Dinmukhamed Kunaev

Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Дінмұхаммед Қонаев
Kunaev in 1952
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR
In office
7 December 1964  16 December 1986
Preceded byIsmail Yusupov
Succeeded byGennady Kolbin
In office
19 January 1960  26 December 1962
Preceded byNikolay Belyayev
Succeeded byIsmail Yusupov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
In office
26 December 1962  7 December 1964
Preceded byMasymkhan Beysembayev
Succeeded byMasymkhan Beysembayev
In office
31 March 1955  29 January 1960
Preceded byElubay Taibekov
Succeeded byZhumabek Tashenev
Full member of the 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th Politburo
In office
9 April 1971  28 January 1987
Candidate member of the 23rd Politburo
In office
8 April 1966  9 April 1971
Personal details
Born(1912-01-12)12 January 1912
Verny, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire (now Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Died22 August 1993(1993-08-22) (aged 81)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Resting placeKensai cemetery
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1989)
SpouseZukhra Sharipovna Yalymova (1918-1990)
ChildrenNo
ProfessionMining engineer

Dinmukhamed Akhmetuly "Dimash" Kunaev (also spelled Kunayev; Kazakh: Дінмұхаммед (Димаш) Ахметұлы Қонаев, romanized: Dınmūhammed (Dimaş) Ahmetūly Qonaev, Russian: Динмухаме́д Ахме́дович (Минлиахмедович) Куна́ев, romanized: Dinmukhamed Akhmedovich (Minliakhmedovich) Kunaev; 12 January 1912 [O.S. 31 December 1911] – 22 August 1993) was a Kazakh Soviet communist politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.