Rebiya kadeer biography
Rebiya Kadeer is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese businesswoman and political activist.!
Rebiya Kadeer
Uyghur politician (born 1946)
"Kadeer" redirects here. For the English cricketer, see Kadeer Ali.
For other uses, see Kadir.
Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur: رابىيە قادىر, romanized: Rabiye Qadir; born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur Chinese businesswoman and political activist.
I was one of the seven richest people in China.
Born in Altay City, Xinjiang, China Kadeer became a millionaire in the 1980s through her real estate holdings and ownership of a multinational conglomerate. Kadeer held various positions in the National People's Congress in Beijing and other political institutions before being arrested in 1999 for, according to Chinese state media, sending confidential internal reference reports to her husband, who worked in the United States as a pro-East Turkistan independence broadcaster.
After she fled to the United States in 2005 on compassionate release, Kadeer assumed leadership positions in overseas Uyghur organizations such as the World Uyghur Congress.
Early life and career
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