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Article: KAZAKHSTAN - Timur Kulibayev.
- Article from:
- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- August 7, 2006
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An intelligent and ambitious President and CEO of the KMG group since June 2006, Kulibayev is married to President Nazarbayev's second daughter Dinara. Until his promotion, he used to be KMG's first vice president of KMG. In his 30s, he began his career in the finance ministry's division which was once in charge of the petroleum sector. In March 1997, as Nazarbayev made Balgimbayev president of KazakhOil, the latter made Kulibayev the financial boss and vice president of the company. The oil and gas firms then were transferred from the finance ministry to KazakhOil.
It was on June 27, 2006, that KMG announced the promotion of Kulibayev as head of KMG and chairman ...