Marat Ahmetjanov

Marat Ahmetjanov
Марат Ахметжанов
Ahmetjanov in 2023
Äkim of Akmola Region
Assumed office
5 September 2023
Preceded byErmek Marjyqpaev
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
25 February 2022 – 2 September 2022
PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Preceded byErlan Turgymbaev
Succeeded byErjan Sädenov
Personal details
Born (1964-12-22) 22 December 1964
Children2
Alma materKaragandy State University

Marat Mūratūly Ahmetjanov[a][b] (born 22 December 1964) is a Kazakh politician and military officer. Since September 2023 he has been serving as Äkim of Akmola Region.

Before that, Ahmetjanov was the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan from 2022 to 2023.

Biography

Early life and education

Ahmetjanov was born in the settlement of Akchetau, Karaganda Region on 22 December 1964.[1] He served in the navy in 1983–1986.[2] Ahmetjanov graduated from the Law Department, Karagandy State University in 1991.[3]

Career

Right after graduation, Ahmetjanov joined the City of Temirtau Prosecutor's Office as a trainee and later as an investigator. As he rose in rank, Ahmetjanov held executive positions in the General Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[4][5]

In particular, he served as a senior investigator of major cases in the General Prosecutor's Office and a Head of Regional Investigators Unit. In 1996–1997, Ahmetjanov served as the Head of Grave Felonies Unit of the State Investigation Committee, and later led the Investigation Division of the Military Investigation Department.[6]

In 1998–2001, Ahmetjanov served as deputy director of the Investigation Department and later as Deputy Chairman of the Judicial Decree Enforcement Committee under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[7] He held positions of the Prosecutor of the Pavlodar Region and South Kazakhstan Region from 2003 until 2009. Later he was appointed Chairman of the Judicial Statistics and Special Records Committee of the General Prosecutor's Office and in 2012, Ahmetjanov came to lead Kazakhstan's Anti-Corruption Agency.[8][9]

He was appointed Kazakhstan's Minister of Internal Affairs on February 25, 2022, and relieved of that position on September 2, 2023, to become the akim of Akmola Region.[10][11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ Often transliterated as Marat Muratovich Akhmetzhanov through a Russified Romanization of Марат Муратович Ахметжанов.
  2. ^ Kazakh: Марат Мұратұлы Ахметжанов, Kazakh pronunciation: [mɑrɑ́t mʊrɑ́tʊɫə́ ɑχmʲetʒɑ́nəf]

References

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  3. ^ "Экс-глава МВД Ахметжанов стал акимом Акмолинской области". tengrinews.kz. 2023-09-05.
  4. ^ "Marat Akhmetzhanov was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan". adyrna.kz. 2022-04-03.
  5. ^ "Kazakh Interior Minister named". inform.kz. 2023-04-03.
  6. ^ "Minister of Internal Affairs". primeminister.kz. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
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  8. ^ "Юрист, спортсмен: что известно о новом председателе Антикора Марате Ахметжанове". bestnews.kz (in Russian). 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  9. ^ "Marat Akhmetzhanov appointed head of Anti-Corruption". kt.kz. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  10. ^ "Экс-глава МВД Ахметжанов стал акимом Акмолинской области". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2023-09-05.
  11. ^ "President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Introduces New Minister of Internal Affairs". akorda.kz. 2022-02-25.
  12. ^ "Former Minister of Internal Affairs named Akmola region Governor". interfax.kz. 2022-04-23.