Born: 10 June 1949 at Novii Put (New Path) state farm in the Chu District of Zhambyl Oblast

Married with two children

1971 -- completes Moscow Economic-Statistics Institute

1971-85 -- Worked as an economist, senior economist, deputy chief, departmental chief in the statistics section of the agricultural central statistics department of the Kazakh SSR

1985-87 -- student, Academy of Economics

1987 -- deputy chief of Kazakh SSR agricultural council

1987-91 -- deputy chairman at Kazakh SSR State Statistics Agency

1991-94 -- deputy chairman of State Property Committee

October 1994-March 1995 -- chairman of State Property Committee

March 1995-March 1997 -- chairman of State Committee for Property Management

March 1997-October 1997 -- director of department for state-property and Finance Ministry management

October 1997-January 1998 -- head of the presidential administration

January 1998-February 1999 -- governor (akim) of Zhambyl Province

February 1999-June 2003 -- head of presidential administration June 2003-March 2004 -- deputy head of presidential administration March 2004-present -- chief of Financial Police