December 17. Today's Birthdays

Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 17th of December.

Birthdays
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NAMES

Chairman of the Public Council of JSC NC Prodcorporation Kadyrkhan OTAROV was born in 1953 in Aktobe region. He graduated from the West Kazakhstan Agricultural Institute. Throughout his career he worked mostly in Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector.

President of the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism Kairat ZAKIRYANOV was born in 1954 in East Kazakhstan region. He is a graduate of the Kazakh State University and the USSR Academy of Science. He took up his current post in 2009.

Deputy of the Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament of the 8th convocation Yerlan STAMBEKOV was born in 1966 in Almaty. He graduated from the Almaty Architecture and Construction Institute. He was appointed to his recent post in March 2023.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Thailand Arman ISSETOV was born on this day 47 years ago in Kostanay region. HE graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh State University. throughout his career he worked for the Kazakh Foreign Ministry and as first deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan at Un in NYC. He was designated to his recent post in April 2022.

Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurzhan KADZHIAKBAROV was born in 1979 in Almaty. He is a graduate of the Kazakh State Academy of Management and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He was appointed to his current post in April 2022.

Director of the National Testing Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan YEMELBAYEV was born in 1981 in East Kazakhstan region. He graduated from the Buketov Karaganda State University and the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogic University. He took up his recent post in October 2021.

One of the founders of the Kazakh linguistics, scholar, teacher, critical, historian, translator and public figure Telzhan SHONANULY (1894-1938) was also born on this day 128 years ago.

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