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 by | Dinmukhamed Kunaev |
| Succeeded by | Dinmukhamed Kunaev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1914 Sofiiskaya, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire (now Talgar, Kazakhstan) |
| Died | 17 May 2005 (aged 91) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| 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. 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.