Vladimir Bozhko

Vladimir Bozhko
Владимир Божко
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Emergency Situations
In office
13 November 2007 – 6 August 2014
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Serik Akhmetov
Preceded byViktor Khrapunov
Succeeded byYuri Ilyin (2020)
Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis
In office
25 March 2016 – 30 December 2020
ChairBaktykozha Izmukhambetov
Nurlan Nigmatulin
Preceded byAbai Tasbolatov
Succeeded byPavel Kazantsev
Member of the Mazhilis
In office
20 March 2016 – 30 December 2020
Personal details
Born (1949-05-16) 16 May 1949
SpouseTatiyana Bozhko

Vladimir Karpovich Bozhko (Russian: Владимир Карпович Божко; born 16 May 1949) is a Kazakh lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis from 2016 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan.

While Bozhko was a lieutenant general, he also graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute with a PhD in law. After graduating, he worked at the Almaty electrotechnical plant. From 1976, Bozhko served in national security bodies, where he ascended from a detective to the first vice head of the National Security Committee. Before being appointed Emergency Minister in November 2007, he served as Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee.

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