Abdulla Zakirov

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Abdulla Zakirov
  • 阿不都拉·扎克洛夫
  • ئابدۇللا زاكىروف‎
Abdulla, c. 1930s to 1940s
Personal details
Born(1918-02-27)27 February 1918
Yining, Xinjiang Province, Republic of China
Died12 March 1981(1981-03-12) (aged 63)
Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Party
ChildrenShohrat Zakir (son)
Chinese name
Chinese阿不都拉·扎克洛夫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀbùdūlā Zhākèluòfū
Uyghur name
Uyghurئابدۇللا زاكىروف‎‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiAbdulla Zakirof
Siril YëziqiАбдулла Закиров

Abdulla Zakirov[a] (27 February 1918 – 12 March 1981) was a Chinese politician who held high-ranking positions in his native Xinjiang. A Uyghur from the far-western city of Yining (Ghulja), he was a leader of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party before joining the Chinese Communist Party after the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. His son Shohrat Zakir also became a prominent politician of the PRC.

Biography

Born Abdulla Zakir on 27 February 1918 in Yining, Xinjiang Province, China, Abdulla spent most of his early life in the Soviet Union, where he received his higher education at a state university in Tashkent.[1][2][3] Like many Soviet-educated Uyghur intellectuals at the time, he adopted the -ov suffix upon his return to Xinjiang to signify his higher education abroad.[4] He founded the first Marxist–Leninist study group in the Northern Xinjiang district of Ili, and later joined the central executive committee of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Youth League.[2][3] He then became a founding member and the secretary-general of the East Turkestan Revolutionary Party, which emerged from the Youth League and existed from 1946 to 1947.[5]

On 30 December 1949, Abdulla and 14 other ethnic minority leaders (including several of his former ETRP colleagues) took an initiation oath at the local Chinese Communist Party office in the provincial capital Dihua (present-day Ürümqi), following the incorporation of Xinjiang into the People's Republic of China (PRC) earlier that year.[6] He then served in a number of prominent positions in Xinjiang, including Secretary-General of the Xinjiang Provincial People's Government, Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government, and member of the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Party Committee. He was also a delegate to the second National People's Congress.[1] In 1951, during the Korean War, Abdulla accompanied Xi Zhongxun, the father of future Chinese president Xi Jinping, on a trip to Korea to meet and speak with cadres who had enlisted in the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. He then travelled with Liao Chengzhi to the frontlines to receive a briefing from the Korean People's Army (North Korean army).[2]

Abdulla died in Ürümqi on 12 March 1981 at the age of 63.[2] One of his sons, Shohrat Zakir, also became a Chinese statesman, most prominently serving as Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government from 2015 to 2021.[1][2][7]

Notes

  1. ^
    • Chinese: 阿不都拉·扎克洛夫; pinyin: Ābùdūlā Zhākèluòfū
    • Uyghur: ئابدۇللا زاكىروف‎, romanized: Abdulla Zakirof

References

  1. ^ a b c 新疆主席雪克来提·扎克尔回应红色身份：哪个不是在红旗下成长 [Xinjiang Chairman Shohrat Zakir responded to questions about Red identity: Who did not grow up under the Red flag?]. Guancha (in Chinese (China)). 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "红色黑马"雪克来提 ["The Red Dark Horse" Shohrat]. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese (China)). 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b Wang, Ke (2020). The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s. Translated by Fletcher, Carissa. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-962-996-769-7.
  4. ^ Bellér-Hann, Ildikó, ed. (2007). Situating the Uyghurs Between China and Central Asia. Ashgate Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7546-7041-4. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  5. ^ Wang 2020, p. 241.
  6. ^ 人民公仆 行为典范 [Public servants – Model behaviour]. Tianshan News (in Chinese (China)). 6 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ 艾尔肯·吐尼亚孜任新疆维吾尔自治区政府代主席 [Erkin Tuniyaz appointed Acting Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Government]. China Economic News (in Chinese (China)). 1 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021.
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