Seypidin Azizi

Seypidin Azizi||}}}} (12 March 1915 – 24 November 2003) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and educator. An ethnic Uyghur from the far-western border city of Tacheng (Qoqek), he is best known for his tenure as the first chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government. He also occupied top positions at the national level, including Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Before the proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Seypidin was a progressive leader of the Ili Rebellion, which sought to establish an independent East Turkestan. He was the Second East Turkestan Republic's education minister from 1945 to 1946 and a member of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party's central executive committee from 1946 to 1947. Provided by Wikipedia