Dinmukhamed Kunaev

Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Дінмұхаммед Қонаев
Kunayev in 1952
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan
In office 7 December 1964 – 16 December 1986
Preceded by	Ismail Yusupov
Succeeded by	Gennady Kolbin
In office 19 January 1960 – 26 December 1962
Preceded by	Nikolay Belyayev
Succeeded by	Ismail Yusupov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR
In office 26 December 1962 – 7 December 1964
Preceded by	Masymkhan Beysembayev
Succeeded by	Masymkhan Beysembayev
In office 31 March 1955 – 29 January 1960
Preceded by	Elubay Taibekov
Succeeded by	Zhumabek 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)
Died	22 August 1993(1993-08-22) (aged 81) Almaty, Kazakhstan
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1939–1989)

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^[1] who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.