1. Imangali Nurgaliuly Tasmagambetov is a Kazakh politician and diplomat, who is the current Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization since January 2023.
20 Facts About Imangali Tasmagambetov
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Imangali Tasmagambetov was the Kazakh Ambassador to Russia from 2017 to 2019.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov was Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2017 and Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from 2014 to 2016.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov was the akim of Astana from 2008 to 2014 and from 2004 to 2008, as akim of Almaty.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov's resignation resulted in the dismissal of all members of his cabinet, as required by the Constitution of Kazakhstan.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov was appointed as head of KazakhGolf Federation on 18 May 2022.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov was born in the village of Novobogat in Atyrau Region to Nurgali Imangali Tasmagambetov and Dilda Qoqanova.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov began his career in 1973 as a boxing and wrestling trainer at a Children's and Youth Sports School in the village of Makhambet.
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In 1989, Imangali Tasmagambetov was elected as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Kazakh SSR.
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From 1993 to 1995, Imangali Tasmagambetov worked as an assistant to the President of Kazakhstan.
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That same year, Imangali Tasmagambetov was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan and the head of the Organizational and Control Department of the Presidential Administration.
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On 18 February 1999, Imangali Tasmagambetov was appointed as the akim of Atyrau Region and from 17 December 2000, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the 4th government.
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On 28 January 2002, Imangali Tasmagambetov was nominated as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who was unanimously approved by the Parliament.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov announced his resignation on 11 June 2003, stating that the parliamentary vote of no confidence that took place on 19 May 2003 was falsified.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov served that position until he was dismissed on 9 March 2004.
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On 8 December 2004, Imangali Tasmagambetov became the akim of Almaty.
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From 22 October 2014 to 12 September 2016, Imangali Tasmagambetov served as a Minister of Defense under Massimov.
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On 3 February 2017, Imangali Tasmagambetov became an Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia to where he presented his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 16 March 2017.
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Imangali Tasmagambetov served in the role until 18 December 2019, when by the decree of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Tasmagambetov was removed from his post, dismissed from public service and sent to a retirement pension.
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On 1 January 2023, Imangali Tasmagambetov started his term as the Secretary General of the CSTO, replacing Belarusian Stanislav Zas and making him the first Kazakhstani person to hold the title.