Burhan Shahidi

Burhan Shahidi (3 October 1894 – 27 August 1989) was a Chinese Tatar politician who occupied several high-level positions in Xinjiang, in the governments of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

Burhan Shahidi
Борһан Шәһиди
Shahidi in 1950
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
12 September 1980  April 1988
ChairmanDeng Xiaoping
Deng Yingchao
In office
December 1954  January 1965
ChairmanZhou Enlai
Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Political Consultative Conference
In office
October 1955  March 1964
Preceded bySaifuddin Azizi
Succeeded byWang Enmao
Chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government
In office
October 1949  January 1955
Preceded bynew position
Succeeded bySaifuddin Azizi (Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Revolutionary Committee)
Governor of Xinjiang
In office
30 December 1948  September 1949
Preceded byMasud Sabri
Succeeded byYulbars Khan (in exile)
Personal details
Born3 October 1894
Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died27 August 1989(1989-08-27) (aged 94)
Xinjiang, China
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party (from 1949)
CC Clique of the Kuomintang (before 1949)
SpouseRashida
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese包尔汉·沙希迪
Traditional Chinese包爾漢·沙希迪
Uyghur name
Uyghurبۇرھان شەھىدى
Russian name
RussianБурхан Шахиди
Tatar name
TatarБорһан Шәһиди
Borhan Şähidi
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