Saifuddin Azizi
Former Minister of Education of the East Turkestan Republic
Saifuddin Azizi was a Chinese politician who occupied several top positions in the government of the People's Republic of China. An ethnic Uyghur, he is most well-known for serving as the first chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Wikipedia
Born: March 12, 1915, Tacheng, Tacheng Prefecture, China
Died: November 24, 2003 (age 88 years), Beijing, China
Nationality: Chinese
Previous offices: Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1993–1998), CCP Committee Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (1972–1978), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (1954–1993), and more
Party: Communist Party of China