Ashat Kerimbay ( kk, اسقات كەرىمباي ۇلى /Асхат Керімбай; ; b. November 1947) is a Chinese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of Kazakh ethnicity.

Biography

Ashat was born in 1947 in

Yining YiningThe official spelling according to (), also known as Ghulja ( ug, غۇلجا) or Qulja ( kk, قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan (), is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh A ...

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. He graduated from

Xinjiang University Xinjiang University (XJU) ( ug, شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, ; zh , s = 新疆大学 , p = Xīnjiāng Dàxué ) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and is a national ke ...

and joined the CCP in 1975.

References

China Vitae: Biography of Ashat Kerimbay
Living people 1947 births People's Republic of China politicians from Xinjiang People from Yining County Political office-holders in Xinjiang Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture governors Delegates to the 8th National People's Congress Delegates to the 7th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress Members of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference {{china-politician-stub