Masimov, Karim Kazhimkanovich

Born on June 15, 1965 in Tselinograd , Kazakh SSR , Uigur. His father Kazhimkan Kasimovich Massimov was the director of a brick factory (Burunday software for wall materials), JSC "Mantra", later mentioned in the press as well as deputy head of the Glavtopsnab under the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR ^[4] . On April 8, 2019, in the 80th year of his life, Kazhimkan Kasymovich Massimov died ^[5] . Mother - Eleonora Karimovna Azhibekova ^[6] .

In 1982 he graduated from the Republican Physics and Mathematics Boarding School ( RFMS ) in the city of Alma-Ata .

1985-1988 graduated from the University of Friendship of Peoples. Patrice Lumumba (Arabic), then the T. Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University, the Kazakh State Academy of Management (KazGAU).

In 1988–1989, he studied Chinese at the Beijing Institute of Language, trained at Wuhan Law University (1989–1991) and Columbia University (USA). In 1998, he graduated from the Kazakh State Agrarian University graduate school, and in 1999 - a doctoral program at the Moscow State Technological Academy, in the same year he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Problems of Industry Formation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ways of Solving Them (theory and practice)”

• In 1991 he became head of the department of the Ministry of Labor of Kazakhstan.
• In 1992-1995, he worked in Kazakhstani commercial structures in China and Hong Kong.
• In 1995-1997 he was the chairman of the board of the " Almaty Trade and Financial Bank ".
• In 1996 - Acting Chairman of the Board " Turanbank "
• In 1997–2000, the chairman of the board of the National Savings Bank of Kazakhstan .
• In 2000-2001 he served as Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan.
• In 2001–2003, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
• In 2003–2006, Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan.
• In 2006–2007, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (at the same time from April to October 2006, he was Minister of Economy and Budget Planning).
• In 2007–2012, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
• In 2012–2014, Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• From January 21, 2014 - and. about. State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• From April 2, 2014 Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. ^[7] After the early presidential elections on April 26, 2015, on April 29, he was again appointed Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. ^[eight]
• From September 8, 2016 - Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan . ^[9]

International law specialist, economist. Doctor of Economics . He speaks Kazakh , Russian , English , Chinese and Arabic .

Karim Massimov is actively interested in sports: alpine and cross-country skiing, climbing ^[10] , mountaineering and golf. As an honorary member of the sports federations, Mr. Massimov supports the development of Thai boxing or muay thai in Kazakhstan, as well as in the international arena.

• President of the Thai Boxing Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Vice-President of the World Association of Muay Thai (WMC),
• President of the Asian Muay Thai Federation (FAMA), ^[11]
• Vice-President of the International Federation of Muay Thai (IFMA), ^[12]
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kazakhstan National Geographic Society. ^[13]

Massimov is married with his wife Massimova (Mashurova), Dilyaram Azatovna, and has three children.

• Father: Kazhimkan Kasimovich Masimov (1939-2019)
• Mother: Eleonora Karimovna Masimova (Azhibekova)
• Daughter Masimova Tamila Karimovna,
• Wife: Masimova Dilyaram Azatovna (Mashurova) ^[14]
• Uncle: Massimov Nurakhmet Kasymovich - Head of the West Kazakhstan Oblast branch of the Uygur Cultural and Educational Center ^{[15] [16]}

• Honorary Doctor of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia ^[17] .

Massimov, instructing the ministers to get tablets at a government meeting, said: “Zamishev sent me a message yesterday at half past midnight, checked me, whether I was sleeping or not. But I answered him. ” ^[18]

• Order "Kurmet" (2004) ^[19]
• Order "The First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev" (2010) ^[20]
• Order of the Federation ( United Arab Emirates , 2010) ^[21]
• Commemorative medal "20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2011) ^[22]
• Order of Friendship of Peoples ( Belarus , 2015 ) ^[23]
• Order of Barys 2 degrees (2016) ^[24]

• Official site of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
• Biography of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Massimov, Karim - article in Lentapedia . year 2012.