Burhan Shahidi
Chinese Tatar politician (1894-1989) · China · On the map · Politicians · Died at 94
Burhan Shahidi was a Chinese Tatar politician who occupied several top positions in Xinjiang, initially in the government of the Republic of China (ROC) and then government of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Burhan in 1929
Burhan (2nd row, 2nd from the left) at the founding of the Association for the Advancement of Han Culture in Xinjiang in 1937, chaired by the governor Sheng Shicai (1st row, 3rd from left).
Gathering of Chinese Communist leaders in Beijing in June 1950. From left to right: Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Seypidin Azizi, Mao Zedong, Burhan, Zhou Enlai, Deng Liqun and Delin (Sibo translator of Seypidin).
Burhan (right) with Xi Zhongxun (middle) and Seypidin Azizi (left) in July 1952, after successfully quelling the insurgency of Osman Batur.About this person
He served as the ROC's vice-chairman in the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province, formed between the ROC and the Second East Turkestan Republic in 1946. After the coalition government's dissolution the following year and the incorporation of Xinjiang into the PRC in 1949, Burhan joined the Chinese Communist Party and was appointed the first and only chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government, before it became the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government in 1955. He later served as the vice-chairman of the second, third, fifth, and sixth national committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was also the founder and inaugural president of the Islamic Association of China.
