Seypidin Azizi

Seypidin Azizi (12 March 1915 – 24 November 2003) was a Uyghur politician who occupied top positions in the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He is best known for serving as the first chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government.

Before the proclamation of the PRC in 1949, Azizi was a leader of the Ili Rebellion, which sought to establish an independent East Turkestan. He served as the Second East Turkestan Republic's education minister from 1945 to 1946. Provided by Wikipedia