Asgat Iskhakov

Asgat Iskhakov (1 December 1921 – 7 January 1976) was a Chinese Tatar politician who occupied several political offices in his native Xinjiang. He was one of a number of high ranking officials formerly affiliated with the Second East Turkestan Republic who joined the Chinese Communist Party following the 1949 incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China. In 1954, he was elected to the 1st National People's Congress. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region from August 1956 to September 1968.^[1][2]

Asgat Iskhakov
Әсгать Исхаков
Vice Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
In office August 1956 – September 1968
Personal details
Born	(1921-12-01)1 December 1921 Emin County, Xinjiang Province, Republic of China
Died	7 January 1976(1976-01-07) (aged 54) Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (joined 1950)
Other political affiliations	Xinjiang League (1947–1949) East Turkestan Revolutionary Party (1946–1947)
Relations	Margub Iskhakov (brother)
Chinese name
Chinese	艾斯海提·伊斯哈科夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Àisīhǎití Yīsīhākēfū
Tatar name
Tatar	Әсгать Исхаков / Äsğät İsxaqov