Myrzageldy Kemel Explained

Myrzageldy Kemel
Office1:Deputy of the Supreme Kenges of Kazakhstan
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:1994
Office:Deputy of the Mazhilis
Term Start:1995
Term End:2004
Birth Place:Maktaaral District, Chimkent Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (present-day Republic of Kazakhstan)
Birth Date:15 January 1949
Nationality:Soviet, later Kazakhstani
Alma Mater:Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers
Dulati Zhambyl University, Faculty of Law
Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan

Myrzageldy Kemel (Kazakh: Мырзагелді Кемел; Russian: link=no|Мырзагельды Кемел; 15 January 1949  - 18 July 2020) was a Kazakhstani writer, politician and academic. He was a member of the Supreme Kenges from 1994 to 1995 and a member of the Mazhilis from 1995 to 2004. He published 10 books about spirituality. His best known book was called Mind Pocket (Kazakh: Ақыл қалта)

Biography

Kemel was born in the Maktaaral District of the Chimkent Oblast, now known as the Turkistan Region of the Kazakh S.S.R. In 1971, he graduated from Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers with a specialty in rural electrification. He became the director of a Sovkhoz, a state owned farm in 1975 and worked in the role until 1992. At the same time, he was a member of the Communist Party and served in the local Soviet.[1]

In 1994, he was elected as a deputy in the Supreme Kenges. The original vote was invalidated by the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan.[2] In the 1995 Kazakh legislative election, he became a deputy of the Mazhilis, the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan. In 2000, Kemel graduated with a law degree from the Dulati Zhambyl University. In 2004, he earned a PhD in economics. He was a professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan.

Writer

As a professor, he authored over 100 scientific articles. He published two magazines in Kazakhstan, World and Ecology and Sustainable Development. He published ten books related to spirituality. Among his titles were Mind Pocket, Alphabet of Abzaldyk and Lessons for Myself.

Death

Kemel died on 18 July 2020.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Жазушы, қоғам қайраткері Мырзагелді Кемел өмірден озды. ktk.kz. Kazakh. 22 July 2020.
  2. News: Kazakh 'Rerun:' A Brief History Of Kazakhstan's Presidential Elections . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 March 2015.
  3. News: Жазушы Мырзагелді Кемел өмірден озды. Kazakh. Baq.kz. 22 July 2020.