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
ChairmanWu Bangguo
State Councilor of China
In office
1993–2003
PremierLi PengZhu Rongji
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
10 April 1988  27 March 1993
ChairmanLi Xiannian
Director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission
In office
20 January 1986  18 March 1998
Preceded byYang Jingren
Succeeded byLi Dezhu
Chairman of Xinjiang
In office
1979–1985
Preceded byWang Feng
Succeeded byTömür Dawamat
Personal details
BornSeptember 1935
Qira County, Xinjiang
Died16 October 2018(2018-10-16) (aged 83)
Beijing
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral 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 of Xinjiang, 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.