Ismail Yusupov

Ismail Abdrasulovich Yusupov
Юсупов
ئىسمايىل يۈسۈپ
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR
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 (2)
Order of Red Banner
Military service
Branch/serviceRed Army
Years of service1940–1942
Battles/wars

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.[1] 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.