Bolat Gazizuly Iskakov (, ''Bolat Ğazizūly Ysqaqov''; born 9 February 1947) is a
Kazakhstan
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i politician. He served as the Commander of the Kazakhstan
Republican Guard
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from the end 1999 to the end of 2000 when we was appointed the Minister for Internal Affairs from 2000 to 2001. Following his term as a minister he returned to command the Republican Guard through to the beginning of 2006. He was then appointed Kazakhstan's
Ambassador
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to
Belarus
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from 2006 until 2008.
Biography
Iskakov was born in
Ushtobe a town in the
Almaty Region
Almaty Region ( ), formerly known as the Alma-Ata Region until 1993, is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. It surrounds, but does not include, the eponymous city of Almaty. Its capital is Qonaev.
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of Kazakhstan. Isakakov began his working life in 1966 as a teacher at a secondary school in
Kaskelen
Kaskelen (, ''Qaskeleñ'') is a town and seat of Karasay District in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames
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. He then worked in mine No. 39 of the Leninogol trust in
Karaganda
Karaganda (, ; ), also known as Karagandy (, ; ; ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth most populous city in the country, with a population o ...
from 1967 until 1970. Iskakov graduated from the Karaganda Higher School of Militia in 1974, then from the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in
Moscow
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in 1981.
Iskakov began working the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1974 as an inspector with the Karaganda Regional Executive Committee.
From 1983 to 1985, he was a Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Executive Committee of the Shakhtinsk City Council of People's Deputies of the
Karaganda Region
Karaganda Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Karaganda. The region borders Akmola and Pavlodar Region to the north, Abai Region to the east, Jetisu, Almaty, and Zhambyl Regions to the south, and Kostanay and Ulytau regio ...
.
Before becoming the Minister, Iskakov worked in a number of other positions including with the Ministry's Criminal Investigation Department and, in 1991, head of the Department of Public Order Protection.
From December 1991 to October 1992, Iskakov was a Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In 1995, he worked as a Head of the Almaty Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan.
In 1999-2000, he was a Commander of the Republican Guard of Kazakhstan.
See also
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Government of Kazakhstan
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Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
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References
1947 births
Living people
Kazakhstani diplomats
Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Belarus
People from Almaty Region
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