Bulat Abilov

Birth date and place

Born on 15 September 1957 in Karaganda.

Education

Karaganda Polytechnic Institute.

Biography

Bulat Abilov is a Kazakh entrepreneur and political figure. After graduating from the Karaganda Polytechnic Institute, he began work at a coal mine.

He moved to Alma-Ata in 1986, worked for the state mining safety inspectorate and entered business in the late 1980s. He founded Butya in 1991, served in the Mazhilis in 2000–2001 and joined the political council of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan in 2001.

His public initiatives included the Alash literary prize and Patrons’ Club of Kazakhstan, which established the Tarlan prize.

Career from source

• After university – worked at a coal mine in Karaganda.
• 1986 – moved to Alma-Ata and joined the state mining safety inspectorate.
• Late 1980s – entered business.
• 1991 – founded Butya.
• 1994–1996 – external adviser to the President of Kazakhstan.
• 1997 – President of Kairat football club.
• 1998 – established the Alash literary prize with the Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan.
• 1999 – became Chairman of the Patrons’ Club of Kazakhstan, which established the Tarlan prize.
• 2000–2001 – member of the Mazhilis.
• 2001 – member of the political council of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan.
• 2003 – Novoye Pokoleniye reported that Abilov received the Altyn Zhuldyz award as host of the talk show Sobstvennoye Mneniye.