Galymzhan Zhakiyanov

Galymzhan Zhakiyanov (Kazakh: Ғалымжан Баділжанұлы Жақиянов, Ğalymjan Badıljanūly Jaqiianov; born 8 May 1963) is a Kazakh businessman and politician. He owned several companies in Kazakhstan and has served as the akim of Semipalatinsk Region and Pavlodar Region.

He was a founding member of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan, an opposition party to Nursultan Nazarbayev's authoritarian rule in Kazkahstan. He was imprisoned from 2002 to 2006 on charges of abuse of office.