November 15. Today's Birthdays

Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the November 15.

Birthdays
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Member of the Ulttyq Kurultai under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Shaimardan NURUMOV was born in 1950 in Almaty region. He is a graduate of the Lenin Tashkent State University. prior to taking up his recent post he served as the deputy of the Majilis of the Kazakh Parliament of the VI convocation, member of the Economic Reforms and Regional Development Committee.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Croatia Akylbek KAMALDINOV was born in 1961 in Turkistan region. He graduated from the Kirov Kazakh State University, Japanese Language Institute, and London School of Economics and Political Science. Throughout his diplomatic career, Kamaldinov served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and was Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Japan in 2007-2016. Between 2016 and 2018 he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also was Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Canada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Cuba concurrently. He was appointed to his recent post in June 2023.

First deputy akim (governor) of Akmola region Yeldos RAMAZANOV was born in 1971 in Karaganda city. He is a graduate of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Buketov Karaganda State University. He was designated to his recent post in May 2023.

Head of the State secrets protection and special communications department of the Office of the Kazakh Government Beibitkali AITKESHULY was born in 1977 in Karaganda region. He is a graduate of the Seifullin Akmola Agrarian University and the Turan-Astana University. Throughout his career he worked for the Office of the Kazakh Prime Minister and the President’s Executive Office. He took up his recent post in February 2023.

Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arken UTENOV was born in 1983 in Almaty city. He is a graduate of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout his career, he held posts at the President’s Executive Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed to his recent post in October 2020.

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Kazakh writer, playwright, and one of the founders of the Kazakh literature Beimbet (Bimukhamet) MAILIN was born in 1894 in Turgai region and passed away in 1938. In 1911-1912 he was taught by a local mullah at Arghynbai hajja madrasah, later he attended Galiya madrasah in Ufa, and then worked as a teacher and contributed to several newspapers. In 1938, Mailin was arrested on a charge of anti-revolutionary, bourgeois-nationalist, and counter-revolutionary activity and executed by shooting. In 1957, Beimbet Mailin was fully rehabilitated. He authored 25 theatrical pieces, librettos, screens, and poems.

Teacher, writer, honored scientist of the Kazakh SSR, Doctor of Science (Philology), professor, member of the Academy of pedagogical sciences of USSR, laureate of Shokan Ualikhanov state prize and Science Academy of the Kazakh SSR, and hero of the Soviet Union Malik GABDULLIN was born in 1915 in Akmola region and passed away in 1973. He was a graduate of the Abai Kazakh Teacher's Training Institute. Since the age of 14 he was raised in the family of well-known Kazakhstani writer Sabit Mukanov. In 1935-1937 he served in the army. After the military service, Gabdullin worked at a number of newspapers. During the Great Patriotic War he joined the Kalininskiy front in 1941-1945 and was named the Hero of the Soviet Union for his heroism. After the war he dedicated his life to teaching and research.

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