Nygmetjan Esengarin

Nygmetjan Qabataiuly Esengarin (Kazakh: Нығметжан Қабатайұлы Есенғарин; born 29 September 1941) is a Kazakh politician who served as a Minister of Transport from 1991 to 1994, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 1994 to 1997, chairman of the Integration Committee of the CIS Customs Union from 1996 to 2001, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Economic Community from 2001 to 2002.

Nygmetjan Esengarin
Нығметжан Есенғарин
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
12 October 1994 – 24 July 1997
Prime MinisterAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded byAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Vitaly Mette
Succeeded byAkhmetzhan Yessimov
Minister of Transport
In office
25 February 1991 – 11 October 1994
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterSergey Tereshchenko
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySerik Aligujinov
Personal details
Born (1941-09-21) September 21, 1941
Burino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Spouse(s)Raushan Esingarina
ChildrenTlek, Ardaq
Alma materUral State University of Railway Transport
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch/serviceSoviet Army
Years of service1964–1966

Biography

Early life and education

Esengarin was born in the village of Burino in the Chelyabinsk Oblast of the Russian SFSR to the parents of Qabatai Esengarin (1908–1952) and Elikha Esengarina (1910–1981).[1]

In 1958, Esengarin graduated from high school in the village of Semiozernoye and then in 1964, from the Ural State University of Railway Transport with a degree in Automation, Telemechanics and Communication in Railway Transport.[2]

In 1984, he finished the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a specialty in economics, organization of management and planning of the national economy.[2]

Career

After graduating in 1964, Esengarin served in the tank forces in Samarkand.[2]

From 1966, Esengarin worked as an electromechanic, engineer, chief engineer, head of the Department of the Tselinograd Signaling and Communication Distance, head of the Department of the Tselinograd Branch of the Road and from 1972, as the head of the Technical Department, deputy chief engineer of the Kazakh Railway, chief engineer of the Tselinnaya Railway. From 1986 to 1989, Esengarin was the head of the Tselinnaya railway, deputy minister for construction of the Minister of Railways of the USSR. In 1989, he became the head of the Alma-Ata railway.[2]

On 25 February 1991, Esengarin was appointed as the Minister of Transport and on 12 October 1994, he became the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.[3][4] While serving as the First Deputy, he became a member of Presidium of the Economic Union and the Interstate Economic Committee of the CIS in November 1994 and from 1996, the chairman of the Integration Committee of the CIS Customs Union, Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Economic Community.[5]

From 2002 to 2013, Esengarin was the founder and general director of the independent research and implementation center "Economtransconsulting" LLP, director of the "Center for Management and Logistics in Transport" and from 2006 to 2014, member of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.[5]

He's currently serving as the member of Eurasia International Economic Academy and the International Academy of Transport, chairman of the Association of National Freight Forwarders of Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstan Association of Carriers and Operators of Wagons, chairman of the Board of Directors of the ETC Trans Group consortium, scientific advisor to Esengarin and Partners LLP and an advisor to the President of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.[5]

Works

Esengarin is a publisher of the analytical industry magazine "Trans-Express Kazakhstan, the magazine for passengers of the Kazakh railways "Time on the road", the general transport business magazine "Trans-Logistics Kazakhstan".[2]

References
  1. "ИСИНГАРИН Нигматжан Кабатаевич | WHO-is-WHO". web.archive.org. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. "Главный редактор: доктор экономических наук Нигматжан Кабатаевич ИСИНГАРИН". transexpress.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1990–1991 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2011. p. 118. ISBN 978-601-7259-30-3.
  4. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1994–1995 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2011. p. 174. ISBN 978-601-7259-62-4.
  5. "ИСИНГАРИН Нигматжан Кабатаевич | ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.