NEW MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT APPOINTED IN RK

Nurgali Sadvakasovich Ashimov was appointed a new Minister of Environment Protection by the RK President Decree N760 as of 4 March 2009.

He was born 10 October 1959 in Shymkent.

Graduate of Moscow Economic and Statistical Institute (1981), engineer-mathematician; Post–graduate student of the same university. Candidate of Economics (1989).

Dissertation theme: “Research and Development of Information Database Designing Methodologies”.

From 1981 up to now he held a number of top level government positions. His last job was head of South-Kazakhstan oblast administration.

Source: CARNet, 12.03.2009