URGENT: 1st Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan appointed
18:54, 20 January 2012
KARAGANDA REGION. January 20. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ "Ex-governor of Karaganda region Serik Akhmetov is appointed 1st Vice Prime Minister of Kazakhstan," Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov told introducing today new head of Karaganda region Abilgazi Kussainov.
Serik Akhmetov was born on June 25, 1958 in Karaganda region.
September 2006-november 2009 - acted as Transport and Communications Minister of Kazakhstan.
Since November 2009 ahs been working as governor of Karaganda region.