Maksut Narikbaev


Maksut Sultanuly Narikbaev was a 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.

Biography

Maksut Narikbaev was born in 1940 in Taldykorgan District of Almaty Region. 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 Narikbaev was the State Prosecutor of Kazakhstan, subsequently until September 2000 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan.
Narikbaev died on October 12, 2015 at the age of 75 in Astana.