Askar Kunayev (Russian: Аскар Минлиахмедович Кунаев, Kazakh: Асқар Меңдіахметұлы Қонаев, Asqar Meñdıahmetūly Qonaev; 14 July 1929 — 31 March 1999) was a Kazakh and Soviet professor, metallurgist, and the president of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences from 1974 to 1986.[1]
Biography
Kunayev was born on 14 July 1929, in Alma-ata, Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, today known as Almaty, Kazakhstan.[2] He graduated from the National University of Science and Technology (MISiS) in 1951. He was the brother of Dinmukhamed Kunaev and married to Mukhtar Auezov's daughter Leila.[3] He was a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and President of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR from 1974 to 1986.[1] He died on 31 March 1999, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[2]