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Asgat Iskhakov (1 December 1921 – 7 January 1976) was a
Chinese Tatar The Chinese Tatars (), or simply Tatars ( zh, s=塔塔尔族), are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group in Xinjiang, China. They are one of the 56 List of ethnic groups in China, ethnic groups officially recognized by the Chinese government. ...
politician who occupied several political offices in his native
Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
. He was one of a number of high ranking officials formerly affiliated with the
Second East Turkestan Republic The East Turkestan Republic (ETR) was a satellite state of the Soviet Union in northern Xinjiang (East Turkestan) that existed from 1944 to 1946. It is often described as the Second East Turkestan Republic to differentiate it from the First E ...
who joined the
Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
following the 1949
incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China The incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China, known in Chinese historiography as the Peaceful Liberation of Xinjiang (), was the takeover of Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People's Liberation Army (PL ...
. In 1954, he was elected to the
1st National People's Congress The 1st National People's Congress (NPC) was in session from 1954 to 1959. It held four sessions in this period. There were 1,226 deputies to the Congress. These were the first legislative elections to take place after the founding of the People ...
. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region from August 1956 to September 1968.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ishakov, Asgat 1921 births 1976 deaths 20th century in Xinjiang Chinese Muslims Chinese Tatars Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress Muslim socialists Deputy Directors of the Publicity Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party