Jambyl Ahmetbekov


Jambyl Aýjanuly Ahmetbekov is a Kazakh politician, secretary of Central Committee of the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan, and a member of Mazhilis from 2012.

Biography

Early life, education

Ahmetbekov was born in Shanteke, Tselinograd Oblast, Kazakh SSR.
In 1978, he graduated from Kuybyshev High School. From 1978 to 1983, Ahmetbekov studied at the Faculty of Agricultural Mechanization of the Tselinograd Agricultural Institute. During his time, Ahmetbekov played the guitar and played sports.
From September 1983, he worked as a mechanic at the Kurgaldzhinsky state farm, and already in November of that year, Ahmetbekov was elected to be the secretary of the Komsomol committee of a state farm.
In 1987-1990, Ahmetbekov worked as an instructor in the ideological department of the Kurgaldzhinsky district committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. In 1988, he was awarded the medal of the Komsomol Central Committee.
From April 1990 to April 1992, he worked in an elected position as the first secretary of the Kurgaldzhin district committee of the Lenin Communist Youth Union of Kazakhstan and was a member of the bureau of the Kurgaldzhin district committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.
In 1994, Ahmetbekov graduated from KIMEP University, during that time, he was the head of the culture department of the Tengiz district administration of the Karaganda region.
From 1998-2001, Ahmetbekov worked as a platoon commander, then deputy director for military-physical training of the Akmola regional military-technical lyceum "Sunkar", then as a methodologist of the district department of education for primary military training and sports.

Political career

Since September 2005, Ahmetbekov is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan. In the party congress of February 14, 2011, he was announced as the QKHP's candidate for the 2011 presidential election. He was a candidate for the 2019 presidential election.