Zhagda Babalykov
Kazakh politician
Zhagda Babalykov (Kazakh: Жағда Бабалықұлы Бабалықов, romanized: Jağda Babalıqulı Babalıqov; 1 November 1917 – 3 April 2010) was a Kazakh politician who served as governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture between 1955 and 1958, and chairman of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between 1955 and 1959.
Biography
Zhagda Babalykov was born in the village of Kuzhyrtai, at the foot of the Zhaiyr Mountains, on 1 November 1917. His father, Babalyk, born in 1860, was the only child in the family. He studied at a Kazakh school, then in the Tatar language school, then in 1941-1943 he graduated from the gymnasium in the city of Tacheng. That same time, he gathered educated Kazakhs, organized an underground national liberation organization and began active activities in the struggle for independence. For his freedom-loving views and actions, he was arrested and imprisoned more than once. In 1943–1947, while studying at the university in Ürümqi, he was arrested for nationalist actions and imprisoned.
After the founding of the Communist State, he became governor of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in June 1955, and held that office until 1958. He also served as conference chairmen from May 1955 to September 1959.
In 1962, he arrived in Kazakhstan along with others.
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