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Qaraqat Äbden

Qaraqat (Karakat) Jaqsylyqqyzy Äbden (Kazakh: Қарақат Жақсылыққызы Әбден, Kazakh pronunciation: [qɑɾɑqɑt ʐɑqsəɫɯqqɯzɯ æbdʲen]; born 7 May 1974) is a Kazakh politician, economist and writer who is a member of the Mäjilis since 2023. Prior to that, she served as a member of the Astana City Mäslihat from 2016 to 2021. Since 2013, she currently heads the Qazaq Qyzy public association as a chairwoman, "Asyl Böbek" Association of Private Preschool Organisations, as well as several nurseries in the city of Astana. Äbden is known to be an author of a controversial book You are Kazakh. Be proud!.[2]

Qaraqat Äbden
Қарақат Әбден
Äbden in 2023
Member of the Mäjilis
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 March 2023
ConstituencyAuyl List
Member of the Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat
In office
20 March 2016 – 24 December 2020
Preceded byQairat Jauhanov
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyNo. 19
Personal details
Born (1974-05-07) 7 May 1974 (age 50)
Korgalzhyn District, Tselinograd Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Political partyAuyl (since 2023)[1]
Other political
affiliations		KÄQŪA (2022)
Amanat (until 2023)
Children5
Alma materAlmaty Institute of National Economy
OccupationPolitician, economist, writer

Äbden initially worked as economist in private commercial firms before transferring to a state job relating to tax issues under several government ministries. From there, she became a member of the ruling Amanat party where she held various positions within the party's structure. She is currently serving as a freelance adviser to the Äkim of Astana on social issues.[3]

For the 2022 presidential elections was nominated as a candidate by the National Alliance of Professional Social Workers.[4]

In 2023, Äbden won a party list seat in the Kazakh Mäjilis during the 2023 Kazakh legislative election under the banner of the Auyl.[5] She was third on the party list, highlighting her role as President of Kazakh Kyzy Public Association.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Äbden was born in 1974 at the village of 22 Partsyezda in Akmola Region to the parents of Jaqsylyq Äbdenov and Rysbala Şalabaeva. Her father, Äbdenov, worked as a construction worker while her mother Şalabaeva was a teacher. As a child, she attended the secondary school No. 10 in the village of Jäirem in Ulytau Region, from where completed it with a gold medal. After graduating, she entered the Almaty Institute of National Economy, obtaining a degree in marketing and commerce. She also became a Candidate of Economic Sciences after defending her thesis on the topic "Formation of revenues of local budgets using non-production payments".[6]

Career

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Äbden began her career as an economist of the Orda private commercial firm in Almaty.[7] Then she served as a leading specialist of the Department of Large Taxpayers under the Ministry of State Revenues of Kazakhstan.[7] For 10 years beginning in 1999, Äbden worked in the Ministry of Finance where she was the acting head of several tax committees with it being the Department of Taxpayer Monitoring, chief specialist of the Tax Appeals Department, head of the Department for Work with Taxpayers of the Interregional Tax Committee No. 1, Head of the Department of non-production payments, chief expert of the Control Department No. 4 of the Financial Control Committee.[8]

From 2009, she was the deputy director of the National School of Public Policy of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan and worked within the Nur Otan as a head of the Sector of Analytics and Coordination of the party's Higher Party School, consultant to the Innovation Committee of the party's central office in Astana until 2013, when she founded the Qazaq Qyzy public association, Kazakhstan's first women's institute of cultural and moral education and the "Asyl Böbek" Association of Private Preschool Organisations in Astana.[8] In the eve of International Women's Day on 4 March 2016, Äbden was amongst the women in the traditional meeting of "Koktem şuağy" ("Spring Sunshine") upon which was attended by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[9]

On 20 Match 2016, Äbden was elected as a Nur Otan deputy for the sixth convocation of the Nur-Sultan City Mäslihat, representing the Constituency No. 19 which was previously held by Qairat Jauhanov.[10][11] From there, she served as member of the Commission on Issues of Sociocultural Development.[12]

You are Kazakh. Be proud!

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On 5 December 2019, Äbden presented her book titled You are Kazakh. Be proud! (Сен қазақтың қызысың. Мақтан ет!), which discusses the role of a modern Kazakh woman in Kazakhstani society and the need to observe traditions while criticising feminism.[13] The publication upon its limited release with most of them set for donation towards libraries of rural schools and orphanages gained public controversy and was criticism by some of promoting nationalist and sexist values.[13][14][15] Others questioned the use state funding towards Äbden's Qazaq Qyzy public association and accused her of allegedly using taxpayers' money to fund her book release to which more than 17.5 million tenge was allocated for.[15][16] In response to wide criticism, Äbden claimed that many of things were taken out of context and insisted that she was in fact, supportive of feminism.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Tursynali, Mukhit (4 February 2023). "Каракат Абден приняли в ряды партии "Ауыл"" (in Russian). zakon.kz. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Rozanskij, Vladimir (28 October 2022). "Astana, presidential elections: no real opponent for Tokaev". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ Seilkhanov, Adlet (7 October 2022). "Female candidate enters run for President of Kazakhstan". Казинформ. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ Bulatkulova, Saniya (19 October 2022). "CEC Registers Karakat Abden as Presidential Candidate". The Astana Times. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Auyl Party announces winners of deputy seats in Majilis: 28 March 2023, 10:51 - news on inform.kz". 28 March 2023.
  6. ^ "ҚАРАҚАТ ӘБДЕН". abden.kz (in Kazakh). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Қарақат Әбден Президенттікке үміткер талаптарына сай келеді". shahnews.kz (in Kazakh). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b Өміртай, Ая (11 October 2022). "Қазақ қыздарына арнап кітап шығарғаны үшін сынға ұшыраған кандидат Қарақат Әбден туралы тағы не білеміз?". Halyq-uni.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. ^ Косенов, Алдияр (4 March 2016). "Назарбаев: Женщины - моя главная опора". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  10. ^ ГЛУШКОВА, Светлана (28 March 2022). "Маслихат одной партии". Радио Азаттык (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Бесінші шақырылым Астана қаласы мәслихаты депутаттары | Астана қаласының мәслихаты". maslihat.astana.kz (in Kazakh). Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Абден Қарақат Жақсылыққызы". Астана қаласының мәслихаты (in Kazakh). 15 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  13. ^ a b Московчук, Анастасия (6 December 2019). "Каракат Абден: Современная казахская девушка должна гордиться своей уникальностью". zakon.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  14. ^ Молдаханова, Малика (11 December 2019). "О книге Каракат Абден "Ты – казашка. Гордись!"". Esquire Kazakhstan (in Russian). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  15. ^ a b ""Бізге феминизм керек емес": "Қазақ қызы" институтымен не болып жатыр?". The Village Казахстан (in Kazakh). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  16. ^ Ибраим, Ұлжан (10 December 2019). ""Сен қазақтың қызысың. Мақтан ет!": Депутаттың жаңа кітабы қызу талқыға түсті". kaz.nur.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Кандидат в президенты Каракат Абден о своей скандальной книге: Казашки – по рождению феминистки". informburo.kz (in Russian). 19 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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