Maksut Narikbaev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sūltanūly and the family name is Närıkbaev.

Maqsūt Sūltanūly Närıkbaev^[a] (Kazakh: Мақсұт Сұлтанұлы Нәрікбаев; 9 May 1940 – 12 October 2015) was a Soviet-Kazakh jurist, who served as the third Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. Between 2004 and 2012, he served as the chairman of the Democratic Party Adilet. In 2012, he retired as the chairman and was elected an honorary chairman of the party.^[1]

Maksut Narikbaev
Мақсұт Нәрікбаев
3rd Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan
In office June 1996 – September 2000
Preceded by	Mikhail Makalov
Succeeded by	Kairat Mami
Personal details
Born	(1940-05-09)9 May 1940 Erkin, Taldykorgan District, Alma-Ata Oblast, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Jetisu Region, Kazakhstan)
Died	12 October 2015(2015-10-12) (aged 75) Astana, Kazakhstan
Profession	Jurist

Närıkbaev's grave at the National Pantheon of Kazakhstan

Biography

Närıkbaev was born in 1940 to a Sunni Muslim Kazakh family in Taldykorgan District of Almaty Region. He is the son of Sūltan Närıkbaev.

Between 1968 and 1978, he studied law in the Kazakh State University in Almaty. From 1987, he was employed by the State Prosecutor of Kazakhstan. He held degrees of the candidate of science and the doctor of science. Between October 1995 and June 1996, Närıkbaev was the State Prosecutor of Kazakhstan, subsequently until September 2000, he was the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan.^[1]

Närıkbaev died on 12 October 2015 at the age of 75 in Astana.^[2] He is buried at the National Pantheon of Kazakhstan.^[3]

Notes

1. Often transliterated as Maksut Sultanovich Narikbayev through a Russified Romanization of Максут Султанович Нарикбаев.