January 8. Today's Birthdays

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 8th of January.

NAMES

Journalist, translator and citizen of honor of Otyrar district of Turkestan region Zharylkassyn NUSKABAIULY was born in 1940 in Otyrar district. He is the graduate of the Al Farabi Kazakh State University. He used to work for the Kazakh telegraph agency, Zhalyn publishing house and Mektep publishing house. He was the author of textbooks for children, scientific and pedagogic works. Nuskabaiuly also translated fairytales, novels of Belarusian, Kyrgyz, and Tajik, Russian and Armenian writers into the Kazakh language.

Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan Akyltai KASSIMOV was born in 1957 in Tyumen region of Russia. He is the graduate of the Kirov Kazakh State University. He was appointed to his recent post in March 2015.

Akim (governor) of Almaty region Kanat BOZUMBAYEV was born in 1969 in Alma-Ata city. He graduated from the Kazakh State Management Academy. Throughout his professional career he worked for many Kazakhstani companies, including KazTransGas, KEGOC, Air Astana, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, and KazMunaiGas. He also served as the akim of Zhambyl and Pavlodar regions. He was Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Assistant to the Kazakh President. He was designated to his recent post in November 2021.

Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan BAIMISHEV was born in 1980 in Almaty city. He is the graduate of the Femida Law Academy and the Satbayev Kazakh National Technical University. He was appointed to his recent post in December 2019.