Alikhan Bukeikhanov

Alikhan Nurmukhameduly Bukeikhanov (; 5 March 1866 – 27 September 1937), was a Kazakh politician. He was Prime Minister of Alash Autonomy from 1917 to 1920.

He died in 1937 from execution by firing squad.

 Early life 
Bukeikhanov was born on 5 March 1866, in Tokyrauyn Volost, Russian Empire. His father, Nurmuhammed Bukeikhanov and his great-grandfather, Barak Sultan, were a khan of the Orta zhuz. He was graduated from the Saint Petersburg Forestry Institute and Omsk Technical School, in 1890.

 Political life 
In 1905, Bukeikhanov got involved in politics by joining Constitutional Democratic party. He tried to start a Kazakh Democratic party in 1905, but failed and got arrested. He became part of a government group in 1906 and protested against the government's actions. He got arrested again in 1908 and was sent away until 1917.

A few months later, they made a new political party called the Alash Autonomy. In 1920, while the Soviet government established, Bukeikhanov joined the Bolshevik party.

 Later life and execution 
In 1926, Bukeikhanov was arrested of working against the government and was put in the Butyrka prison in Moscow and released in 1930. He was arrested in 1937 and got executed by firing squad.

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