Bakhytzhan Abdiruly Sagintayev is a Kazakh politician who was a Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, from 9 September 2016 until his resignation on 21 February 2019.
19 Facts About Bakhytjan Sagintayev
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Bakhytjan Sagintayev served as the Akim of Almaty from 28 June 2019 until he was replaced by Erbolat Dosaev on 31 January 2022 following the 2022 Kazakh unrest which greatly affected the city.
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In 1985, Bakhytjan Sagintayev graduated from the Kazakh State University with a degree in economics.
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From 1999 to 2002, Bakhytjan Sagintayev served as deputy chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Small Business Support, Regulation of Natural Monopolies, Protection of Competition and Support for Small Business.
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On 29 September 2004, Bakhytjan Sagintayev was reappointed as the chairman of the Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies of Kazakhstan.
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On 11 December 2007, Bakhytjan Sagintayev was appointed as the Head of the Prime Minister's Office.
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Bakhytjan Sagintayev served that position until 30 September 2008, when he became akim of Pavlodar Region.
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On 20 January 2012, Bakhytjan Sagintayev was appointed as Minister of Economic Development and Trade.
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On 16 January 2013, Bakhytjan Sagintayev was appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development.
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On 8 September 2016, Bakhytjan Sagintayev was nominated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev for the post of the Prime Minister.
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In November 2016, Bakhytjan Sagintayev drew attention to the number of reductions in pediatricians in the country.
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In October 2018, Bakhytjan Sagintayev's cabinet was eventually threatened to be sacked by Nazarbayev who went as far as suggesting being replaced by Singaporean and Japanese officials.
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Bakhytjan Sagintayev continued to serve as the PM until 21 February 2019 when the government was dismissed due to lack of economic development.
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On 1 March 2019, Bakhytjan Sagintayev became the State Secretary of Kazakhstan.
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On 27 November 2019, at the Almaty Investment Forum, Bakhytjan Sagintayev remarked the city should be at the top 100 best cities in the world in terms of quality of life and business opportunities, in which he used San Francisco as an example.
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At the annual briefing of the Central Communications Service held on 7 December 2020, Bakhytjan Sagintayev announced that the economic situation in the city had been stabilized.
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On 29 January 2022, it was speculated that Bakhytjan Sagintayev would be dismissed from the post after President Tokayev hadn't rule out in his removal, which he called Bakhytjan Sagintayev "a conscientious person in terms of the performance of official duties" although adding that he would take account in regards to the mood by the Almaty residents.
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On 4 April 2020, Bakhytjan Sagintayev approved the construction of an infectious disease hospital, which was opened on 24 April.
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On 8 January 2022, just days after staying out of public eye, Bakhytjan Sagintayev made his reappearance at the meeting from where he instructed city officials to start clearing neighbourhoods occupied by the armed militants, as well as normalize the situation with food supply and security.