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Saifuddin Azizi

1915 - 2003

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saifuddin Azizi is the 13,056th most popular politician (down from 11,978th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from China (down from 797th in 2019) and the 415th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Saifuddin Azizi ranks 13,056 out of 19,576Before him are Giorgi Kvirikashvili, King Qing of Zhou, Teodor Teodorov, Kim Boo-kyum, Chris Heunis, and Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. After him are Faroald I of Spoleto, Andris Bērziņš, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Louise Lake-Tack, Galindo Garcés, and Renseneb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Saifuddin Azizi ranks 158Before him are Nikos Beloyannis, Tapio Rautavaara, John Profumo, Vladimir Zeldin, Harry Morgan, and John Randolph. After him are Robert Lockwood Jr., Knut Nystedt, Tomás Fernández, Boris Paichadze, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, and Alykul Osmonov. Among people deceased in 2003, Saifuddin Azizi ranks 197Before him are Emil Loteanu, Blaga Dimitrova, Carlo Urbani, Timothy Treadwell, Francesco Colasuonno, and Fadwa Tuqan. After him are Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Philip Stone, Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Fedora Barbieri, and Lev Kerbel.

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In China

Among people born in China, Saifuddin Azizi ranks 810 out of 1,610Before him are Li Ning (1963), Wang Jianlin (1954), Zhang Daqian (1899), Xue Yue (1896), Zhou Zuoren (1885), and Lydia Shum (1945). After him are Li Zhaoxing (1940), Jia Qinglin (1940), Liu Yifei (1987), Qian Xuan (1235), Yao Ming (1980), and Wang Zhen (1909).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Saifuddin Azizi ranks 415Before him are Liu Zhiyuan (895), Chen Jiongming (1878), Qian Qichen (1928), Zhang Tingyu (1672), Cai Qi (1955), and Yan Huiqing (1877). After him are Li Zhaoxing (1940), Jia Qinglin (1940), Wang Zhen (1909), Song Ping (1917), Jin Shuren (1879), and Yu Zhengsheng (1945).