Byrganym Aitimova | |
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Бірғаным Әйтімова | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
In office 14 May 2004 – 13 December 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Daniyal Akhmetov |
Minister of Education and Science | |
In office 13 December 2004 – 10 January 2007 | |
President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Prime Minister | Daniyal Akhmetov |
Preceded by | Zhaksybek Kulekeyev |
Succeeded by | Zhanseit Tuymenbayev |
Minister of Tourism, Physical Education and Sports | |
In office 17 December 1993 – 24 January 1996 | |
President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Prime Minister | Sergey Tereshchenko Akezhan Kazhegeldin |
Preceded by | Qaratai Tūrysov |
Succeeded by | Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 26 August 2013 – 12 August 2019 | |
Appointed by | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
In office 24 January 1996 – 16 October 1996 | |
Appointed by | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Member of the Supreme Council | |
In office 25 March 1990 – 17 December 1993 | |
Kazakh Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office 9 February 2007 – 26 August 2013 | |
President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Preceded by | Erzhan Kazykhanov |
Succeeded by | Kairat Abdrakhmanov |
Personal details | |
Born | Bakushino, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 26 February 1953
Political party | CPSU (1977–1988) People's Congress (1993) People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity (until 1999) |
Spouse | Nūrlan Abdullaev |
Children | Säken Sabina |
Alma mater | Oral State Pedagogical University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University |
Byrganym Saryqyzy Aitimova (Kazakh: Бірғаным Сарықызы Әйтімова, romanized: Bırğanym Saryqyzy Äitımova, born 26 February 1953)[1][2] is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who was a member of the Kazakh Senate from 2013 to 2019 and in 1996. She served as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, Cuba, and Solomon Islands concurrently from 2007 to 2013.[3][4] Prior to her appointment as UN ambassador, she was the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2005 and then the Minister of Education and Science until Zhanseit Tuymenbayev replaced her on 10 January 2007.[3][5] She served as Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Italy from 2002 to 2004, and ambassador to Israel from 1996 to 2002.[3]