Background and career
İmanğali Nūrğaliūly Тasmağambetov (Kazakh: Иманғали Нұрғалиұлы Тасмағамбетов, [imɑ́ɴʁɑɫí nʊrʁɑɫíjʊɫə́ tʰɑsmɑʁɑmb̥ʲétəf] ; born 9 December 1956) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat, who was the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization from 2023 to 2025. He was the Kazakh Ambassador to Russia from 2017 to 2019. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2017 and Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan from 2014 to 2016. He was the akim of Astana from 2008 to 2014 and from 2004 to 2008, as akim of Almaty. Before that, from 2002 to 2003, he was the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
Tasmagambetov stated that he resigned as PM after finding out about the falsification of a positive vote of confidence in his administration that was taken on 19 May 2003. His resignation resulted in the dismissal of all members of his cabinet, as required by the Constitution of Kazakhstan.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev replaced Tasmagambetov with Pavlodar Region Akim Daniyal Akhmetov on 13 June 2003. Akhmetov pledged to maintain many of Tasmagambetov's policies.
Tasmagambetov was appointed as head of KazakhGolf Federation on 18 May 2022.

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