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{{Infobox person
| name = Rauan Kenzhekhanuly
| image = [[File:Rauan Kenzhekhanuly-1.jpg|250px]]
| alt =
| caption = Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, head of the WikiBilim Foundation, in August 2011.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[East Kazakhstan Region]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Kazakh
| other_names =
| occupation = Wikipedia editor, politician
| years_active =
| education = [[Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University|Almaty State University]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
| known_for = Founder of [[WikiBilim]]
| notable_works =
| awards = [[Wikipedian of the Year]] (2011)
}}
'''Rauan Kenzhekhanuly''' (born 1 May 1979) is a Kazakh man who was named the first [[Wikipedian of the Year]] in August 2011 by [[Wikipedia]] co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] at [[Wikimania]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9764719/Wikipedia-co-founder-Jimmy-Wales-restricts-discussion-of-Tony-Blair-friendship.html | title=Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales restricts discussion of Tony Blair friendship | work=The Telegraph | date=24 December 2012 | accessdate=24 June 2016 | author=Williams, Christopher}}</ref> Previously, he served as the first secretary at [[Kazakhstan]]'s [[Russia]]n embassy, as well as the [[National TV Agency]]'s [[Moscow]] bureau chief.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailydot.com/politics/wikipedia-kazakhstan-dictatorship/ | title=Wikipedia's odd relationship with the Kazakh dictatorship | work=The Daily Dot | date=25 December 2012 | accessdate=24 June 2016 | author=Morris, Kevin}}</ref> 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”.<ref name=hks>{{cite web | url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/wikipedian-of-the-year | title=First Ever "Wikipedian of the Year" Motivated by HKS Course | work=Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government | date=22 August 2012 | accessdate=24 June 2016 | author=Davis, LiAnna}}</ref> He later founded the nonprofit organization [[WikiBilim]], which aims to expand the availability of free Kazakh-language information on the Internet.<ref name=hks/> In 2014, he was named deputy governor of the [[Kyzylorda Region]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/72831 | title=Wikipedia Founder Distances Himself from Kazakhstan PR Machine | work=EurasiaNet | date=2 April 2015 | accessdate=24 June 2016 | author=Michel, Casey}}</ref> He is also the founding director of the [[Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs]], which was formally established on 12 November 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eurasiancouncilforeignaffairs.eu/the-council/about/ | title=About | work=Eurasian Council on Foreign Affairs | accessdate=24 June 2016}}</ref> with a grant from the Kazakh government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/jack-straw-criticised-for-accepting-part-time-job-paid-for-by-kazakhstan-10057426.html | title=Jack Straw criticised for accepting part-time job paid for by Kazakhstan | work=The Independent | date=19 February 2015 | accessdate=24 June 2016 | author=Green, Chris}}</ref>

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[[Category:Kazakhstani emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:People from Kyzylorda Region]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century politicians]]

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