8 April 2016 – 26 December 2020
Head	Sun Chunlan You Quan
Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
In office 12 January 2009 – 30 March 2016
Party Secretary	Hu Chunhua Wang Jun
Preceded by	Yang Jing
Succeeded by	Bu Xiaolin
Personal details
Born	February 1955 (age 69) Kangping, Liaoning, China
Nationality	Mongolian Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1981–present)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	巴特尔
Traditional Chinese	巴特爾
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bātè'ěr

As the Chairman of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission from 2016 to 2020, he was responsible for the relations between the Central Government and the other 55 ethnic minorities in China (such as Uyghurs, Tibetans etc.).

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 joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 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.^{[citation needed]}

Bagatur served as the secretary of the CCP 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 CCP 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 Chinese Communist Party.^[8] In March 2016, Bagatur was transferred to become the Chairman of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.^[9]

References

1. "Bagatur appointed acting chairman of N China autonomous region". China Daily. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
2. "Bagatur becomes acting chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2008-04-03. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
3. "Bagatur elected chairman of north China autonomous region". Xinhua. 2009-01-12. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
4. "Bagatur elected chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" (in Chinese). Xinhua. 2009-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
5. "List of Members of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (16th Party Congress)". Xinhua. 2002-11-14. Archived from the original on December 25, 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
6. "List of members of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (17th Party Congress)". Xinhua. 2007-10-21. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
7. "NPC confirms Hu Chunhua's, Bagatur's credentials as delegates" (in Chinese). National People's Congress News at People's Daily. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
8. "List of members of the 18th CPC Central Committee". Xinhua. November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012.
9. "原內蒙主席巴特爾主政國家民族事務委員會" (in Chinese). March 28, 2016.

External links

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

Government offices
Preceded by Yang Jing	Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Government 2008–2016	Succeeded by Bu Xiaolin
Preceded by Wang Zhengwei	Minister in charge of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission 2016–2020	Succeeded by Chen Xiaojiang