Abish Kekilbayev

Abish Kekilbayev (Kazakh: Әбіш Кекілбайұлы, Ábish Kekilbaıuly; 6 December 1939 – 11 December 2015)[1] was a Kazakh and Soviet politician, Hero of Labor, National writer of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize, a philologist, academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, Emeritus Professor of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and of the L. Gumilyov Eurasian State University.[2]

Abish Kekilbayev
Senator of Kazakhstan
In office
October 2005 – March 2010
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Succeeded byMukhtar Altynbayev
In office
February 2002 – October 2005
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
State Secretary of Kazakhstan
In office
30 October 1996 – 29 January 2002
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byAkhmetzhan Yessimov
Succeeded byKassym-Jomart Tokayev
The Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Kazakhstan
In office
5 February 1994 – 11 March 1995
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded bySerikbolsyn Abdildin
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1939-12-06)6 December 1939
Ondy, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died11 December 2015(2015-12-11) (aged 76)
Astana, Kazakhstan
NationalityKazakh
Alma materAl-Farabi Kazakh National University

Early life and career

Born in the village of Ondy, in 1962, Kekilbayev graduated from the philological faculty of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

In the Soviet period he served as the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Kazakh SSR, the second secretary of Board of the Union of Writers, the head of department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Head of the Records Office for Culture and Inter-Ethnic Relations of the Kazakh SSR Presidential Administration, the editor-in-chief of the Egemen Kazakhstan newspaper, the literary employee of the Kazakh adebiety newspaper, the head of literature and art department of the Leninshyl zhas newspaper editorial office.

Political career
Kekilbayev at the session of the Supreme Council, 1993

Member of the Supreme Council and Mazhilis (1990–1996)

In 1990, Kekilbayev was elected as MP of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR of the 12th Convocation. From there, he was the chairman of Committee on National Policy, Cultural Development and Language. From April 1994 through May 1995, he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan of the 13th Convocation which put the prerequisites of further development of parliamentarianism in Kazakhstan. Kekilbayev noted that the "creation of professional Parliament can be called without any stretch, one of the biggest events in the socio-political life of this year. Undoubtedly, the beginning of its work will enter the Kazakhstani historic calendar as one of the notable milestones in formation of new statehood and democracy… We have never had a professional Parliament and we have to act by the method of trials and errors… Gradually goes the crystallization of powers of the Supreme Soviet, possessing new status."[3]

On the eve of Kazakhstan independence, he was addressing the issues of Kazakh language, onomastics, national history, socio-cultural aspects and international relations.

In May 1995, Kekilbayev was appointed State Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In December 1995. he was elected as a member of the Mazhilis for the 1st convocation. From there, he served as chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security[4]

Later political career (1996–2010)

From 30 October 1996 to 29 January 2002, he served as State Secretary of Kazakhstan. In 2002, was an Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. That same year, Kekilbayev was appointed member of the Senate of Kazakhstan by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Senator of 2nd, 3rd and 4th convocations. A member of National Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Assembly of people of Kazakhstan. A member of the Organization of the Central Asian states. A member of the group of cooperation with the Congress of the US, with House of Councillors of Japan, with the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia.[5][6][7]

Bibliography

He translated into the Kazakh language the novels by Guy de Maupassant "Pierre et Jean", "Une vie ou L'Humble Vérité," Chingiz Aitmatov's story "Cranes Fly Early" and participated in the translation of Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" and I.Bunin's works. "King Lear", "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare, "Princess Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi, "On the Night of the Lunar Eclipse" by Mustai Karim, "Don Juan oder Die Liebe zur Geometrie" by Max Frisch and "Ghosst" by Henrik Ibsen were also translated by Kekilbayev and were included in the repertoires of Kazakhstani theatres.

aKekilbayev is the author of a collection of poems "Golden Rays" (1963) and a collection of stories "A Flock of Cloud" (1966), "Steppe Ballades" (1968), articles "Face to Face with Time", essays "Cranes", "Steppe Ballades", "Snow in March", "The Ballades of the Forgotten Years", "The End of a Legend" and "Pleiades - Constellations of Hopes." [8]

Ballad of Forgotten Years is translated into English and published by Stacey International (London, UK). This book by Kazakhstan's most venerated writers in the bardic vein a prose ballad of the ancient rivalry between his Kazakh forebears and Turkmen neighbors on their illimitable sun-scorched (or snow-carpeted) steppe, in the unceasing nomadic contest for pasture, animals, and sometimes women.[9]

Honours

Kekilbayev has been awarded the Order of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and the Order of Otan for the significant contribution to the development of Kazakhstan.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the eve of the Independence Day awarded Kekilbayev the Highest State Title "Kazakhstannyn Enbek Eri" for his services to the country and contribution to the development of culture and literature, his active public activity. The head of state personally presented him this highest honor.[10] Nazarbayev said that he presented the title to Kekilbayev at the solemn event devoted to his 70th anniversary. He stated that "his works as well as political and public activity represent his significant contribution to the strengthening of Independence, establishment of a new state, formation of high spiritual life of our society."[11]

Kazakhstan
  • Hero of Labor, 2009
  • Orden Otan
  • Orden of the First President - Nursultan Nazarbayev [12]
  • Medal "Astana"
  • Medal "10 Years of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "10th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Railway of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "10 Years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "10 Years of the City of Astana"
  • Medal "20 Years of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
  • Medal "20th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan"

Soviet Union

References
  1. "Kazakhstan mourns over death of prominent public and political figure Abish Kekilbayev". inform.kz. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. "L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University Honored Professors". enu.kz.
  3. "History of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". parlam.kz.
  4. "Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". parlam.kz.
  5. "Deputies of the second convocation of Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". parlam.kz.
  6. "Deputies of the third convocation of Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". parlam.kz.
  7. "Deputies of the fourth convocation of Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". parlam.kz.
  8. "Bibliography of Abish Kekilbayev". Kazakh.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  9. "Ballad of Forgotten Years by Abish Kekilbayev". Stacey International.
  10. "Abish Kekilbayev has been awarded the Highest State Title "Kazakhstannyn Yenbek Yeri"". www.akorda.kz.
  11. "President Nursultan Nazarbayev Presents State Decorations and Prizes for 2009 at Akorda". www.akorda.kz.
  12. "Recipients of state awards". Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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