Gauez Nurmukhambetov

Ğauez Nūrmūhambetov
Ғауез Нұрмұхамбетов
Nūrmūhambetov in 2024
Akim of North Kazakhstan Region
Assumed office
23 September 2023
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byAidarbek Saparov
Senator from Kostanay Region
In office
25 January 2023 – 25 September 2023
Serving with Sergey Karplyuk
Preceded byJenis Nurgaliev
Succeeded byBibigul Akkuzhina
Akim of Kostanay city
In office
13 February 2012 – 13 June 2014
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byJomart Nurgaliyev
Succeeded byAhmedbek Akhmetzhanov
In office
14 January 2008 – 4 February 2009
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byJenis Nurgaliev
Succeeded byJomart Nurgaliyev
Personal details
Born (1968-07-11) 11 July 1968
May, Karasu, Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Alma materKazakh Agrotechnical University
Chelyabinsk State University
Kostanay Engineering and Economic University
Awards
Astana Medal
Medal for Distinguished Labor
Medal "10 years of Astana"
Order of Parasat

Ğauez Torsanūly Nūrmūhambetov[a] (Kazakh: Ғауез Торсанұлы Нұрмұхамбетов; born 11 July 1968) is a Kazakh lawyer and manager serving as the akim of North Kazakhstan Region since 2023. Previously, he served as the member of the Senate from January to September 2023.

Early life and education

Nūrmūhambetov was born on 11 July 1968, in May, a village in Karasu District, Kostanay Region, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan).

In 1992, Nurmukhambetov graduated from the Tselinograd Agricultural Institute (now Kazakh Agrotechnical University) with a degree in agronomy. He studied at the Chelyabinsk State University, received a law degree in 2002, and earned a degree in economics from the Kostanay Engineering and Economic University in 2009.[1]

In 2004, he successfully defended his Candidate of Sciences (PhD-equivalent) dissertation, titled “Organizational and Economic Foundations for the Development of Grain Market Infrastructure (Based on Materials from Kostanay Region),” and was awarded the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.[2]

Early career

Nurmukhambetov began his working life at age 17 in 1985, serving in Brigade No. 1 of the Magnaysky sovkhoz in the Komsomolsky District (now Karabalyk District) of his native region.

After graduating in 1992, from the Tselinograd Agricultural Institute, he worked as chief agronomist at the Vil’yams sovkhoz in the Oktjabrsky District (now Karasu District) in Torgay Region, and in 1994, held the same position at the Moskovsky sovkhoz in Kostanay District.

From 1996 to 1997 he returned to Komsomolsky District and served as executive director of the municipal enterprise “Boskolskoe”.[1]

Political career

In 1997, he was appointed akim (governor) of Taranovsky District (now Beimbet Mailin District) by decree of the Kostanay regional akim Toktarbai Kadambaev, marking the start of Nurmukhambetov's political career. In 2002, he was appointed akim of Karabalyk District by regional akim Umirzak Shukeyev.[1]

On 14 January 2008, with the approval of the city maslihat and by decree of regional akim Sergey Kulagin, Nurmukhambetov was appointed akim of Kostanay city, the regional centre.[3] On 4 February 2009, at 9:00 am Kulagin announced Nurmukhambetov's dismissal; according to Kulagin, he had requested to resign since August 2008 for health reasons.[4]

After that, from 2009 to 2011 he worked in the private sector, deputy director of Sodrugestvo LLP. On 15 June 2011, by decree of regional akim Kulagin, Nurmukhambetov was appointed akim of Auliekol District.[5] On 13 February 2012, he returned to his previous post as akim of Kostanay city by decree of a different regional akim, Nuraly Saduaqasov, the same position he had left earlier for health reasons.[6]

On 13 June 2014, Saduaqasov announced that an order had been issued appointing Nurmukhambetov, from June 16, as a state inspector in the Department of State Control of the Presidential Administration, and that he was relieved of his akim duties with immediate effect.[7]

After a year in the Presidential Administration, on May 2015, Nurmukhambetov returned to Kostanay Region as first deputy akim.[8]

Senate

On 16 January 2023, Nurmukhambetov was elected to the Senate from Kostanay Region, receiving 83.1% of the vote[9] the Central Election Commission formalized the result in Resolution No. 12/662[10] and on January 25, he was registered as a member of Senate.[11] His powers as first deputy akim were terminated the same day. During his tenure in that office he had served under three regional akims: Saduaqasov, Arkhimed Mukhametov and Kumar Aksakalov.

Akim of North Kazakhstan Region

After 4 September 2023, when akim of North Kazakhstan Region Aidarbek Saparov was appointed agriculture minister, the post remained vacant until September 23.[12] On that same day, president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed Nurmukhambetov and deputy akim of North Kazakhstan Region Satjan Ablaliev for the post of akim of North Kazakhstan Region. In an open vote attended by 174 members, Nurmukhambetov received 118 votes while Ablaliev received 56.[13] After winning the vote by Tokayev's decree No. 356 Nurmukhambetov appointed 11th akim of North Kazakhstan Region.[14][15] On September 25, his parliamentary mandate was terminated by resolution No. 88/789.[16]

Personal life

Nurmukhambetov is married and sources report that they have three or four children and also has grandchildren.[17]

His sister, Roza Nurmukhambetova holds a Candidate of Biological Sciences degree and teaches at the Kazakh Agrarian Technical University, where Gauez Nurmukhambetov also once studied.[18] His other sister, Saule Nurmukhambetova also holds a Candidate of Biological Sciences degree and, together with her husband, has lived in Baltimore since the 1990s.[17]

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Often transliterated as Gauez Torsanovich Nurmukhambetov through a Russified Romanization of Гауез Торсанович Нурмухамбетов.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Nurmukhambetov Gauez Torsanovich". The single platform of government agencies / Akimat of North Kazakhstan Region. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Нурмухамбетов Гауез Торсанович (персональная справка)". ИС Параграф (in Russian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Кадровые назначения". NOMAD кочевник (in Russian). 15 January 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Новый аким Костаная - вновь Нургалиев". NOMAD кочевник (in Russian). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "В Костанайской области назначен аким Аулиекольского района". Казахское телеграфное агентство (in Russian). 15 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "В Костанае сменился аким". Tengri News (in Russian). 13 February 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Аким Костаная покинул свой пост". Tengri News (in Russian). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Назначен первый заместитель акима Костанайской области". kapital.kz (in Russian). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Кто стал сенатором? Предварительные итоги выборов подвели в ЦИК". Tengri News (in Russian). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Об установлении и опубликовании итогов выборов депутатов Сената Парламента Республики Казахстан, состоявшихся 14 января 2023 года". Центральная избирательная комиссия Республики Казахстан (in Russian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "On registration of Senators to the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan". The Central Election Comission of The Republic of Kazakhstan. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "New Agriculture Minister appointed in Kazakhstan". El.kz (in Russian). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Руководитель Администрации Президента представил нового акима Северо-Казахстанской области". Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан (in Russian). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "О назначении Нурмухамбетова Г.Т." Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан (in Russian). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Gauez Nurmukhambetov appointed Governor of North Kazakhstan region". Kazinform International News Agency. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  16. ↑ "On the occurrence of the ground entailing the termination of powers of the deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan G. Nurmukhambetov". The Central Election Comission of The Republic of Kazakhstan. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  17. 1 2 "«Откуда деньги на часы»: Гауез Нурмухамбетов, аким СКО". vanya-sport.kz (in Russian). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "Нурмухамбетова Роза Торсановна". Казахский агротехнический исследовательский университет имени С.Сейфуллина (in Russian). Retrieved 10 June 2026.