Zamanbek Nurkadilov | |
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| Chairman of Ministry of Emergency Situations | |
| In office 19 May 2001 – 13 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Shalbay Kulmakhanov |
| Succeeded by | Nurahmet Bizhanov |
| Äkim of Almaty Region | |
| In office 5 December 1997 – 14 May 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Serik Umbetov |
| Succeeded by | Shalbay Kulmakhanov |
| Äkim of Almaty | |
| In office 8 February 1992 – 20 June 1994 | |
| First Deputy | Viktor Khrapunov |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Shalbay Kulmakhanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zamanbek Qalabayuly Nurkadilov 15 January 1944 Kegen, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 11 November 2005 (aged 61) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
Zamanbek Qalabayuly Nurkadilov (Kazakh: Заманбек Қалабайұлы Нұрқаділов, Zamanbek Qalabaiūly Nūrqadılov; 15 January 1944 – 11 November 2005) was a Kazakh politician who served as the head of Almaty in Kazakhstan and Minister of Emergency Situations in the Nazarbayev administration. In March 2004, he began to criticize President Nursultan Nazarbayev. On 11 November 2005, three weeks before the 2005 presidential election, someone shot him twice in the chest and once in the head. The Government of Kazakhstan ruled his death a suicide, but Radio Free Europe alleges he was the victim of an assassination, which led many people to believe that Nazarbayev was responsible for the assassination.[1][2]
- ^ Kazakhstan's fallen opposition RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- ^ Ex-Kazakh official who made a threat found slain The New York Times