Asgat Iskhakov

Asgat Timergali uli Iskhakov was a Chinese Tatar politician who occupied several political offices in his native Xinjiang. He was one of several former high-ranking officials of the East Turkestan Republic to join the Chinese Communist Party after 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.