Seit Memetovich Tairov (Russian: Сеит Меметович Таиров; 25 April 1928 – 4 October 1989) was the highest-ranking Crimean Tatar politician in Soviet Union after the Sürgün, having risen to prominence as a leader in Akkurgan and then first secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee of the Communist Party.

For his role in the development of Akkurgan he was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour in 1972 and received by Leonid Brezhnev when he visited the Uzbek SSR, who suggested that he be promoted to first secretary of the Jizzakh regional committee, which he began in 1973.

In his capacity as secretary he publicly supported Crimean Tatar cultural initiatives such as the Haytarma dance ensemble, but described the group as "worse than the most seedy amateur circle" in a private letter to Sharof Rashidov.

In addition to his regional positions he was a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1974 to 1979 and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Uzbek SSR.

[2][3][4] After being relieved of his post as first secretary of Jizzakh for financial corruption in 1978 he was briefly appointed as Minister of Forestry for the Uzbek SSR, but was forced to leave upon being expelled from the party not long afterward.