Asqar Quanyshuly Zhumaghaliyev (, ''Asqar Quanyşūly Jūmağaliev''; born 2 August 1972) is a 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. Zhumagaliyev was the Deputy Minister for Investment and Development of

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of Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's

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company.

Education

Zhumagaliyev was born in 1972 in the

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region of the

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. He attended and graduated from the Sverdlovsk

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before majoring in Radio Communication, Broadcasting and Television at

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. 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

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.Press service of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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Career

* 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

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Официальный блог Жумагалиева А.К., Министра связи и информации РК
1978 births Living people Ministers of information of Kazakhstan Ministers of transport and communications of Kazakhstan Culture ministers of Kazakhstan People from Orenburg Oblast Deputy prime ministers of Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-politician-stub