Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov

Бақытжан ЖұмағұловMinister of Education and ScienceIn office
22 September 2010 – 2 September 2013PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPrime MinisterKarim Massimov
Serik AkhmetovPreceded byZhanseit TuymenbayevSucceeded byAslan SärınjıpovMember of the SenateIn office
13 July 2017 – 24 January 2023Appointed byNursultan NazarbayevDeputy Chairman of the MäjilisIn office
2 September 2007 – 28 April 2008ChairmanAslan MusinPreceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byJanibek KaribjanovLeader of Nur Otan in the MäjilisIn office
1 September 2007 – 11 February 2008LeaderNursultan NazarbayevPreceded byAmzebek JolshybekovSucceeded byOral MuhamedjanovMember of the MäjilisIn office
27 August 2007 – 28 April 2008First Deputy Chairman of Nur OtanIn office
4 July 2007 – 23 January 2008ChairmanNursultan NazarbayevPreceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byAdilbek ZhaksybekovChairman of Nur OtanIn office
18 April 2005 – 4 July 2007LeaderNursultan NazarbayevPreceded byAmangeldı ErmegiaevSucceeded byOffice abolished Personal detailsBorn (1953-08-18) 18 August 1953 (age 71)
Almaty Region, Soviet Union
(now Kazakhstan)Political partyNur Otan (2002–present)ChildrenRuslan Zhumagulov, Alina Zhumagulova

Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov (Kazakh: Бақытжан Тұрсынұлы Жұмағұлов, Baqytjan Tūrsynūly Jūmağūlov; born 18 August 1953) is a Kazakh politician who was Chairman of Otan and after renamed Nur Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan.^[1] and acting chairman of Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan.

Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in Astana on 25 September 2006 that Otan and Asar political parties officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."^[1]

Since 4 July 2007, Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[2]

From 2010 to 2013, he held the post of Minister of Education and Science.

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