Ismail Abdrasulovich Yusupov | |
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Юсупов ئىسمايىل يۈسۈپ | |
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR | |
In office 26 December 1962 – 7 December 1964 | |
Preceded by | Dinmukhamed Kunaev |
Succeeded by | Dinmukhamed Kunaev |
Personal details | |
Born | Sofiiskaya, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire (now Talgar, Kazakhstan) | 12 May 1914
Died | 17 May 2005 Almaty, Kazakhstan | (aged 91)
Nationality | Uyghur |
Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939-1991) |
Awards | Order of Lenin (2) Order of Red Banner |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1940–1942 |
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.