Born: 15 December 1950 in the village of International, Kaskelen District of Alma-Ata Oblast

Married with two daughters

1968-74 -- sports trainer on collective farm

1974 -- completes studies at Kazakh Agricultural Institute

1974-79 -- works as an engineer-mechanic on Lenin state collective farm, chairman of the workers committee of unions at Kazakh Scientific-Research Institute for potato and vegetable production

1979 -- instructor, Kaskelen party regional committee

1979-82 -- secretary of party committee at the Lenin collective farm

1982-83 -- instructor, Alma-Ata oblast committee

1983-85 -- director, Lenin collective farm

1985-86 -- chairman, Kaskelen regional executive committee

1986-88 -- first secretary of the Chilin party regional committee

1988-90 -- secretary of Alma-Ata oblast committee

1990-91 -- first deputy chairman of state agricultural industry, agriculture and production minister of the Kazakh SSR

September 1991-February 1992 -- chairman of Alma-Ata oblast council

February 1992-October 1994 -- head of Alma-Ata oblast administration

October 1994-March 1996 -- deputy prime minister in charge of agricultural affairs

October 1994-March 1995 -- deputy prime minister for social affairs

March-October 1996 -- state secretary

June 1996-April 1997 -- chairman of presidential Commission for Human Rights

October 1996-February 1998 -- first deputy prime minister in charge of investment policy, foreign economic activities, regional and cadre policies

November 1996-August 1997 -- in charge of state property and privatization

June-December 1997 -- in charge of agricultural affairs

October 1997-February 1998 -- in charge of department of economic and social affairs

22 September-10 October 1997 -- acting prime minister

February-August 1998 -- head of presidential administration

November 1998- -- ambassador to Belgium