Turdakun Usubaliev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Usubalievich and the family name is Usubaliev.

Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev (Kyrgyz: Турдакун Усубалиевич Усубалиев; 6 November 1919 – 7 September 2015) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz politician who served as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia^[a] between 1961 and 1985.^[2]

Turdakun Usubaliev
Турдакун Усубалиев
First Secretary of Communist Party of Kirghizia
In office 9 May 1961 – 2 November 1985
Preceded by	Iskhak Razzakov
Succeeded by	Absamat Masaliyev
Personal details
Born	(1919-11-06)6 November 1919 Kochkor, Turkestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Kyrgyzstan)
Died	7 September 2015(2015-09-07) (aged 95) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union United Kyrgyzstan
Spouse	Guljake Niyazalievna
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter
Alma mater	Kyrgyz National Institute Moscow State Pedagogical University

Biography

He was born in a peasant family in Kochkor. In 1941, he graduated from the Kyrgyz National Institute, and in 1955 the Moscow State Pedagogical University in absentia. In 1941, he was an activist of the Communist Party from 1941 to 1945, and a deputy head of department in the district committee, and the instructor of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Kirghizia. From 1945 to 1955, he was the instructor of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and from 1955 to 1956 editor of the newspaper of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. From 1956 to 1958, he was the head of one of the departments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia, and from 1958 to 1961, he was First Secretary of the Frunze City Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia. Then, from 9 May 1961 until his retirement on 2 November 1985, he was the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kirghizia. In June 2008 he was a co-founder of the political movement "Great Kyrgyzstan".

Usubaliev died in Bishkek in September 2015 at the age of 95.^[3]

Usubaliev on a 2019 stamp of Kyrgyzstan

Notes

1. Kirghizia was a term historically used to refer to modern-day Kyrgyzstan until 1991, and it is today viewed as an archaism.^[1]

References

1. Manaher, Shawn. "Kirghizia vs Kyrgyzstan: Which Should You Use In Writing?". The Content Authority. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
2. "Ушел из жизни Турдакун Усубалиев, 24 года возглавлявший Киргизскую ССР". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 7 September 2015.
3. Turdakun Usubaliev (Obituary). Kgembassy.org (9 September 2015). Retrieved on 2018-05-09.

Political offices
Preceded by Iskhak Razzakov	First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia 1961 – 1985	Succeeded by Absamat Masaliyev