Rebiya Kadeer Uyghur, Chinese national businesswoman

Rebiya Kadeer
Born	15 November 1946 (age 67)
Residence	Virginia,[1] United States
Nationality	Chinese
Ethnicity	Uyghur
Occupation	Political activist
Known for	President of the World Uyghur Congress
Religion	Sunni Islam

Rebiya Kadeer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	熱比婭·卡德爾
Simplified Chinese	热比娅·卡德尔
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Uyghur name
Uyghur	رابىيە قادىر
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Rebiya Kadeer (Uyghur: رابىيە قادىر‎; Chinese: 热比娅·卡德尔; born 15 November 1946) is an ethnic Uyghur, Chinese national businesswoman and activist. Born in China's Xinjiang region^[vague], Kadeer became a millionaire in the 1980s through her real estate holdings and ownership of a multinationalconglomerate. Kadeer held various positions in China's parliament and other political institutions before being arrested in 1999 for sending confidentialinternal reference reports to her husband, who worked in the United States as a pro-Xinjiang independence broadcaster. After she was discharged to the United States in 2005 on compassionate release, Kadeer claimed various leadership titles from overseas Uyghur separatist organizations such as theWorld Uyghur Congress. Kadeer speaks Uyghur and Mandarin Chinese
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