Yelü Chucai, courtesy name Jinqing, was a Khitan statesman from the imperial Yelü clan of the Liao dynasty, who became a vigorous adviser and administrator of the early Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan and later his successor Ögedei Khan.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, politician
- Citizenship
- Jin dynasty, Mongol Empire
- Born
- August 3, 1189, July 24, 1190
- Died
- June 2, 1243, June 20, 1244
