Born: 19 July 1938 on Belbasar state farm in the Chu District of Zhambyl Oblast

Married with three children

1962 -- completes Kyrgyz State University

1962-63 -- senior economist on state farm

1963-64 -- teacher at Alma-Ata Institute of Economics

1964-67 -- graduate student at Moscow State University

1968-84 -- director, section chief, deputy director, department head at Kazakh Scientific-Research Institute for economics and organization of agriculture

1984-88 -- director of sheep husbandry at Kazakh Scientific-Research Technical Institute

1988-89 -- director at Kazakh Scientific-Research Institute of economics and organization at APK

1991-96 -- president of Kazakh Academy of Agricultural Sciences

October 1999-present -- deputy in the Mazhilis

October 2000-present -- chairman of Aul Social Democratic Party