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21st Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress
The 21st Nur Otan Extraordinary Congress was held on 28 January 2022 to elect the new chairman of Nur Otan after former President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced in stepping down from leading the largest ruling party in Kazakhstan for more than 20 years in November 2021 and the days of turmoil conflict that took place in early January. The congress was conducted remotely and attended by 389 delegates. For the first time since 1999, the Nur Otan unanimously elected incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its new party leader. Amongst other discussed issues in the congress were the amendments and additions to the party's charter, amendments to the Composition of the Political Council. From there, Tokayev expressed the need for the Nur Otan to renew itself by calling for a drastic reconstruction of all the party's work. Background On 23 November 2021, a political council meeting of Nur Otan was held from where Nursultan Nazarbayev, who continued serving as the party's lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 June 2019. Shortly before that, he served as acting president after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, who previously held the presidential post for nearly three decades. Born in Alma-Ata (now Almaty), Tokayev attended the Moscow State Institute of International Relations where after graduating in 1975, he worked as a diplomat in Singapore and China. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tokayev became the Deputy Foreign Minister of a newly independent Kazakhstan in 1992, where he was involved on the issues of nuclear disarmament within the former Soviet republics. In 1999, Tokayev became the Deputy Prime Minister, and in October of that year with the endorsement of the Parliament, he was appointed as Prime Minister by President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Kazakhstan
The president of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Президенті, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Prezidentı; russian: Президент Республики Казахстан, Prezident Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the head of state of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The president is the holder of the highest office within the Republic of Kazakhstan. The powers of this position are described in a special section of the Constitution of Kazakhstan. The position was established on 16 December 1991, after independence of the country. The current president is Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. He became acting president on 20 March 2019 due to the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev. Symbols The president of Kazakhstan's decorations include a breast mark and a presidential standard. Unlike Presidents of most countries, they also have a military rank insignia. Presidentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulat Utemuratov
Bulat Zhamituly Utemuratov (also called Bolat, kk, Болат Жамитұлы Өтемұратов, ''Bolat Jamıtuly Ótemuratov''; born 13 November 1957) is a Kazakhstani businessman, public figure, diplomat and philanthropist. In 1999, Utemuratov was a member of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He became the President of the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation in 2007. Bulat Utemuratov has been vice-president and board member of the International Tennis Federation since September 2019. Public and charity activity Tennis Under his initiatives and in the frame of his mandate of President of the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, Bulat Utemuratov developed various charity associations to promote tennis for Kazakh youth. He directed the formation of a Tennis Academy known as "Team Kazakhstan" which was created to train promising players of the national tennis team in 2007. He has invested US$200 million to develop the sport in various ways such as establishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dauren Abaev
Dauren Askerbekuly Abaev (born 18 April 1979) is a Kazakh politician, who's serving as a Minister of Culture and Sports. Biography Abaev was born in the Almaty Region in 1979. He graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 2001. In 2006, Abaev completed his studies at Leiden University. In 2014, while serving as Press Secretary, he finished the Eurasian Humanitarian Institute. Political career From 2001 to 2003, he worked in various positions in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs occupying as the referent, attache, and the third secretary. In May 2007, he became the head of the Press Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From December 2007 to December 2008, Abaev was a chief expert, consultant to the Protocol of the President. In December 2008, he became a Deputy Press Secretary of the President. From October 2009 to 2011, Abaev was a State Inspector of the Department of State Control and Organizational and Territorial Work of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
Bakhytjan Abdiruly Sagintayev ( kk, Бақытжан Әбдірұлы Сағынтаев, ''Baqytjan Äbdırūly Sağyntaev,'' ; born 13 October 1963) is a Kazakh politician who was a Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, from 9 September 2016 until his resignation on 21 February 2019. He served as the Äkim of Almaty from 28 June 2019 until he was replaced by Erbolat Dosaev on 31 January 2022 following the 2022 Kazakh unrest which greatly affected the city. Early life and education Sagintayev was born in the village of Usharal. His father, Abdyr Sagintayev (1921–1986), was a World War II veteran who worked as the director of the Talas Sheep Breeding Plant. In 1985, Sagintayev graduated from the Kazakh State University with a degree in economics. That same year, he became a lecturer at the Department of Political Economy of the Alma-Ata Institute of National Economy. From 1988 to 1992, he worked at the Kazakh State University, where he went from an assistant to an assistant professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erlan Karin
Erlan Tynymbaiuly Karin ( kz, Ерлан Тынымбайұлы Қарин; born on 26 May 1976 in Aksukent, Sayram District) is a Kazakh politician who is the current State Counsellor of Kazakhstan. He was born on May 26, 1976, in the village of Aksukent, and comes from the Adai clan of the Bayuly. In 1997, he graduated from the Faculty of History of Aktobe State University and in 1999 from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. From 1996-1998, he worked as a teacher of history and geography at a secondary school in Aktobe. On April 5, 2019, he was appointed Advisor to the President, later being promoted to assistant the following year. On January 5, 2022, he was appointed State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a position which was changed on 14 June to State Counsellor. He speaks Kazakh, Russian and English. He names Alikhan Bukeikhanov, John Kennedy and Nursultan Nazarbayev as ideal political figures. He is married and has six children. Awards * Order of Kurmet * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askar Mamin
Asqar Uzaqbaiuly Mamin ( kk, Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин, Asqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin, ; born 23 October 1965) is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022, resigning due to pressure from the 2022 Kazakh unrest. He served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2016 to 21 February 2019. Previously, he was the president of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan. He also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008. A member of the ruling Kazakhstan's political party Nur Otan, Mamin previously served as äkim of Astana from 2006 to 2008, and as Minister of Transport and Communication in Daniyal Akhmetov Cabinet from 2005 to 2006, and as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019 and Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022. Early life and career Mamin was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariga Nazarbayeva
Dariga Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva ( kk, Дариға Нұрсұлтанқызы Назарбаева, '; born 7 May 1964) is a Kazakh businesswoman and politician who is the daughter of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. She served as a member of the lower house Mazhilis from 10 January 2021 until 25 February 2022, and previously from 15 January 2012 to 11 September 2015, 19 September 2004 to 20 June 2007 respectively. She was Deputy Chairwoman of Mazhilis from 2014 to 2015 until being appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister under Massimov's cabinet. In 2016, Nazarbayeva became a member Senate of Kazakhstan in 2016. She served as the Senate Chairwoman from 2019 to 2020. Nazarbayeva is the eldest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev who was the President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019. Nazarbayeva began her career in 1994 in media business as she headed Khabar, the largest national television agency in Kazakhstan. In 2003, she founded the Asar party and the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniyal Akhmetov
Daniyal Kenjetaiuly Akhmetov ( kk, Даниал Кенжетайұлы Ахметов, ''Daniyal Kenjetaiūly Ahmetov''; born 15 June 1954) is a Kazakh politician who was the 6th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007.New Kazakh Prime Minister chosen Templeton Thorp Critics refer to him as "The Terminator", a nickname he gained as the akim of Pavlodar Region for his actions in suppressing supporters of Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, the previous äkim.New Kazakh Government Formed, Sets Out Priorities. RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty On 8 January 2007, he resigned as Prime Minister. He did not say why, but President of Kazakhstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nur Otan
Amanat (), previously known as Nur Otan () until 2022, is a big tent political party in Kazakhstan. Being the largest to date, it has been the ruling party of the country from 1999, with a membership claiming to be of over 762,000 people in 2007.Kazakhstan: Ruling Party Gets Even Bigger RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Amanat is led by since 26 April 2022. Under the 21-year leadership of former President since the party's founding, Amanat had constantly won Kazakhstan's [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semey
Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhstan, in the Kazakh part of Siberia. When Abai Region was created in 2022, Semey became its administrative centre. It lies along the Irtysh River near the border with Russia, north of Almaty and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk. Its population is History The first Russian settlement in the area dates from 1718, when Russia built a fort beside the river Irtysh, near the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery, where seven buildings could be seen. The fort (and later the city) was named ''Semipalatinsk'' (Russian for "Seven-Chambered City") after the monastery. The fort suffered frequently from flooding caused by snowmelt swelling the Irtysh. In 1778 the fort was relocated upstream to less flood-prone ground. A small city developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauyrjan Baibek
Bauyrjan Qydyrgaliuly Baibek (born 19 March 1974) is a Kazakh politician who served as the äkim of Almaty from 9 August 2015 to 28 June 2019. Along party lines. Baibek was the First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan from 29 June 2019 to 2 February 2022 and previously from 17 January 2013 to 8 August 2015. Early life and education Baibek was born in the city of Alma-Ata (present-day Almaty) in 1974. After graduating from the Kulyash Bayseitova Musical School in Almaty with honors in piano, he entered the Kurmangazy Conservatory in 1992. From 1994 to 1998, he studied in Germany under the Bolashak Scholarship. In 1995, Baibek earned a degree in German Language from the Goethe-Institut’s annual program in Bremen. He then graduated from the Lübeck Academy of Music with a specialty as a teacher in 1998. In 2002, Baibek graduated in absentee from the Central Asian University (now closed) in Almaty with a degree in international economics. In 2010, he defended his thesis on ''"The in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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