Dolkun Isa

Dolkun Isa
دولقۇن ئەيسا
Dolkun Isa in 2022
3rd President of the World Uyghur Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2017
Vice President	Erkin Ekrem Perhat Muhammet Zubeyre Shemsidin
Preceded by	Rebiya Kadeer
Personal details
Born	(1967-09-02) 2 September 1967 (age 56) Aksu, Xinjiang, China
Residence(s)	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Alma mater	Xinjiang University Gazi University[1]
Occupation	Political activist
Known for	President of the World Uyghur Congress Vice-President of the UNPO[2]
Website	World Uyghur Congress website

Dolkun Isa (Uyghur: دولقۇن ئەيسا; Chinese: 多里坤·艾沙; born 2 September 1967) is a Uyghur activist based in Germany, who has been designated as a terrorist by the Chinese Government since 2003. He is the 3rd and current president of the World Uyghur Congress, in office since 12 November 2017. He previously served as General Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the congress, respectively, and has spoken on behalf of the rights of the Uyghurs which make up the majority population in that region. He has also presented Uyghur human rights issues to the UN Human Rights Council, European Parliament, European governments and international human rights organizations.

In 1988, when he was studying at Xinjiang University, he led the student demonstration on 15 June 1988 in Ürümqi against alleged discrimination and unfair treatment of Uyghurs and was expelled from the school in the same year. He later continued his studies in Beijing from 1990 to 1994. In November 1996, he played an important role in establishing the World Uyghur Youth Congress in Germany and served as Executive Chairman and President. In April 2004, he played an important role in the establishment of the World Uyghur Congress.^[3] He also served as the Vice-President of UNPO.^[4]