Gani Qasymov

Gani Qasymov
Ғани Қасымов
Member of the Senate
In office
29 August 2007 – 26 August 2013
Member of the Mäjilis
In office
24 October 1999 – 19 September 2004
Preceded byRaisa Sher
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyÄuezov
Chairman of the State Customs Committee
In office
September 1996 – 5 September 2002
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Nurlan Balgimbayev
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Imangali Tasmagambetov
Chairman of the Party of Patriots
In office
1 July 2000 – 29 August 2015
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTolymbek Ghabdilaschimow
Personal details
Born (1950-05-03) 3 May 1950 (age 74)
Guryev, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
(now Atyrau, Kazakhstan)
Political partyIndependent (1991–2000, 2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party (1974–1991)
Party of Patriots (2000–2015)
Parents
  • Esengeldi Qasymov (father)
  • Manara Qasymovna (mother)
EducationMGIMO University
Military service
AllegianceKazakhstan
Branch/serviceCustoms
Years of service1997
RankMajor-general

Gani Esengeldinuly Qasymov (Kazakh: Ғани Есенгелдинұлы Қасымов, Ğani Esengeldinūly Qasymov) (born 3 May 1950) is a former Kazakh politician, member of the Senate, Chairman of Party of Patriots, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy for Kazakhstan, and Major-general of Kazakh Custom Forces.[1] He is known for being a presidential candidate in the 1999 and 2011 Kazakh presidential election.

  1. ^ "Касымов Гани Есенкельдыулы (персональная справка)". Информационная система ПАРАГРАФ.