Kabibullah Kabenuly Dzhakupov ( kk, Qabibolla Qabenūly Jaqypov, born 16 September 1949) is a Kazakh politician and civil engineer. He served as the

Chairman of the Mäjilis The Chairman of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (; ) is a presiding officer of the lower house Mäjilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, and is responsible for opening sessions, preside over regular and extraordinary ...

from 2014 to 2016 while being a member of the lower chamber

Mäjilis The Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Парламенті Мәжілісі, Qazaqstan Respublikasy Parlamentî Mäjîlîsî, also transliterated as Mazhilis; "Assembly" in ...

since 2007.

Career

Dzhakupov was born into a

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family on 16 September 1949 in a village in the West Kazakhstan Region. He studied to be a civil engineer at the Tselinograd ( Astana) Civil Engineering Institute and graduated in 1972. In 1981 Dzhakupov became politically active on the local level in Oral. From 19 January 1993 to 18 December 2000, he served as the

akim An ''akim'' ( kk, әкім, әкімдер / ''äkimder''; ky, аким; russian: аким) is the head of a local government in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. ''Akim'', meaning "God will establish", is derived from the Arabic word '' hakim'', whi ...

of the West Kazakhstan Region. Dzhakupov was chosen to the

in the 2007 parliamentary elections. He was subsequently reelected in the

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for the Nur Otan party. On 3 September 2012 he was elected deputy chair of the Mäjilis after his predecessor

Baktykozha Izmukhambetov Baktykozha Salakhidenuly Izmukhambetov ( kk, Бақтықожа Салахиденұлы Ізмұхамбетов, ''Baqtyqoja Salahidenūly Izmūhambetov''; born 1 September 1948) is a Kazakh politician who served as the Chair of the Mazhilis from ...

was appointed as akim of Atyrau Region. On 3 April 2014 he was elected as the chair, succeeding

Nurlan Nigmatulin Nurlan Zairollauly Nigmatulin (, born 31 August 1962) is a Kazakh politician who served as the Chair of the Mazhilis from 22 June 2016 to 1 February 2022 and from 20 January 2012 to 3 April 2014. Prior to that, he headed the Presidential Adminis ...

. Dzhakupov obtained 103 votes for and one against. Dzhakupov was succeeded as deputy chair by

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 ...

who also became the parliamentary leader of Nur Otan. After Nazarbayeva was appointed as the

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on 11 September 2015, Dzhakupov succeeded her as the parliamentary leader. He continued to serve in the Mäjilis until its dissolution on 20 January 2016. On 25 March 2016, Dzhakupov who formally held the seat as the chair of the Mäjilis was succeeded by

while

Gülmira Esimbaeva Gülmira Estaibekqyzy Esimbaeva (born 23 August 1957) is a Kazakh politician who's served as the member and Deputy Chairwoman of the Mäjilis from 2016 to 2020. She was a parliamentary leader of Nur Otan from 2016 to 2019 and member of the Supr ...

became the new parliamentary leader of Nur Otan.

References

1949 births Living people Chairmen of the Mäjilis Members of the Mäjilis Nur Otan politicians People from West Kazakhstan Region {{Kazakhstan-politician-stub