Born: 22 November 1947 on the Engels collective farm in the Lenin District of South Kazakhstan Oblast

Married with three children

1964 -- laborer on collective farm

1971 -- completes Kazakh State University studies having majored in legal studies

1971-78 -- assistant to the prosecutor in the city of Arys, assistant to oblast prosecutor, head of investigative department in the Shymkent Oblast prosecutor's office

1978-82 -- instructor, assistant to first secretary of the oblast committee, department head of administrative bodies of Shymkent Oblast committee

1982-87 -- deputy prosecutor of Kazakh SSR for cadres

1987-88 -- prosecutor, Mangyshlak Oblast

1988 -- deputy prosecutor, Guryev Oblast

1988-90 -- prosecutor, Guryev Oblast

1990 --deputy chairman of Supreme Soviet's committee for affairs of legislation and law and order

December 1990-October 1995 -- prosecutor-general of Republic of Kazakhstan

October 1995-November 1997 -- chairman of state investigations committee

December 1997-December 1999 -- deputy prosecutor, chief military prosecutor

October 1999-present -- deputy in the Mazhilis

1 December 1999-present -- chairman/speaker of the Mazhilis