Yerik Asanbayev

Yerik Asanbayev
Yerik Asanbayev
Ерік Асанбаев
Vice President of Kazakhstan
	In office; 16 December 1991 – 22 February 1996
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Vice President of Kazakh SSR
	In office; 16 October 1991 – 16 December 1991
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Sergey Tereshchenko
Succeeded by	Himself
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
	In office; 25 April 1990 – 16 October 1991
Preceded by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Succeeded by	Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Personal details
Born	10 March 1936; Baigabul, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	23 August 2004 (aged 68); Almaty, Kazakhstan

Erik Magzumuly Asanbayev (Kazakh: Ерік Мағзұмұлы Асанбаев, Erık Mağzūmūly Asanbaev; 10 March 1936 – 23 August 2004) was a Kazakh statesman and vice-president of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1996.^[1]

Biography

Yerik Asanbayev was born on 10 March 1936, in Baigabul village, Amangeldi District, Turgai province.^[2] In 1958, he graduated from Kazakh State University majoring in Economics. In 1963, he graduated from Moscow Finance Institute, obtaining a PhD in Economics.

Career

From 1959 to 1967, Asanbayev was teaching and working on scientific projects in Moscow and Almaty. In 1963 he became the head of financial planning department and interbranch balance at the scientific and research institute of economics at State Planning Agency of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.^[2]

He was a member of the council of ministers of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan from 1967 to 1986, and then become the deputy head of department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan. In 1988 he was appointed as deputy Chairman of the council of ministers of Kazakh SSR. In 1989 he became the secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Kazakh SSR.^[2]

In April 1990, Asanbayev became the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR. On 16 October 1991, Asanbayev was elected as the Vice President of Kazakh SSR by the Supreme Soviet.^[3] In December 1991, he was elected in popular elections.^[4] He continued as the vice president of Nursultan Nazarbayev until February 1996,^[5] when he was reassigned as Ambassador to Germany where he served until July 2000.^[2]

Awards

Otan (1995)
Barys (2000)
Honor Sign
Medals

References

^ Cummings, Sally (2005). Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite. I.B.Tauris. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9781860648540.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Скончался бывший вице-президент Казахстана Ерик Асанбаев | Номад | 24.08.2004". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.
^ "День за днем. 17 октября 1991 года | Ельцин Центр". www.yeltsincenter.ru.
^ Vassiliev, Alexei (1 September 2013). Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567742.
^ Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857432176.

External links

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[1] Cummings, Sally (2005). Kazakhstan: Power and the Elite. I.B.Tauris. pp. 23–24. ISBN 9781860648540.

[obituary-2] "Скончался бывший вице-президент Казахстана Ерик Асанбаев | Номад | 24.08.2004". 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22.

[3] "День за днем. 17 октября 1991 года | Ельцин Центр". www.yeltsincenter.ru.

[4] Vassiliev, Alexei (1 September 2013). Central Asia: Political and Economic Challenges in the Post-Soviet Era. Saqi. ISBN 9780863567742.

[5] Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857432176.

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