Serik Jumanğarin

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Serik Jumanğarin
Серік Жұманғарин
Jumanğarin in 2023
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Assumed office
2 September 2023
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Oljas Bektenov
Preceded byOffice re-established
(Himself as Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Trade and Integration)
Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Trade and Integration
In office
2 September 2022 – 2 September 2023
(Acting from 15 August 2022)
Prime MinisterÄlihan Smaiylov
Preceded byOffice established
(Bakhyt Sultanov as Deputy Prime Minister)
Succeeded byOffice abolished
(Arman Şaqqaliev as Minister of Trade and Intergation)
Personal details
Born (1969-07-22) 22 July 1969 (age 54)
Aktobe, Aktobe Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Children3
Alma mater
Occupation

Serık Maqaşūly Jumanğarin (Kazakh: Серік Мақашұлы Жұманғарин, [sʲeˈrɘk mɑˈqɑʂo̙ɫɯ ʐo̙mɑnˈɣɑrɯjn], born 1969) is a Kazakh politician, economist and physicist, who's currently serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan since September 2023.

Early life and education[edit]

Serik Jumanğarin was born July 22, 1969, in the city of Aktobe.[1]

Jumanğarin finished his studies as a thermal physicist in the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1993. Jumanğarin later studied in the Karagandy State University, ended it in 1997 and became an economist. In 2013, he finished attending the Almaty Management University with the master's degree in business administration.[1]

Career[edit]

Mäjilis approval of Jumanğarin's candidacy for Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Trade and Integration, April 2023

Jumanğarin started his career in business. In the years of 1993–2004, he served in many different minor business-related positions.[2]

In 2005, he started his political career as the deputy head of the economy and budget planning department of the city of Aktobe, which he held until 2006. From April to December of the same year, he served as the head of the business department of Aktobe.[1]

From 2006 to 2007, he was the deputy head of the Aktobe Region Department of the Agency for the Regulation of Natural Monopolies of Kazakhstan, and in 2007–2008 he was the head of that agency. From March to June of the latter year, he also headed one of the departments in the agency.[1]

In June 2008, Jumanğarin held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Trade Committee, Director of the Trade Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and held these positions until April 2010. After that, until July of the same year, he was the deputy chairman of the board of "Kazakhstan Contract Agency" JSC.[1]

From July 2010 to November 2011, Jumanğarin was the deputy chairman and first deputy of the board of JSC "NadLoc National Agency for the Development of Local Coverage", and from March to July 2012 he served as the director of the Department of Regional Policy and Interbudgetary Relations of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.[1]

From July 25, 2012, to January of the following year, Jumanğarin headed the Regional Development Committee of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and from February 2013 to August 15, 2014, he was the Vice Minister of Regional Development.

In the years of 2014–2017, he was the chairman of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition of the Ministry of National Economy, and in 2017–2019, he was the Vice Minister of the same ministry.[2]

On December 20, 2019, he was appointed Minister of Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation at the Eurasian Economic Commission, a position he held until August 14, 2020. On September 14, 2020, he headed the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of Kazakhstan.[1]

In August 2022, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister — Acting Minister of Trade and Integration by presidential decree, and was relieved of the post of chairman of the agency.[3] In September of the same year, he was appointed a full-fledged deputy prime minister and minister, and was reappointed on April 3 of the following year.

On September 2, 2023, he was dismissed from the post of minister, though continued to be the Deputy Prime Minister.[4]

Jumanğarin is a member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission from Kazakhstan since 2019 and a representative of Kazakhstan in the EEC Council since 2022, a member of the Board of Directors of JSC "Khorgas" International Center for Border Cooperation, Member of the Board of Directors of the companies "QazTrade" JSC, "Center for Trade Policy Development" and the "QazExpoCongress" National Company.

Criticism[edit]

Serik Jumanğarin (left) and Taliban member, Minister of Commerce and Industry Nooruddin Azizi, 3 August 2023

Cursing out of a journalist[edit]

In 2019, Jumanğarin, who was Vice Minister at that time, was filmed telling reporters not to "get on his nerves".[5] He was criticized for this,[6] and a few days later he admitted that "his went too far his style of speech" and apologized.[7]

Allegations of corruption[edit]

In 2016, the "Bäse" YouTube channel accused Jumanğarin, who was the head of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition at the Ministry of National Economy at the time, of "taking 10 apartments as a bribe" and "registrating nine of them in the name of his wife". On February 22, 2023, he called the accusations "slander and falsification of the information published by the Internet channel" and said that he purchased the apartments on his own merits and did not do anything illegal.[6]

Afghan–Kazakh business forum[edit]

Despite including the Taliban in the list of terrorist organizations and not officially recognizing their government, Kazakhstan and its Ministry of Trade and Integration held an Afghan-Kazakh business forum in Astana on August 3, 2023. 200 Afghan delegates came to the forum, and during it, contracts worth about 200 million dollars were signed.[8] Among the participants of the forum were Serik Jumanğarin himself[9] and Minister of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan Nooruddin Azizi.[10]

Awards, decorations and titles[edit]

Jumangarin's awards include:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Жумангарин Серик Макашевич (персональная справка)". online.zakon.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  2. ^ a b "Премьер-Министрдің орынбасары". primeminister.kz (in Kazakh). Official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. Archived from the original on 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. ^ "С.М. Жұманғарин туралы". akorda.kz (in Kazakh). Official website of the President of Kazakhstan. 2022-08-15. Archived from the original on 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. ^ "Серік Жұманғарин ҚР Сауда және интеграция министрі лауазымынан босатылды". gov.kz (in Kazakh). Official website of the Ministry of Trade and Integration. 2023-09-02. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ^ "Блин, жынымды келтірмеші"- Вице министр on YouTube
  6. ^ a b "Сауда министрі Жұманғарин "Бәсе" арнасы жазған 10 пәтер өзінің отбасына тиесілі болғанын растады" (in Kazakh). Radio Free Europe. 2023-02-22. Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  7. ^ "Вице-министр журналистерден кешірім сұрады" (in Kazakh). Radio Free Europe. 2019-02-13. Archived from the original on 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  8. ^ Тойкен, Сания (2023-08-09). "Активисты критикуют Астану за соглашения с подконтрольным талибам Афганистаном" (in Russian). Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  9. ^ "Министр қазақ-ауған форумында: Астана Ауғанстанмен байланысты сақтауға мүдделі" (in Kazakh). Radio Free Europe. 2023-08-03. Archived from the original on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  10. ^ "В Астану прибыла делегация талибов" (in Russian). Forbes. 2023-08-02. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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