Serik Akhmetov | |
|---|---|
Серік Ахметов | |
 Akhmetov in 2013 | |
| 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 24 September 2012 – 2 April 2014 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Karim Massimov |
| Succeeded by | Karim Massimov |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 20 January 2012 – 24 September 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Preceded by | Umirzak Shukeyev |
| Succeeded by | Krymbek Kusherbayev |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan | |
| In office 3 March 2009 – 16 November 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 3 April 2014 – 22 October 2014 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Preceded by | Adilbek Dzhaksybekov |
| Succeeded by | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | |
| In office 25 September 2006 – 3 March 2009 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov |
| Preceded by | Askar Mamin |
| Succeeded by | Äbilgazy Qusaiynov |
| Äkim of Karaganda Region | |
| In office 19 November 2009 – 20 January 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Nurlan Nigmatulin |
| Succeeded by | Äbilgazy Qusaiynov |
| Äkim of Temirtau | |
| In office March 2001 – 8 July 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Alii Karablin |
| Succeeded by | Baldyrgan Musin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1958 Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| Political party | Nur Otan |
Serik Nyghmetuly Akhmetov (Kazakh: Серік Нығметұлы Ахметов, romanized: Serık Nyğmetūly Ahmetov; born 25 June 1958) was a Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2012 to 2014. He served as the Minister of Defense from April to October 2014.
Akhmetov served for a time as first deputy akim of Astana before being appointed to government as Minister of Transport and Communications on 25 September 2006. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Atameken National Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers of Kazakhstan since 2005. From March 2009, Akhmetov served as Deputy Prime Minister before becoming the akim of Karaganda Region in November 2009. In January 2012, he was appointed as the First Deputy Prime Minister before becoming PM following the resignation of Karim Massimov on 24 September 2012.
In November 2014, Akhmetov was arrested after being accused of committing a crime while serving as an äkim of Karaganda Region to which he was convicted in December 2015. He was eventually released in September 2017.[1]
- ^ "Former Kazakh PM jailed for 10 years for embezzlement". Reuters. 11 December 2015. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020.