Meiirjan Batyrbekūly Otynşiev ( , , ; born 21 December 1987) is a Kazakh politician who is serving as the chairman and member of the

Almaty City Mäslihat The Almaty City Mäslihat (, ; ) is a local unicameral legislative branch in the city of Almaty. It is led by the current secretary, Meyirjan Otynşiev ( Amanat). Composition The City Mäslihat is composed of 42 deputies, half of which are ele ...

since March 2023. Otynşiev previously served as the Chairman of the

Almaty Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...

City Branch of the ruling Amanat party from January to April 2023 and Executive Secretary of the same branch from 2022 to 2023.

Biography

Early life and education

Born on 21 December 1987 in what is now the

Turkistan Region Turkistan Region, formerly known as South Kazakhstan Region from 1992 to 2018 and Chimkent Region from 1963 to 1991, is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan, bordering Uzbekistan. It had a population of 2,088,510 as of the 2022 Kazakhstan cens ...

, Otynşiev got a bachelor's degree in International law in the

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (), also called KazNU or KazGU, is a national research university located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Named after philosopher and scholar al-Farabi, it is one of the country's largest universities. KazNU is Kaza ...

(2009) and another in Economics in the Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz (2011). He also got a master's degree in State and local government in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan.

Career

Meyirjan Otynşiev started his career as Chief specialist in the Department of Employment and Social Programs of

in 2010. Later, he was the chief specialist of the legal department, head of the internal control department of the Department of Employment and Social Programs of the city until May 2014. After that, until early 2021, Otynşiev continued his career in different departments of the city of Almaty. On 20 January 2021, he was appointed as First Deputy of the Almaty city branch of the ruling

Nur Otan Amanat (; ; officially stylized in all caps), previously known as Nur Otan (; ), is a Ruling party, ruling List of political parties in Kazakhstan, political party of Kazakhstan and the largest political association in the country, with around 8 ...

party. In March 2022, he started his tenure as the Executive Secretary of the Almaty city branch of the Amanat party. During this period, he was a vocal supporter of

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev (born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakhstani politician and diplomat who has served as the second president of Kazakhstan since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 ...

's policies. From February to April 2023, he was elected to head the branch as chairman, more than a 100 delegates voted for his candidacy. As a result of a 2023 local Mäslihat election, he got to be elected as the chairman and member of the

. His candidacy was initially proposed by his predecessor and fellow Almaty local politician Stanislav Kankurov.

Awards and decorations

Otynsiev has been awarded the Medal for Distinguished Labor, and the Amanat party's "For active service" badge.

References

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