Elihan Tore (Uyghur: ئەلىخان تۆرە; English: 21 March 1884 – 28 February 1976) was the 1st 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 and ten others formed a liberation organization in Ghulja (Yining) to free East Turkestan of Chinese Nationalist rule. On 11 November 1944, they launched the Ili Rebellion with the support of the Soviet Union.
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21 March 1884 Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan
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28 February 1976 (aged 91) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (modern day Uzbekistan)
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