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'''Ismail Amat''' ({{zh|s=司马义·艾买提}};{{lang-ug|ئىسمائىل ئەھمەد|lat=Isma'il Ehmet}}; born 1935) is an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] politician born in [[Qira County]], [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]. He joined the work force in [[Hotan]] in 1952, and the [[Communist Party of China]] in 1953.

In 1954 Ismail Amat was elected magistrate of Qira County. In 1972–1985 he was head of the Organization Department of the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Revolutionary Committee. From 1979 to 1985 he was the Chairman (Governor) of Xinjiang. In 1988 he became Vice-Chairman of the 7th National Committee of the CPPCC.

Ismail Amat was member of the 10th to 16th CPC Central Committees.

==References==
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Song|editor1-first=Yuwu|title=Biographical dictionary of the People's Republic of China|date=2013|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=9781476602981|pages=9–10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGbyzKLVh30C&pg=PA9}}

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