Born: 15 December 1951 in the village of Saz-Tyube in the Tyulkubassk District of South Kazakhstan Province

Married with three children

1973 -- completes Kazakh Chemical-Technological Institute

1973-77 -- teacher at Kazakh Chemical-Technological Institute, simultaneously a secretary in the Komsomol

1977-79 -- chairman of the Bureau of International Youth Tourism "Sputnik" of the Komsomol in Shymkent Oblast committee

1979-80 -- first secretary of the Komsomol in Tyulkubassk regional committee

1980-85 -- second secretary of the party's regional committee

1985-90 -- chairman of regional executive committee

1990-92 -- first secretary of the party's regional committee, chairman of regional council

1992 -- head of Tyulbassk regional administration

1992-93 -- head of agricultural department, deputy chief of the South Kazakhstan Oblast administration

May 1993-December 1993 -- first deputy chief of South Kazakhstan Oblast administration

December 1993-December 1997 -- head of administration, governor (akim) of South Kazakhstan Province

December 1997-January 1999 -- chairman of agency for migration and demography

January 1999-August 2000 -- deputy chief of presidential administration

August 2000- 12 September 2003 -- chairman of agency for state-service affairs

12 September 2003-present -- interior minister