Kazakh poet, journalist and politician (1953-2021)
Aron Atabek
Арон Атабек
Atabek in prison, 2012
Leader of the Alash National Freedom Party
In office April 1990 – 24 November 2021
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Office established
Succeeded by
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Personal details
Born
Aron Qabyşūly Nutuşev
(1953-01-31)31 January 1953 Naryn Khuduk, Kalmyk ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
24 November 2021(2021-11-24) (aged 68) Almaty, Kazakhstan
Nationality
Kazakh
Political party
Alash
Children
Alma Nutusheva
Alma mater
Kazakh State University Leningrad State University
Profession
Poet, author, journalist, political activist
Aron Qabyşūly Edigeev (born Aron Qabyşūly Nutuşev, Kazakh: Арон Қабышұлы Едігеев, Нутушев; 31 January 1953 – 24 November 2021), better known as Aron Atabek (Kazakh: Арон Атабек), was a Kazakh writer, poet and dissident.[1]
He was a leader of an independent Alash National Freedom Party, and the president of the political council of the Kazak Memleketi, the Kazakhstan National Front.[2] After Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991 upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was a critic of the government and President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[3] He was an author of several poems and a book critical of the Kazakh government, for which he was imprisoned for fifteen years. He was released in October 2021, and died a month later on 24 November, while being treated in a hospital in Almaty for COVID-19.[4]
^Giorgobiani, Natia (1 October 2021). "Kazakhstan court frees dissident Aron Atabek from prison". Perild. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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^"Released After 18 Years In Prison, Dissident Kazakh Poet Dies After COVID-19 Hospitalization". rferl.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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