Daniyal Akhmetov

Daniyal Akhmetov
Даниал Ахметов
Akhmetov in 2018
6th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 13 June 2003 – 8 January 2007 Acting: 11 June 2003 – 13 June 2003
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
First Deputy	Alexander Pavlov (2002–2004) Grigori Marchenko (2004)
Preceded by	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Succeeded by	Karim Massimov
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 21 December 2000 – 21 November 2001
Prime Minister	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Aleksandr Pavlov
Succeeded by	Aleksandr Pavlov (2002)
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 12 October 1999 – 21 December 2000
Prime Minister	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Minister of Defense
In office 10 January 2007 – 17 June 2009
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Karim Massimov
Preceded by	Mukhtar Altynbayev
Succeeded by	Adilbek Zhaksybekov
Äkim of East Kazakhstan Region
In office 11 November 2014 – 16 June 2023
Preceded by	Berdibek Saparbayev
Succeeded by	Ermek Köşerbaev
Äkim of Pavlodar Region
In office 21 November 2001 – 11 June 2003
Preceded by	Galymzhan Zhakiyanov
Succeeded by	Qairat Nurpeisov
In office 19 January 1993 – 19 December 1997
Preceded by	Asygat Jabagin
Succeeded by	Galymzhan Zhakiyanov
Äkim of North Kazakhstan Region
In office 19 December 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by	Vladimir Gartman
Succeeded by	Qajymurat Nagymanov
Personal details
Born	(1954-06-15) 15 June 1954 (age 70) Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Nur Otan

Daniyal Kenjetaiuly Akhmetov (Kazakh: Даниал Кенжетайұлы Ахметов, Danial Kenjetaiūly Ahmetov; born 15 June 1954) is a Kazakh politician who was the 6th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007.^[1]

Critics refer to him as "The Terminator", a nickname he gained as the akim of Pavlodar Region for his actions in suppressing supporters of Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, the previous äkim.^[2] On 8 January 2007, he resigned as Prime Minister. He did not say why, but President Nursultan Nazarbayev had criticized him in 2006 for overspending and other administrative errors.^[3] Nazarbayev accepted his resignation, and immediately appointed him acting Prime Minister.^[4]

Akhmetov was included as Minister of Defense in the government that took office on 10 January 2007. He was dismissed from that post in June 2009. From November 11, 2014 to June 16, 2023, he was äkim of the East Kazakhstan Region.^[5]