Habib Yunich

Habib Yunich
Хәбиб Юнич
Yunich in 1932
Education Minister of the East Turkestan Republic
In office 18 November 1944 – January 1945
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Saifuddin Azizi
Personal details
Born	1906 (1906) Ghulja, Xinjiang Province, Great Qing
Died	January 1945 (aged 38–39) Ghulja, East Turkestan Republic
Parent	Faziljan Yunich (father)
Occupation	Educator, journalist
Chinese name
Chinese	海比甫·玉尼奇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎibǐfǔ Yùníqí
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	海比甫·尤尼切夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎibǐfǔ Yóuníqièfū
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	哈比卜·約奇
Simplified Chinese	哈比卜·约奇
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hābǐbo Yuēqí
Uyghur name
Uyghur	يۈنىچ خەبىب فازىلجانۇلى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Yünich Xebib Faziljanuli
Russian name
Russian	Хабиб Юничев
Romanization	Khabib Yunichev
Tatar name
Tatar	Юнич Хәбиб Фазылҗан улы Yüniç Xäbib Fazılcan ulı [jyˈniɕ xæˈbib fʌzɤɫˈʑɑn uɫɯ]

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Habib Yunich (also russified as Yunichev; 1906–1945) was a Chinese Tatar educator, journalist, and politician. He served as the Second East Turkestan Republic's first education minister, from the state's establishment in 1944 until his sudden death from typhus in 1945. He was succeeded by his deputy Saifuddin Azizi.

A highly educated polyglot, Yunich was concerned primarily with improving the cultural and educational institutions of his hometown Ghulja (Yining). He founded the city's first public library and Uyghur-language newspaper.