Adil Shayakhmetuly Shayakhmetov (Kazakh: Әділ Шаяхметұлы Шаяхметов, Ädıl Şaiahmetūly Şaiahmetov; born 20 January 1956) was the head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (NSC) from December 2009 to August 2010.[1][2][3]
Adil Shayakhmetov | |
|---|---|
Әділ Шаяхметов | |
| 10rd Chairman of the National Security Committee | |
| In office 9 December 2009 – 23 August 2010 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Preceded by | Amangeldy Shabdarbayev |
| Succeeded by | Nurtai Abykayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1956 Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
Personal life
editShayakhmetov was born in the village of Kaganovich in Zhambyl District, Almaty Province. He graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute named for V. I. Lenin (now Kazakh National Technical University) in 1978.[2] He is married, and has a son and two daughters.[2]
Career
editShayakhmetov began his intelligence career in the KGB's Jezkazgan branch in 1982.[2] He was promoted from NSC deputy chairman to full chairman in December 2009 as a replacement for Amangeldy Shabdarbayev, who was removed from his post for unclear reasons.[4] Shayakhmetov himself was removed from his post in August 2010 in the aftermath of the arrest of Prosecutor-General's Office official Murat Musabekov, who was fingered as allegedly plotting a coup in an anonymous letter allegedly circulated by NSC officers. He was replaced by Nursultan Nazarbaev loyalist and political heavyweight Nurtai Abykayev.[3]
References
edit- ^ Басшылық, Kazakhstan: National Security Committee, archived from the original on 2011-01-28, retrieved 2010-02-22
- ^ a b c d "Адиль Шаяхметов утвержден на должность главы КНБ", Gazeta.kz, 2009-12-09, retrieved 2010-02-22
- ^ a b Lillis, Joanna (2010-10-07), "Kazakhstan: Coup Rumor a Sign of Factional Infighting in Astana", Eurasianet, retrieved 2010-12-13
- ^ "Kazakhstan Approves New National Security Committee Chief", Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2009-12-09, retrieved 2010-01-27
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