Akejan Kajegeldin

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Akejan Kajegeldin
Әкежан Қажыгелдин
Kajegeldin in 2020
2nd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 14 October 1994 – 10 October 1997
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
First Deputy	Nygmetjan Esengarin (1994–1997) Vitaly Mette (1995–1996) Akhmetzhan Yessimov (1996–1997)
Preceded by	Sergey Tereshchenko
Succeeded by	Nurlan Balgimbayev
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 18 December 1993 – 14 October 1994
Prime Minister	Sergey Tereshchenko
Preceded by	Daulet Sembaev
Succeeded by	Nygmetjan Esengarin
Chairman of the Republican People's Party
In office 17 December 1998 – 25 December 2001
Deputy	Amirjan Qosanov
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-27) 27 March 1952 (age 72) Georgiyevka (now Qalbatau), Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1974–1978

Akejan Kajegeldin (Kazakh: Әкежан Мағжанұлы Қажыгелдин, Äkejan Mağjanūly Qajygeldin; born 27 March 1952)^[1] is a Kazakh politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 12 October 1994 until his resignation on 10 October 1997, ostensibly for health reasons,^[2] though many saw it as an act protesting authoritarianism in Kazakhstan. He has accused President Nazarbayev of authoritarianism, nepotism, and indifference to violations of human rights.^[2]

Kajegeldin lives in the west in exile. Adam Albion of Radio Free Europe characterized Kajegeldin's efforts at democratizing Kazakhstan as "defiant, confrontational, and openly scornful of the idea" that Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, "will ever share power willingly."^[3]