Alikhan Baimenov is Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Astana Civil Service Hub, a distinguished public figure, who held leading public posts in the Government, former Member of Parliament.
1988 – Post-graduate study at the :ru:Московский автомобильно-дорожный государственный технический университет|Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University in Russia. He held PhD in Technical Sciences.
1996 - 1997 – Deputy Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Organizational and control department of the Executive Office.
1998 - 2000 – Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs. He was a driving force behind the establishing the first authorized agency on civil service affairs. Kazakhstan became the first state among CIS countries, which introduced a mandatory competition-based recruitment of civil servants and divided public positions into administrative and political ones.
1997 - 2001 - Chairman of the Commission on Citizenship under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2000 - 2001 – Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Under his leadership, for the first time among the CIS countries, the concept of three-level model of social protection and model of implementation of social insurance were developed in Kazakhstan. The necessity of insurance of employers' liability for damage to workers was also substantiated.
July 1, 2011 - 2014 – Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs. During that time, he headed the second stage of reforms in civil service. In the result, the new model reduced the number of political servants by eight times. The other initiative included introduction of Senior Executive Service – Corps “A” and professionalisation of HR departments.
September 2014 – Chairman of Steering Committee of the Astana Civil Service Hub, which serves as an institutional platform for improving civil service and knowledge sharing and comprises 39 participating countries today.
Civic and political activity
1989 - 1990 – Leader of the first public movement in the Zhezkazgan region – “Ulytau”, Head of the regional branch of the public anti-nuclear movement "Nevada - Semipalatinsk". The activists of the “Ulytau” movement were engaged in environment and cultural protection of the region, strived to eliminate the radar station near Zhezkazgan, collect and dispose of the detachable parts and fragments of carrier rockets from Baikonur.
2003 - Chairman of the Political Executive Committee of the Party.
September 2004 – He led the candidates’ list of “Ak Zhol” political party in the parliamentary elections. According to the party lists, "Ak Zhol" got about 30% of the votes, officially the party got only little bit more than 12%. Protesting against such actions of the authorities, he refused the deputy's mandate.
March 2005 - 2011 – Chairman of the "Ak Zhol" party.
September 2005 – Candidate for President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2006 – Member of the State Commission for the Development and Specification of the Program for Political Reforms
2006 - 2007 – Member of Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2015 – Co-chairman of “Kazakhstan Foundation for Management Development”.
He is also the President of the public fund "Zerde", the Head of the Intellectual Discussion Club "Temirkazyk", the President of the Republican Federation for Togyzkumalak and the President of the World Federation for Togyzkumalak.
Publications
Mr. Baimenov is known as an author of a number of publications, books focused on public governance, civil service, management, social protection, politics and party-building:
«Civil Service in the Republic of Kazakhstan»
«Civil Service. International Experience. Kazakhstan’s Model»
«Together for the present and future of Kazakhstan»
«Аkzhol, Kazakhstan!»
«Теmirkazyk»
«Constitutional Reform: matured necessity»
«Changes Without Shocks».
«Bureaucracy and Cooperation».
"Public Service Excellence in the 21st Centure", Alikhan Baimenov, Panos Liverakos
Awards
The Jubilee medal "20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan".
