Umirzak Shukeyev

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Umirzak Shukeyev
Өмірзақ Шөкеев
Shukeyev in 2019
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 3 March 2009 – 26 December 2011
Prime Minister	Karim Massimov
Preceded by	Grigori Marchenko (2004)
Succeeded by	Serik Akhmetov (2012)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 27 August 2007 – 3 March 2009
Prime Minister	Karim Massimov
In office 12 July 1997 – 10 October 1997
Prime Minister	Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Minister of Agriculture
In office 15 December 2017 – 25 February 2019
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Askar Mamin (Acting)
Preceded by	Askar Myrzakhmetov
Succeeded by	Saparhan Omarov
Minister of Economy and Trade
In office 13 November 1995 – 10 October 1997
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded by	Altay Tileuberdin (Economy)
Succeeded by	Zhaksybek Kulekeyev (Economy)
Äkim of Turkistan Region
In office 26 February 2019 – 26 August 2022
Preceded by	Zhanseit Tuymenbayev
Äkim of South Kazakhstan Region
In office 20 September 2006 – 28 August 2007
Preceded by	Bolat Jylkyshiev
Succeeded by	Nurgali Ashim
Äkim of Kostanay Region
In office 19 August 1998 – 20 March 2004
Preceded by	Toqtarbai Qadambaev
Succeeded by	Sergey Kulagin
Äkim of Astana
In office 20 March 2004 – 20 September 2006
Preceded by	Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov
Succeeded by	Askar Mamin
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-12) 12 March 1964 (age 60) Turkistan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Children	3
Alma mater	Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics

Umirzak Shukeyev (Kazakh: Ömırzaq Estaiūly Şökeev, Өмірзақ Естайұлы Шөкеев; born 12 March 1964) is a Kazakh politician who's serving as the akim of Turkistan Region since 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2017 to 2019, chairman of Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund from 2011 to 2017, First Deputy Prime Minister from 2009 to 2011, and prior to that, Deputy Prime Minister from 2007, akim of South Kazakhstan from 2006 to 2007, akim of Astana from 2004 to 2006, akim of Kostanay Region from 1998 to 2004, Minister of Economy and Trade from 1995 to 1997 while serving as Deputy Prime Minister.