Närıkbaev was born in 1940 to a
Sunni Muslim Kazakh family in
Taldykorgan District of
Almaty Region. He is the son of Sūltan Närıkbaev. Between 1968 and 1978, he studied law in the
Kazakh State University in
Almaty. From 1987, he was employed by the State Prosecutor of Kazakhstan. He held degrees of the candidate of science and the doctor of science. Between October 1995 and June 1996, Närıkbaev was the State Prosecutor of Kazakhstan, subsequently until September 2000, he was the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. He is buried at the
National Pantheon of Kazakhstan. ==Notes==