December 23. Today's Birthdays
Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 23rd of December.
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Head of the operation and criminalistics department of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik SADYKOV was born in 1963 in Almaty. He is a graduate of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Construction and Motorway Institute and the Konayev University of Humanities.
Olympic champion of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olga SHISHIGINA was born in 1968 in Almaty city. She is a graduate of the Kazakh Physical Culture Institute, the Kazakh Academy of Tourism and Sport and the Kazakh School of TV Journalism. Shishigina is renowned for her successful track and field career. She is the winner of Kazakhstan, international, Asian, European sports event. Shishigina clinched gold in 100m hurdles event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She served as the Majilis deputy of the Kazakh Parliament in 2016-2021.
Kazakhstani director, actor, playwright and producer Akhan SATAYEV was born in 1971 in Karaganda city. He graduated from the Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts. Satayev is the founder of Sataifilm Film Studio and the Astana Film Fund. He was appointed to his recent post in July 2020. He was the President of JSC Kazakhfilm named after Shaken Aimanov between 2020 and 2022.
Deputy chairman of the legal statistics and special records committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat KUSSAINOV was born in 1978. He graduated from the Kazakh State Law University. He was appointed to his recent post in August 2022.
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Member of the Alash movement Bizhan (Bizhanali) ZHANKADAMOV (1889-1937) was born in 1889 in Uralsk region. He studied at a military college and the Kazan veterinary institute. After the February revolution, he became actively involved in the social and political life of his home country. In 1937, he was falsely accused and sentenced to to be shot. He was fully rehabilitated upon the decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan only in September 1992.
Composer, honored arts worker of Kazakhstan Mynzhassar MANGITAYEV (1937-2011) was born in Turkistan region. He was a graduate of the Alma-Ata Institute of Arts. He composed hundreds of musical pieces.
