Aiqyn Qongyrov
Aiqyn Oiratuly Qongyrov is a Kazakh politician, member of the Mazhilis, Secretary of the People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan from 2013 and the parliamentary leader from September 2018.[1]
Aiqyn Qongyrov | |
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Qongyrov in 2019 | |
Leader of the Communist People's Party in the Mazhilis | |
Assumed office 17 September 2018 | |
Leader | Vladislav Kosarev |
Preceded by | Vladislav Kosarev |
Member of the Mazhilis | |
Assumed office 20 January 2012 | |
Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist People's Party | |
Assumed office 1 June 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuibyshevskiy, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Novoishim, Kazakhstan) | 28 November 1972
Political party | Communist People's Party (2004–present) |
Education | Kokshetau State University Themis Law Academy of Karaganda |
Early life and education
Qongyrov was born in the village of Kuibyshevskiy in the Kokshetau region of Kazakh SSR. After graduating from high school in 1989, he joined worked as a locksmith at the motor depot of the Kuybyshevsky district agricultural administration. In 1997, Qongyrov graduated from Kokshetau State University. Then he entered the Themis Law Academy of Karaganda, where he received a degree in Law in 2005.
From 2004 to 2011, Qongyrov was actively engaged in entrepreneurial activities and led the News Print LLP, which was responsible for the publication of the Moscow Komsomolets in Kazakh newspapers.
Political career
In 2004, Qongyrov became a member of the Organizing Committee for the establishment of the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (QKHP) and then the head of the apparatus of the Central Committee until 2012.
From 2005 to 2006, he was the second secretary of the city committee of Almaty and then became a Member of the Bureau of the Central Committee of QKHP in 2008.
In the 2004 and 2007 Kazakh legislative election, Qongyrov was a QKHP member candidate. After that, he worked as deputy head of the republican election headquarters of QKHP.
In 2012, he was elected as a member of the Mazhilis and was reelected again recently in 2016.
On 17 September 2018, Qongyrov became the parliamentary leader of the People's Communist Party, succeeding Vladislav Kosarev.[2]
In April 2019, Qongyrov stated that he considered running for president in the 2019 Kazakh presidential election, however, the QKHP chose Jambyl Ahmetbekov who had previously ran in 2011 to be the candidate.[3]
References
- "Конуров Айкын Ойратович: Биография". www.parlam.kz.
- Бейсембаев, Динмухамед (September 17, 2018). "Новым руководителем фракции "Народные коммунисты" вместо Косарева избран Конуров". informburo.kz.
- "Коммунист Конуров готов участвовать в выборах президента". Tengrinews.kz. April 9, 2019.