President Nursultan Nazarbayev Name Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov Preceded by Zhanseit Tuymenbayev Role Political figure | Succeeded by Aslan Sarinzhipov Party Nur Otan Political party Nur Otan | |
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Prime Minister Karim Massimov
Serik Akhmetov Born 18 August 1953 (age 70)
Almaty Region, Soviet Union
(now Kazakhstan) ( 1953-08-18 ) Parents Kenzhetai Kasabulatova, Tursyn Zhumagulov | ||
Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov (born 18 August 1953) is a Kazakh politician who was Chairman of Otan and after renamed Nur Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan. 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 officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."
Since 2007 Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
From 2010 to 2013, he held the post of Minister of Education and Science.
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