Bolat Gazizuly Iskakov ( kk, Болат Ғазизұлы Ысқақов, ''Bolat Ğazizūly Ysqaqov''; born 9 February 1947) is a
Kazakhstan
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i politician. He served as the Commander of the Kazakhstan
Republican Guard
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from the end 1999 to the end of 2000 when we was appointed the Minister for Internal Affairs from 2000 to 2001. Following his term as a minister he returned to command the Republican Guard through to the beginning of 2006. He was then appointed Kazakhstan's
Ambassador
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to
Belarus
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from 2006 until 2008.
Biography
Iskakov was born in
Ushtobe
Ushtobe ( kk, Үштөбе, ''Üştöbe'') is a town and seat of Karatal District in the Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central ...
a town in the
Almaty Region
Almaty Region ( kk, Алматы облысы, Almaty oblysy; russian: Алматинская область, Almatinskaya oblast) is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the ...
of Kazakhstan. Isakakov began his working life in 1966 as a teacher at a secondary school in
Kaskelen
Kaskelen (, ''Qaskeleñ'') is a town and seat of Karasay District in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the ...
. He then worked in mine No. 39 of the Leninogol trust in
Karaganda
Karaganda or Qaraghandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandy, ; russian: Караганда, ) is the capital of Karaganda Region in the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, fourth most populous city in Kaza ...
from 1967 until 1970. Iskakov graduated from the Karaganda Higher School of Militia in 1974, then from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in
Moscow
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in 1981.
Iskakov began working the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1974 as an inspector with the Karaganda Regional Executive Committee.
From 1983 to 1985, he was a Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Executive Committee of the Shakhtinsk City Council of People's Deputies of the
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region ( kk, Qarağandy oblysy; russian: Карагандинская область, translit=Karagandinskaja oblast′), also spelled Qaraghandy Region, is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda.
On 17 March 2022 it was an ...
.
Before becoming the Minister, Iskakov worked in a number of other positions including with the Ministry's Criminal Investigation Department and, in 1991, head of the Department of Public Order Protection.
From December 1991 to October 1992, Iskakov was a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 1995, he worked as a Head of the Almaty Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.
In 1999-2000, he was a Commander of the Republican Guard of Kazakhstan.
See also
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Government of Kazakhstan
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасының Үкіметі, tr, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ükımetı'') oversees a presidential republic. The President of Kazakhstan, currently Kassym- ...
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Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
Foreign relations of Kazakhstan are primarily based on economic and political security. The Nazarbayev administration has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor a ...
References
1947 births
Living people
Kazakhstani diplomats
Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Belarus
People from Almaty Region
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