Askar Zhumagaliyev

Аskar Zhumagaliyev
Асқар Жұмағалиев
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
29 August 2017 – 25 February 2019
Prime MinisterBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Askar Mamin (Acting)
Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry
In office
26 December 2018 – 20 July 2020
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterBakhytzhan Sagintayev
Askar Mamin
Preceded byBeibut Atamkulov (Defense and Aerospace Industry)
Succeeded byBağdat Musin
Minister of Transport and Communications
In office
21 January 2012 – 7 March 2014
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterSerik Akhmetov
Karim Massimov
Preceded byBerik Kamaliev
Succeeded byZhenis Kassymbek
Minister of Communications and Information
In office
12 March 2010 – 20 January 2012
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Preceded byAltynbek Sarsenbayuly (Information)
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born (1978-08-02) 2 August 1978 (age 45)
Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
SpouseAinur Kairatkyzy Mami
Children2
Alma materSuvorov Military School
Satbayev University

Asqar Quanyshuly Zhumaghaliyev (Kazakh: Асқар Қуанышұлы Жұмағалиев, Asqar Quanyşūly Jūmağaliev; born 2 August 1972) is Kazakh politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 29 August 2017 until the government was dismissed on 25 February 2019.[1] Zhumagaliyev was the Deputy Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan, chief executive officer of Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's uranium mining company.[2]

Education[edit]

Zhumagaliyev was born in 1972 in the Orenburg region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He attended and graduated from the Sverdlovsk Suvorov Military School before majoring in Radio Communication, Broadcasting and Television at Satbayev Kazakh National Technical University. Subsequently, he received a second degree, in law, from the Kazakh Humanitarian Law University before graduating with a master's degree in electronic management from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.[3]

Career[edit]

  • Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Aug 2017 – Feb 2019
  • CEO NAC Kazatomprom JSC, May 2015 – Present. Manages the activity of "NAC" Kazatomprom " JSC, headed by the Company's Management Board, form the strategy of development, defines the Company's prospects and directions of international cooperation, personnel policy.
  • Chairman of the Agency Republic of Kazakhstan for Communications and Information, Mar 2014 – Aug 2014
  • Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Jan 2012 – Mar 2014
  • Minister of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mar 2010 – Jan 2012
  • President of JSC Kazakhtelecom, Oct 2006 – Mar 2010

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kazakh PM gets two new deputies". The Astana Times. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "KazAtomProm appoints new chairman". World Nuclear News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ^ Press service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan[permanent dead link]