Ismail Amat

Ismail Amat
ئىسمائىل ئەھمەد 司马义·艾买提
Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office 15 March 2003 – 15 March 2008
Chairman	Wu Bangguo
State Councilor of the People's Republic of China
In office 1993–2003
Premier	Li Peng→Zhu Rongji
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 10 April 1988 – 27 March 1993
Chairman	Li Xiannian
Minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission
In office 1986–1998
Preceded by	Yang Jingren
Succeeded by	Li Dezhu
Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
In office 1979–1985
Preceded by	Wang Feng
Succeeded by	Tömür Dawamat
Personal details
Born	September 1935 Qira County, Xinjiang
Died	16 October 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 83) Beijing
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party

Ismail Amat (Uyghur: ئىسمائىل ئەھمەد, romanized: Isma'il Ehmet; Chinese: 司马义·艾买提; pinyin: Sīmǎyì Àimǎití; September 1935 – 16 October 2018) was a Chinese politician of Uyghur ethnicity who served as Chairman (Governor) of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, State Councillor, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

He was among the highest-ranking Uyghur politicians sitting for decades in the Central Government of People's Republic of China between 1979–2008.^[1]