17 Facts About Oralbay Abdykarimov

Oralbay Abdykarimov is a Kazakh politician who was the State Secretary of Kazakhstan from 10 March 2004 to 15 May 2007.

Oralbay Abdykarimov served as the Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan from 14 October 1996 to 21 October 1997 until becoming the head of a state anti-corruption commission after the President appointed him on 29 November 1999 and as chair and of the Senate of Kazakhstan, the second highest position in the Government of Kazakhstan from 1 December 1999 to 10 January 2004.

Oralbay Abdykarimov was asked to resign from his Senate Chair on 10 March 2004.

Adakhan Madumarov, Secretary of State for Kyrgyzstan, led a delegation to Almaty, Kazakhstan where he met with Oralbay Abdykarimov and discussed cooperation between the countries in gas, banking, and labor migration.

Oralbay Abdykarimov said that the trilateral agreement signed by the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan in July 2001 setting a frontier junction point between the three countries had been ratified by the Kazakh Parliament, but not by the Kyrgyz Parliament.

Oralbay Abdykarimov announced on 14 September 2003 that the Kazakh Parliament considered it a priority to change election laws in Kazakhstan so that regional governors would run for office in elections rather than be appointed.

Oralbay Abdykarimov denied allegations that the bill had yet to pass because the administration wanted the September 2003 elections to occur before the law would take effect.

Oralbay Abdykarimov said he believed the law would be passed prior to the 2004 elections to the Majilis.

Oralbay Abdykarimov awarded Eduard Khurshudian, the then retiring Armenian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, with a diploma on 20 July 2004 for his service as Ambassador from 1999 to 2004.

Oralbay Abdykarimov met with visiting Turkish Justice Minister Jemil Cicek on 15 October 2005.

Oralbay Abdykarimov received Abdul Yelakh Mukhammed Khadjar, Yemen's Ambassador to Kazakhstan, on 20 October 2005.

Oralbay Abdykarimov met Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Michael Lotem on 8 August 2006 in the Ak-Orda Presidential Palace in Astana.

Oralbay Abdykarimov thanked Lotem for his nation's involvement in the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia and the First Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions in Astana.

Oralbay Abdykarimov met with Gerard Perrolet, France's Ambassador to Kazakhstan, on 3 July 2006 as finished his service, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Oralbay Abdykarimov met with Kalman Mizsei, the Assistant to the UN Secretary and Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and CIS, in Ak Orda.

Oralbay Abdykarimov chaired an enlarged session of the Human Rights Commission under Nazarbayev in March 2004.

Oralbay Abdykarimov presented awards and grants on behalf of President Nazarbayev to members of the Kazakh press on 29 June 2006 in Astana after Nazarbayev signed a resolution allowing the government to reward journalists.