Nurtas Undasynov

Nūrtas Dändıbaiūly Oñdasynov (; 13 October 1904 – 1 November 1989) was a Soviet politician, who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR (1938–1951), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR (1954–1955).

Biography Undasynov was born on 13 October 1904 in the village of Uchkayuk (now the village of Nurtas) near Turkestan, present-day Turkistan Region. He comes from the Jetimder clan of the Qonyrat tribe. Since 1916, he worked in Tashkent.

In 1926, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1927, he graduated from the Tashkent Forestry College. From 1930 to 1934, he studied at the Central Asian Irrigation Institute in Tashkent.

In 1938, Undasynov was the Chairman of the East Kazakhstan Regional Executive Committee.

Undasynov served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (in 1946 renamed to the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR) from 17 July 1938 to September 1951. For ten years, Dinmukhamed Kunayev worked as Undasynov's deputy in the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR. Throughout his life, he considered Undasynov his mentor and felt his constant support. to 31 March 1955.

Since May 1955, at his own request, Undasynov became the chairman of the Guryev Regional Executive Committee, and since January 1957, the first secretary of the Guryev Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.

Awards and titles Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For Labour Valour"