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Liu Hui (Chinese: 刘慧; born December 1959) is a Chinese politician of Hui ethnicity, and the Chairwoman (Governor) of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region since 2013.

Career

Liu Hui is a native of Tianjin. She entered the work force in June 1977, working at a school in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia.

From 1979 to 1981 Liu studied Chinese at Yinchuan Normal College (since merged into Ningxia University), and after college taught at Zhangzheng High School in Yinchuan. She joined the Communist Party of China in December 1985.

Liu Hui began her government career in 1987, when she became the Deputy Secretary, and later Secretary, of the Communist Youth League (CYL) of Yinchuan. In 1992 Liu became the Deputy Secretary of the CYL of Ningxia Autonomous Region, and was promoted to Secretary in 1995. She held the position until 1998.

From 1998 to 2001 Liu served as Deputy Communist Party Chief of Yinnan Prefecture in Ningxia, which later became the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. In 1999 she was temporarily transferred to Beijing for a brief stint as the Deputy Party Chief of Fengtai District. From 2001 to 2003 Liu served as Director and Party Secretary of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Ningxia.

In 2003 Liu Hui was appointed Vice Chairwoman of Ningxia, and held the position for 10 years until March 2013, when she was promoted to Acting Chairwoman of Ningxia. She succeeded Wang Zhengwei, who had been appointed the head of China's State Ethnic Affairs Commission. Liu was officially elected by the Ningxia People's Congress as Chairwoman in April 2013. Liu was only the fifth woman to serve as the head of a provincial-level government, after Gu Xiulian, Song Xiuyan, Uyunqimg and Li Bin.

Liu has been an alternate member of the 17th and the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

References

1. ^ "Liu Hui". China Vitae. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
2. ^ 刘慧 (in Chinese). Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved 7 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
3. ^ 刘慧简历. People's Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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