Baqytjan Bazarbek
Baqytjan Bazarbek | |
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Бақытжан Базарбек | |
Bazarbek in 2023 | |
| Member of the 8th Mäjilis | |
| Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Turarbek Asanov (2004) |
| Constituency | 5th electoral district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1981 |
| Party | DPA (2012) |
| Spouse | Adel Ädılova |
| Children | 2 |
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Baqytjan Jūmabekūly Bazarbek[a] (Kazakh: Бақытжан Жұмабекұлы Базарбек; born 4 June 1981) is a Kazakh politician and jurist, who has been serving as Member of the Mäjilis since March 2023.
Elected as MP from Kazakhstan's 5th electoral district, he later became member of the Mäjilis Committee on Legislation and Judicial and Legal Reform.
Early life and education
Bazarbek was born on 4 June 1981 in Dzhambul, Soviet Kazakhstan. As a child, he attended the Töle Bi school No. 8.[1]
From 1998, Bazarbek studied law at Maqsut Narikbayev University (KAZGUU) in Almaty, finishing it in 2002.[1] From 2011 to 2013, he attended MIRBIS in Moscow, receiving a master's degree of executive administration.[2]
Entrepreneurial and educational career
Bazarbek began his career in 2002 at L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University. He served as teacher there until 2004, becoming deputy director of its Law Institute.
From March to September 2004, he led the Administrative-Judicial Department of the National Testing Center of the Ministry of Education and Science.[1]
From 2004 to 2015, Bazarbek was a senior educator at KAZGUU. During these years, he was employed by different private companies, focusing on the environment and transport.[2]
Between 2015 and 2016, he was a senior educator at Turan University. Afterwards, until 27 March 2023, he held leadership position at different companies, including leading the Almaty branch of the Kazakhstan Lawyers' Union.[2]
At various times, Bazarbek worked alongside the Almaty akimat, the Parliament of Kazakhstan, the Energy and National Economy Ministries, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs, and the Government of Kazakhstan.[2]
Political career
Electoral campaigns
Bazarbek ran for Mäjilis membership during the 2012 Kazakh legislative election from the Democratic Party Adilet, but lost the bid.[2]
He ran another campaign for Parliament during the 2023 Kazakh legislative election to represent Kazakhstan's 5th electoral district, and won, starting his tenure on 29 March 2023.
Mäjilis membership
As Member of Parliament, Bazarbek has been vocal about the crime, water,[3] land, and corruption[4] problems.
Bazarbek has supported Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's "Fair Kazakhstan" initiative.[4]
Awards and honors
Among Bazarbek's awards and honors are:
Personal life
Bazarbek is married to Anel Ädılova,[2] and they have two children.[1] Bazarbek speaks Kazakh, Russian, and English.[2]
Notes
- ^ Often transliterated as Bakytzhan Zhumabekuly Bazarbek through a Russified Romanization of Бакытжан Жумабекулы Базарбек.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Базарбек Бақытжан Жұмабекұлы" (in Kazakh). Official website of the Mäjilis. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Базарбек Бакытжан Жумабекулы". online.zakon.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Бақытжан Базарбек: Су қоймаларының тағдырын мафия шешіп отыр". kaz.inform.kz (in Kazakh). 17 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ a b Өрібай, Аян (4 December 2024). "Бақытжан Базарбек Парламенттен кетуі мүмкін бе". qaz.ulysmedia.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Бақытжан Жұмабекұлы Базарбек". kaz.inform.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 9 July 2025.