Altynbek Sarsenbayuly

Altynbek Sarsenbayuly
Алтынбек Сәрсенбайұлы
Sarsenbayuly in 2005
Secretary of the Security Council
In office
5 May 2001 – 11 December 2001
ChairmanNursultan Nazarbayev
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byMarat Tazhin
Succeeded byMarat Tazhin
Minister of Information
In office
12 July 2004 – 29 September 2004
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterDaniyal Akhmetov
Preceded bySauytbek Adrahmanov
Succeeded byEsetjan Kosubaev (Culture, Information and Sports)
Minister of Culture, Information and Public Accord
In office
13 October 1997 – 5 May 2001
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterNurlan Balgimbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMukhtar Kul-Mukhammed
Minister of Press and Media
In office
20 January 1993 – 14 October 1995
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterSergey Tereshchenko
Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded byQuanysh Sultanov
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia
In office
25 January 2002 – 3 November 2003
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byTaiyr Mansurov
Succeeded byKrymbek Kusherbayev
Personal details
Born
Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly Sarsenbaev

(1962-09-12)12 September 1962
Qainar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died11 February 2006(2006-02-11) (aged 43)
Talgar District, Kazakhstan
NationalityKazakh
Political partyNaghyz Ak Zhol (2005–2006)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic Party (1995–1999)
Otan (1999–2003)
Ak Zhol (2003–2005)
Children2
Alma materAl-Farabi Kazakh National University
Moscow State University

Altynbek Sarsenbayuly (Kazakh: Алтынбек Сәрсенбайұлы, Altynbek Särsenbaiūly; 12 September 1962 – 11 February 2006) was a Kazakh politician who served in the Government of Kazakhstan before becoming a political opposition leader. At the time of his death, he served as co-chairman of the opposition Naghyz Ak Zhol (True Bright Path) party.

In 2003, after a long career in senior Kazakh government positions, such as Information Minister and Ambassador to Russia, Sarsenbayuly joined the opposition ranks in protest against what he regarded as the administration's authoritarian policies.[citation needed]

Soon after his decision to contest in the 2005 Kazakh presidential election, Sarsenbayuly faced government intimidation tactics, including a physical assault by unidentified individuals during a presidential campaign meeting with voters and the alleged beating of his two nephews in November 2005.[citation needed]