Amina Bughra ( uy, أمينہ بوغرا; zh, 愛美娜) was a Uyghur politician in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. She was one of the first group of women elected to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

in 1948.

Biography

Bughra married Uyghur leader

Muhammad Amin Bughra Muhammad Amin Bughra (also Muḥammad Amīn Bughra; ug, مۇھەممەد ئىمىن بۇغرا, محمد أمين بغرا, ; ), sometimes known by his Han name Mao Deming () and his Turkish name Mehmet Emin Buğra; 1901–1965), was a Turkic ...

. She became deputy chair of the Xinjian Women's Association, and was a member of the Constitutional National Assembly that drew up the Constitution of the Republic of China. She was subsequently elected to the

in the 1948 elections. After being elected, she sat on the Political and Local Self-Government Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Border Committee. She resigned from the Legislative Yuan in 1955.「關於愛美娜請辭立法委員職務一案……據我國駐土耳其大使館代電，為立委愛美娜面告，其夫穆罕默德伊敏已正式加入土國國籍，依照土國國籍法，丈夫歸化後，其妻亦同時取得土耳其國籍，惟本人一向效忠政府，且係現任立委，不願因丈夫之轉入圾，而致喪失中國國籍，曾先向土內政部表示異議，不得要領，刻伊敏入土籍手續完成，原持中國護照，已交土國政府收存，本人雖依法隨同歸化，迄尚未奉核發入籍證件，惟本人護照亦已由伊敏送交土政府，伊敏為留土謀生便利改入土籍，本人雖反對亦無可如何，擬即呈辭立委職務等語……夫妻間為此事時有爭辯……平日對其夫伊敏與艾沙輩主持之新省獨立運動，深致不滿，並用各種方式密向本館報告」，「中國國民黨第七屆中央委員會常務委員會會議紀錄」。《陳誠副總統文物》008000001206A

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bughra, Amina Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan 20th-century Chinese women politicians Uyghur politicians Members of the Kuomintang Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown