Born: 9 October 1962 in the city of Semipalatinsk

Married with two children

1980-87 -- fork-lift operator, freight driver at wool factory, army service, metalworker/repairman, concrete worker, shop chief at Semipalatinsk Kombinat for iron and concrete works

1987-88 -- secretary of Semipalatinsk city committee of the Komsomol

1988-90 -- foreman, chief engineer at Semipalatinsk Production Union iron and concrete works

1989 -- completes studies at Alma-Ata Architectural-Construction Institute

1990 -- department chief at Semipalatinsk Kombinat for industrial products and building-decorative facade stone works

1990-91 -- director of enterprise Talan

1991-95 -- director of Aikas

1995-2000 -- general director of financial-investment company Alel

1996-2000 -- president, chairman of the board at Kapoligraf Company

September 2000-present -- deputy in the Mazhilis