Ilham Sabir

Ilham Sabir
ئىلھام سابىر‎
Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
25 January 2018
ChairmanNurlan Abilmazhinuly
Mayor of Ürümqi
In office
January 2014 – January 2018
Party SecretaryZhu Hailun
Li Xuejun [zh]
Xu Hairong [zh]
Preceded byJërullah Hesamidin
Succeeded byYasin Sadiq
Personal details
BornFebruary 1961 (age 63)
Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXinjiang Agricultural University
Dalian University of Technology
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese伊力哈木·沙比尔
Traditional Chinese伊力哈木·沙比爾
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīlìhāmù Shābǐ'ěr

Ilham Sabir (Uyghur: ئىلھام سابىر, romanizedIlham Sabir; born February 1961) is a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin who has been vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 25 January 2018. He previously served as mayor of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, from 2014 to 2018.