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Kanat Aldabergenuly Bozumbayev Kazakh: Қанат Алдабергенұлы Бозымбаев
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 March 2024
President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister
Oljas Bektenov
Äkim of Almaty Region
In office 24 November 2021 – 10 June 2022
Preceded by
Amandyk Batalov
Succeeded by
Marat Sultangaziev
Minister of Energy
In office 25 March 2016 – 18 December 2019
President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister
Askar Mamin Bakytzhan Sagintayev
Preceded by
Vladimir Shkolnik
Succeeded by
Nurlan Nogaev
Äkim of Pavlodar Region
In office 20 December 2013 – 25 March 2016
Preceded by
Erlan Aryn
Succeeded by
Bolat Baqaov
Äkim of Jambyl Region
In office 30 November 2009 – 20 December 2013
Preceded by
Boribai Jeksembin
Succeeded by
Karim Kokirekbaev
Personal details
Born
(1969-01-08) 8 January 1969 (age 55)
Nationality
Kazakh
Spouse
Elmira Bozumbaeva
Kanat Aldabergenuly Bozumbayev (Kazakh: Қанат Алдабергенұлы Бозымбаев, Qanat Aldabergenūly Bozymbaev) is a Kazakh politician, who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan since 31 March 2024.[1]
Prior to being Deputy Prime Minister, Bozumbayev has held several ministry and local government positions, including the offices of Advisor to the President (2023–2024), Akim of Almaty Region (2021–2022), Assistant to the President (2019–2022), Minister of Energy (2016–2019) and Akim of the Pavlodar (2013–2016) and Jambyl (2009–2013) Regions.
Bozumbayev's best known for his various controversies, particularly the gaffe, where when talking to the people of Taldykorgan during the 2022 Kazakh unrest, he, then-Akim of Almaty Region, accidentally cursed at a citizen.[1][2]
^ ab"Канат Бозумбаев стал седьмым заместителем премьер-министра Казахстана". Radio Free Europe (in Russian). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^"Токаев назначил своим советником Каната Бозумбаева, «нецензурно выражавшегося» в адрес толпы во время Кантара". Radio Free Europe (in Russian). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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