Akhmedjan Essimov

Ahmedjan Essimov
Ахмеджан Есімов
Yessimov in 2013
State Secretary of Kazakhstan
In office
4 March 1996 – 24 October 1996
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAbish Kekilbayev
Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan
In office
February 1998 – 31 August 1998
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byVladimir Shepel
Succeeded byAlikhan Baimenov
In office
22 July 1996 – 24 October 1996
Acting
Preceded byKalmurzaev Sultanovich
Succeeded byOralbay Abdykarimov
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
24 October 1996 – 20 February 1998
Serving with Nygmetjan Esengarin
Prime MinisterAkejan Kajegeldin
Nurlan Balgimbayev
Preceded byNygmetjan Esengarin
Succeeded byOraz Jandosov
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
12 October 1994 – 4 March 1996
Prime MinisterAkejan Kajegeldin
In office
28 May 2002 – 19 January 2006
Prime MinisterImangali Tasmagambetov
Daniyal Akhmetov
Minister of Agriculture
In office
19 January 2006 – 4 April 2008
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterDaniyal Akhmetov
Karim Massimov
Preceded byAskar Myrzakhmetov
Succeeded byAkhylbek Kurishbaev
In office
18 May 2001 – 14 May 2004
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Imangali Tasmagambetov
Daniyal Akhmetov
Preceded bySauat Mynbayev
Succeeded bySerik Umbetov
Äkim of Almaty
In office
14 April 2008 – 9 August 2015
Preceded byImangali Tasmagambetov
Succeeded byBauyrjan Baibek
Akim of Almaty Region
In office
8 February 1992 – 12 October 1994
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byUmarzak Uzbekov
Personal details
Born (1950-12-15) 15 December 1950 (age 73)
Internatsional, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Political partyNur Otan
SpouseSara Essimova
Children2
Alma materKazakh National Agrarian University
Russian Academy of Sciences
ProfessionDoctor of Economic Sciences

Ahmedjan Smagululy Essimov (Kazakh: Ахмеджан Смағұлұлы Есімов, romanizedAhmedjan Smağūlūly Esımov, IPA: [ɑχmʲetˈʒɑn (ə)smɑˌʁʊɫʊˈɫə jeˈsɘməf]; born 15 December 1960) is a Kazakh politician who served as the chairman of Samruk-Kazyna from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, he was the director of Expo 2017 from 2015 to 2017, akim of Almaty from 2008 to 2015, Minister of Agriculture twice from 2006 to 2008 and 2001 to 2004, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2002 to 2006 and 1994 to 1996, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1996 to 1998, Acting Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan and State Secretary of Kazakhstan in 1996.