Turdakun Usubaliev

{{Family name hatnote|Usubaly uulu|Usubaliev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Turdakun Usubaliev

| native_name = {{nobold|Турдакун Усубалиев}}

| native_name_lang = ky

| image = Turdakun Usubaliev portrait.jpg

| office = First Secretary of Communist Party of Kirghizia

| termend = 2 November 1985

| termstart = 9 May 1961

| predecessor = Iskhak Razzakov

| successor = Absamat Masaliyev

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|11|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kochkor, Turkestan ASSR, Russian SFSR (now Kyrgyzstan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|09|07|1919|11|06|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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| spouse = Guljake Niyazalievna

| children = 2 sons and 1 daughter

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Turdakun Usubaly uulu Usubaliev{{efn|{{langx|ky|Турдакун Усубалы уулу Усубалиев}}; {{langx|ru|Турдакун Усубалиевич Усубалиев|translit=Turdakun Usubaliyevich Usubaliyev}}}} (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{{efn|Kirghizia was a term historically used to refer to modern-day Kyrgyzstan until 1991, and it is today viewed as an archaism.{{Cite web |last=Manaher |first=Shawn |title=Kirghizia vs Kyrgyzstan: Which Should You Use In Writing? |url=https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/kirghizia-vs-kyrgyzstan |access-date=18 June 2023 |website=The Content Authority}}}} between 1961 and 1985.{{cite web|url=http://ria.ru/world/20150907/1234503231.html|title=Ушел из жизни Турдакун Усубалиев, 24 года возглавлявший Киргизскую ССР|work=RIA Novosti|date= 7 September 2015|language=Russian}}

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.[http://www.kgembassy.org/en/novosti/turdakun-usubaliev-obituary/ Turdakun Usubaliev (Obituary)]. Kgembassy.org (9 September 2015). Retrieved on 2018-05-09.

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