Rauan Kenzhekhanuly
Rauan Kenzhekhanuly is a Kazakh man who was named the first Wikipedian of the Year in 2011 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.[1] Previously, he served as the first secretary at Kazakhstan's Russian embassy, as well as the National TV Agency's Moscow bureau chief.[2] In 2010, he traveled to the United States to do a one-year fellowship at Harvard University, where, that fall, he first became interested in editing Wikipedia when he took the class “Media, Politics, and Power in the Digital Age”.[3] He later founded the nonprofit organization WikiBilim, which aims to expand the availability of free Kazakh-language information on the Internet.[3] In 2014, he was named deputy governor of the Kyzylorda Region.[4] He is also the founding director of the Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs, which was formally established on November 12, 2014[5] with a grant from the Kazakh government.[6]
References
- ↑ Williams, Christopher (24 December 2012). "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales restricts discussion of Tony Blair friendship". The Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ Morris, Kevin (25 December 2012). "Wikipedia's odd relationship with the Kazakh dictatorship". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- 1 2 Davis, LiAnna (22 August 2012). "First Ever "Wikipedian of the Year" Motivated by HKS Course". Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ Michel, Casey (2 April 2015). "Wikipedia Founder Distances Himself from Kazakhstan PR Machine". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ "About". Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ Green, Chris (19 February 2015). "Jack Straw criticised for accepting part-time job paid for by Kazakhstan". The Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2016.