Bagindo Azizchan (30 September 1910 – 19 July 1947), was an Indonesian independence fighter and the second post-independence Mayor of Padang, inaugurated on 15 August 1946 replacing Abubakar Jaar.

[7] Returning to his hometown in 1935, he served as a teacher in several schools in Padang and moved multiple times to teach in other cities.

[10] He continued to fight by writing in the newspaper Tjahaja Padang, even directly leading the resistance against the Dutch until he died on 19 July 1947.

However, in Purus, Padang, his convoy was intercepted by Lieutenant Colonel van Erps who informed him of an incident in Naggalo, which was the Dutch demarcation line.

His body was buried on 20 July 1947 at 02.00 am in a large ceremony attended by civil servants and military officers at the Bahagia Heroes Cemetery.

Another monument, located at Taman Melati in the Museum Adityawarman complex, is the work of the painter Wisran Hadi and the sculptor Arby Samah.