Bulat Abilov (, ''Bolat Mūqyşūly Äbılov''; born 15 September 1957) was the Deputy Chairman of the
Otan political party in
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
. He achieved this position following the death of
Parliamentary Speaker and Deputy Chairman Marat Ospanov.
[Kazakh Parliamentary Guide]
EurasiaNet
In 2011, as leader of the All National Democratic Party Azat, Abilov referred to as "a political game" a plan by President
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council of ...
to sell to the public discounted shares of oil stock KazMunaigas Exploration and Development, the production subsidiary of KMG, Kazakhstan's state oil company. Abilov said, "Rich people will buy the shares as usual, but ordinary Kazakhs will not participate."
Kazakhstan: shares for votes
Financial Times
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blog, by "beyondbrics", 1 March 2011.
References
External links
2002 election controversy
Bulat Abilov profile
1957 births
Living people
Fatherland (Kazakhstan) politicians
Ak Zhol Democratic Party politicians
21st-century Kazakhstani politicians
Members of the Mäjilis
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