Amina Bughra

Amina Bughra was an Uyghur politician in China. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.

Amina Bughra
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1948–1955
ConstituencyXinjiang

Biography

Bughra married Uyghur leader Muhammad Amin Bughra. She became deputy chair of the Xinjian Women's Association,[1] and was a member of the Constitutional National Assembly that drew up the Constitution of the Republic of China. She was subsequently elected to the Legislative Yuan in the 1948 elections. After being elected, she sat on the Political and Local Self-Government Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Border Committee. She resigned from the Legislative Yuan in 1955.[2]

References
  1. 新疆的國大代表羣 《國民大會特輯》 p232
  2. (45)台統(一)字第1643號(45.02.17),Presidential Official Gazette, number 681
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