Byrganym Aitimova

Byrganym Aitimova
Byrganym Aitimova
Бірғаным Әйтімова
	Aitimova in 2009
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
	In office; 14 May 2004 – 13 December 2004
Prime Minister	Daniyal Akhmetov
Minister of Education and Science
	In office; 13 December 2004 – 10 January 2007
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Daniyal Akhmetov
Preceded by	Zhaksybek Kulekeyev
Succeeded by	Zhanseit Tuymenbayev
Minister of Tourism, Physical Education and Sports
	In office; 17 December 1993 – 24 January 1996
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Sergey Tereshchenko; Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded by	Qaratai Tūrysov
Succeeded by	Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov
Member of the Senate
	In office; 26 August 2013 – 12 August 2019
Appointed by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
	In office; 24 January 1996 – 16 October 1996
Appointed by	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Member of the Supreme Council
	In office; 25 March 1990 – 17 December 1993
Kazakh Ambassador to the United Nations
	In office; 9 February 2007 – 26 August 2013
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Erzhan Kazykhanov
Succeeded by	Kairat Abdrakhmanov
Personal details
Born	26 February 1953 (age 71); Bakushino, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	CPSU (1977–1988); People's Congress (1993); People's Union of Kazakhstan Unity (until 1999)
Spouse	Nūrlan Abdullaev
Children	Säken; Sabina
Alma mater	Oral State Pedagogical University; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Byrganym Saryqyzy Aitimova (Kazakh: Бірғаным Сарықызы Әйтімова, romanized: Bırğanym Saryqyzy Äitımova, born 26 February 1953)^[1]^[2] is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who was a member of the Kazakh Senate from 2013 to 2019 and in 1996. She served as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, Cuba, and Solomon Islands concurrently from 2007 to 2013.^[3]^[4] Prior to her appointment as UN ambassador, she was the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2005 and then the Minister of Education and Science until Zhanseit Tuymenbayev replaced her on 10 January 2007.^[3]^[5] She served as Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Italy from 2002 to 2004, and ambassador to Israel from 1996 to 2002.^[3]

^ "CV of Mrs. Byrganym Aitimova". Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
^ "Сайт депутата" [Deputy Site]. Kazakh Parliament (in Kazakh). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "New Permanent Representative Of Kazakhstan Presents Credentials". United Nations. 16 March 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Указы" [Decrees]. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015.
^ President of Kazakhstan forming cabinet, AzerTaj