Adilbek Zhaksybekov Әділбек Рыскелдіұлы Жақсыбеков Ädilbek Rıskeldiulı Jaqsıbekov |
|
---|---|
Mayor of Astana | |
In office 22 October 2014 – 21 June 2016 |
|
Preceded by | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
Succeeded by | Asset Issekeshev |
In office 10 December 1997 – June 2003 |
|
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov |
Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan | |
In office 24 June 2009 – 3 April 2014 |
|
President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
Prime Minister |
Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov Karim Massimov |
Preceded by | Daniyal Akhmetov |
Succeeded by | Serik Akhmetov |
Minister of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan | |
In office June 2003 – December 2004 |
|
Prime Minister | Daniyal Akhmetov |
Preceded by | Mazhit Yesenbayev |
Succeeded by | Sauat Mynbayev |
Personal details | |
Born |
Burli, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan) |
26 July 1954
Political party | Nur Otan |
Spouse(s) | Lazzat Ibragimova |
Adilbek Ryskeldiuly Zhaqsybekov (Kazakh: Әділбек Рыскелдіұлы Жақсыбеков, Ädilbek Rıskeldiulı Jaqsıbekov) (born on 26 July 1954) is current Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He served as the minister of defence from June 2009 to April 2014. He was the head of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's administration. He served as the Mayor of Astana from 1997 to 2003 and from 2014 to 2016. Chairman of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank in 2003, and the Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2004.
While Information Minister, Zhaksybekov participated in a meeting held in Kiev, Ukraine in 2004 in which a Common Economic Area was proposed for Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
On 4 April 2004, he gave a speech entitled "The Industrial Innovation Development Strategy of Kazakhstan, 2003-2015" in Washington, DC.
Supachai Panitchpakdi, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, met with Zhaksybekov and a government delegation in Geneva on 9-15 July to discuss Kazakh admission into the World Trade Organization. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry issued a press release about the talks on 17 July. Radio Free Europe reported that a WTO Secretariat offered to "provide technical and organizational help to prepare Kazakhstan for membership" as both Panitchpakdi and Zhaksybekov agreed that Kazakhstan "needs to make its economy more competitive before joining." The WTO credited the government for liberalizing its policy on foreign-trade and conforming to WTO accounting policies. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry was positive about Kazakhstan's prospects of becoming the second Central Asian state with membership in the WTO.