Altynbek Sarsenbayuly

Altynbek Sarsenbayuly
Алтынбек Сәрсенбайұлы
Sarsenbayuly in 2005
Secretary of the Security Council
In office 5 May 2001 – 11 December 2001
Chairman	Nursultan Nazarbayev
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Marat Tazhin
Succeeded by	Marat Tazhin
Minister of Information
In office 12 July 2004 – 29 September 2004
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Daniyal Akhmetov
Preceded by	Sauytbek Adrahmanov
Succeeded by	Esetjan Kosubaev (Culture, Information and Sports)
Minister of Culture, Information and Public Accord
In office 13 October 1997 – 5 May 2001
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Nurlan Balgimbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed
Minister of Press and Media
In office 20 January 1993 – 14 October 1995
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime Minister	Sergey Tereshchenko Akezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded by	Quanysh Sultanov
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Russia
In office 25 January 2002 – 3 November 2003
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Taiyr Mansurov
Succeeded by	Krymbek Kusherbayev
Personal details
Born	Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly Sarsenbaev (1962-09-12)12 September 1962 Qainar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	11 February 2006(2006-02-11) (aged 43) Talgar District, Kazakhstan
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Naghyz Ak Zhol (2005–2006)
Other political affiliations	Democratic Party (1995–1999) Otan (1999–2003) Ak Zhol (2003–2005)
Children	2
Alma mater	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Moscow State University

Altynbek Sarsenbayuly (Kazakh: Алтынбек Сәрсенбайұлы, Altynbek Särsenbaiūly; 12 September 1962 – 11 February 2006) was a Kazakh politician who served in the Government of Kazakhstan before becoming a political opposition leader. At the time of his death, he served as co-chairman of the opposition Naghyz Ak Zhol (True Bright Path) party.

In 2003, after a long career in senior Kazakh government positions, such as Information Minister and Ambassador to Russia, Sarsenbayuly joined the opposition ranks in protest against what he regarded as the administration's authoritarian policies.^{[citation needed]}

Soon after his decision to contest in the 2005 Kazakh presidential election, Sarsenbayuly faced government intimidation tactics, including a physical assault by unidentified individuals during a presidential campaign meeting with voters and the alleged beating of his two nephews in November 2005.^{[citation needed]}