Born: 15 January 1944 in the village of Ketpen, Uyghur District of Alma-Ata Oblast

Married with two children

1967 -- completes Kazakh Polytechnic Institute

1968-72 -- works as foreman, superintendent, chief of SMU Organization at Almaataotdelstroi

1972 -- chief of Kazorgtekhstroi Institute

1972-73 -- chief engineer at SMU Almaatatsenstroi

1973-77 -- chief engineer, head of SMU Almaatatsenstroi

1977-79 -- instructor, Alma-Ata party Oblast committee

1979-81 -- head of construction department at the Alma-Ata city party committee

1981-85 -- deputy chairman of Alma-Ata city executive committee

January 1985-December 1985 -- chief of construction in villages for the Council of Ministers of Kazakh SSR

1985-91 -- chairman of Alma-Ata city party executive committee

March-September 1991 -- first secretary of Alma-Ata City party committee

March 1991-February 1992 -- chairman of Alma-Ata city committee

February 1992-June 1994 -- head of Almaty city administration

January-March 1995 -- deputy in Supreme Soviet

January 1996-December 1997 -- deputy in Mazhilis, member of committee for agricultural issues

December 1997-May 2001 -- governor (akim) of Almaty Province

May 2001-March 2004 -- Chairman of the Agency for Emergency Situations

April 1990 -- loses to Yerik Asanbaev in election for chairman of Supreme Soviet, Nurkadilov receives 6.94 percent of the vote

January 1996 -- loses to Marat Ospanov in election for chairman of Mazhilis; receives 19.4 percent of votes