[1] Yerik Asanbayev was born on 10 March 1936, in Baigabul village, Amangeldi District, Turgai province.
[2] He was a member of the council of ministers of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan from 1967 to 1986, and then become the deputy head of department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.
In 1989 he became the secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Kazakh SSR.
On 16 October 1991, Asanbayev was elected as the Vice President of Kazakh SSR by the Supreme Soviet.
[4] He continued as the vice president of Nursultan Nazarbayev until February 1996,[5] when he was reassigned as Ambassador to Germany where he served until July 2000.