Aron Atabek | |
|---|---|
Арон Атабек | |
 Atabek in prison, 2012 | |
| Leader of the Alash National Freedom Party | |
| In office April 1990 – 24 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aron Qabyşūly Nutuşev 31 January 1953 Naryn Khuduk, Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 24 November 2021 (aged 68) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Political party | Alash |
| Children | Alma Nutusheva |
| Alma mater | Kazakh State University Leningrad State University |
| Profession | Poet, author, journalist, political activist |
Aron Qabyşūly Edigeev (born Aron Qabyşūly Nutuşev, Kazakh: Арон Қабышұлы Едігеев, Нутушев; 31 January 1953 – 24 November 2021), better known as Aron Atabek (Kazakh: Арон Атабек), was a Kazakh writer, poet and dissident.[1]
He was a leader of an independent Alash National Freedom Party, and the president of the political council of the Kazak Memleketi, the Kazakhstan National Front.[2] After Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was a critic of the government and President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[3] He was an author of several poems and a book critical of the Kazakh government, for which he was imprisoned for fifteen years. He was released in October 2021, and died a month later on 24 November, while being treated in a hospital in Almaty for COVID-19.[4]
- ^ Giorgobiani, Natia (1 October 2021). "Kazakhstan court frees dissident Aron Atabek from prison". Perild. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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:3was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Released After 18 Years In Prison, Dissident Kazakh Poet Dies After COVID-19 Hospitalization". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.