Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov ( kk, Бақытжан Тұрсынұлы Жұмағұлов, ''Baqytjan Tūrsynūly Jūmağūlov''; born 18 August 1953) is a
Kazakh politician who was Chairman of
Otan and after renamed
Nur Otan, the largest
political party in Kazakhstan.
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioFreeLiberty and acting chairman of
Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan.
Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in
Astana on 25 September 2006 that Otan and
Asar political parties
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officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."
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Since 4 July 2007, Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.President Nursultan Nazarbayev is the head of the Nur Otan party]
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From 2010 to 2013, he held the post of Minister of Education and Science.
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Living people
Fatherland (Kazakhstan) politicians
Government ministers of Kazakhstan
Nur Otan politicians
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University alumni
1953 births
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