Elihan Tore | |
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President of the East Turkestan Republic | |
In office 12 November 1944 – 16 June 1946 | |
Preceded by | Republic established |
Succeeded by | Ehmetjan Qasim (as President of the Ili District Council)[1][2][3][4] |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 March 1884 Tokmok, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire (modern day Kyrgyzstan) |
Died | 28 February 1976 (age 91) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan) |
Profession | Politician, Poet, Scholar |
Military service | |
Rank | Marshal of National Army |
Elihan Tore (Uyghur: ئەلىخان تۆرە; Chinese: 艾力汗·吐烈; 21 March 1884 – 28 February 1976) was the President of the Second East Turkestan Republic. He was born in Tokmok, formerly known as Balasagun, Kyrgyzstan and in 1920 he escaped from the Soviet Union to Kashgar in East Turkestan. In April 1944, Elihan Tore along with Abdulkerim Abbas, Xabib Yunich and nine others formed a liberation organization in Ghulja (Yining) to free East Turkestan of Chinese Nationalist rule.[5] On 11 November 1944, they launched the Ili Rebellion with the support of the Soviet Union.[5]