Isma'il Mexsut

Isma'il Mexsut
Isma'il Mexsut
ئىسمائىل مەخسۇت
Mayor of Ürümqi
	In office; 1983–1987
Party Secretary	Liu Sicong [zh]
Preceded by	Ubrihari Isma'il
Succeeded by	Yüsup Eysa
Personal details
Born	April 1932; Shufu County, Xinjiang, Republic of China
Died	August 14, 2017 (aged 85); Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	司马义·买合苏提
Traditional Chinese	司馬義·買合蘇提
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sīmǎyì Mǎihésūtí

Isma'il Mexsut (Uyghur: ئىسمائىل مەخسۇت, romanized: Isma'il Mexsut; April 1932 – 14 August 2017) was a Chinese politician of Uyghur origin who served as mayor of Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, from 1983 to 1987.^[1]^[2] He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.^[3]

Biography

Isma'il Mexsut was born in Shufu County, Xinjiang, in April 1932, during the Republic of China.^{[citation needed]}

He entered the workforce in February 1950, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 1953. He was principal of the High School of Yecheng County in 1950 before getting involved in politics in Kashgar Prefecture in 1958. In 1973, he was assigned to Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and appointed deputy director and CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of the Culture and Education Office and CCP Committee Secretary of the Education Bureau. In 1979, he took office as deputy head of the Organization Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, a position he held until 1983, when he was promoted to mayor of Ürümqi. In 1987, he was transferred to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and appointed deputy political commissar.^{[citation needed]}

On 14 August 2017, Isma'il Mexsut died from an illness in Ürümqi, aged 85.^{[citation needed]}

^ He Husheng (何虎生); Li Yaosheng (李耀东); Xiang Changfu (向常福), eds. (2003). 中华人民共和国职官志. Beijing: China Society Press. ISBN 9787800883934.
^ Sheng Ping (盛平), ed. (1991). 中国共产党人名大辞典. Beijing: China International Broadcasting Press.
^ 历届全国政协委员人名辞典. Beijing: China International Broadcasting Press. 1996. p. 286. ISBN 9787507813746.

Government offices
Preceded by Ubrihari Isma'il (吾布里海日·司马义)	Mayor of Ürümqi 1983–1987	Succeeded by Yüsup Eysa