Ismail Yusupov

Ismail Abdurasulovich Yusupov (Uyghur: ئىسمايىل يۈسۈپ, Kazakh: Ысмайыл Юсупов: (12 May 1914 – 16 May 2005) was a member of the Uyghur minority and a Soviet Communist from 1962 to 1964 and in that era he was first secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. After Khrushchev was ousted in 1964, Yusupov was replaced with Dinmukhamed Akhmedovich Kunayev, a close friend of Brezhnev's. Until his retirement in 1971, he held several lower functions in the field of agriculture.

Ismail Abdrasulovich Yusupov
Юсупов
ئىسمايىل يۈسۈپ
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan
In office
26 December 1962  7 December 1964
Preceded byDinmukhamed Kunaev
Succeeded byDinmukhamed Kunaev
Personal details
Born(1914-05-12)12 May 1914
Sofiiskaya, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire
(now Talgar, Kazakhstan)
Died17 May 2005(2005-05-17) (aged 91)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
NationalityUyghur
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1939-1991)
AwardsOrder of Lenin (twice)
Order of Red Banner
Military service
Branch/serviceRed Army
Years of service1940-1942
Battles/warsWorld War II
  • Siege of Leningrad
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