Abish Kekilbayev
Abish Kekilbayev (sometimes Kekilbayuly, Kazakh: Әбіш Кекілбайұлы, Äbış Kekılbaiūly, [æbɘʂ kʲekɘlbajo̙ɫɯ]; 6 December 1939 – 11 December 2015) was a Kazakh National writer and politician who served as a Senator of Kazakhstan from 2002 to 2010, State Secretary of Kazakhstan from 1996 to 2002, and the Supreme Council Chairman from 1994 until its dissolution in 1995.
Abish Kekilbayev | |
|---|---|
| State Secretary of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 30 October 1996 – 29 January 2002 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Akhmetzhan Yessimov |
| Succeeded by | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 24 February 2002 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Member of the Mazhilis | |
| In office 9 December 1995 – 30 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | 41st Mangystau |
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | |
| In office 5 February 1994 – 11 March 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Serikbolsyn Abdildin |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the Supreme Council | |
| In office 25 March 1990 – 11 March 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | 166th Bayanaul (1990) 94th Mangystau (1994) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1939 Ondy, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 11 December 2015 (aged 76) Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Alma mater | Al-Farabi Kazakh National University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1968–1970 |
| Battles/wars | Sino-Soviet border conflict |
During the Soviet period, Kekilbayev worked as literary writer in which his work have become a noticeable phenomenon in the literary life of Kazakhstan. He served as the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Kazakh SSR, the second secretary of Board of the Union of Writers, the head of department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Head of the Records Office for Culture and Inter-Ethnic Relations of the Kazakh SSR Presidential Administration, the editor-in-chief of the Yegemen Qazaqstan newspaper, the literary employee of the Kazakh adebiety newspaper, the head of literature and art department of the Leninshyl jas newspaper editorial office.
Throughout his life Kekilbayev was recognized with several awards and titles such as Hero of Labour, National Writer of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize, a philologist, academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, Emeritus Professor of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and of the L. Gumilyov Eurasian State University. Nickname – Abish Tagan