Toleutai Raqymbekov

Toleutai Sataiuly Raqymbekov (, Töleutai Sataiūly Raqymbekov, ; born 19 July 1964) is a Kazakh politician who's the Chairman of National Agrarian Research and Education Center. He served as a Vice Minister of Agriculture in 2017 and was presidential nominee for the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party in the 2019 Kazakh presidential election.

Biography

Early life and education Raqymbekov was born in 1964 in the village of Atasu in Karaganda Region. In 1986, he graduated from the Kazakh National Agrarian University with a degree in mechanical engineering then in 2001 from the Karagandy State University with a degree in law. In 2014, he earned his masters in construction from the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University.

Career After graduating from the Kazakh National Agrarian University, Raqymbekov was a junior researcher, postgraduate student there until 1987. From that same year, he worked as an engineer, foreman, senior foreman, senior process engineer of the Selkhoztekhnika Zhanaarka Regional Office. From 1989 to 1992, he was a post-graduate student of the All-Russian Research Institute of Electrification of Agriculture. He served the post until being dismissed on 25 July 2017. From September 2017, Raqymbekov was the Professor of the Department Finance of the Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University until becoming the Chairman of the Board of National Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center on 15 April 2019.

2019 presidential campaign

Following the announcement of a snap presidential election in Kazakhstan, Raqymbekov was nominated as candidate by the Auyl People's Democratic Patriotic Party on 25 April 2019. He became registered candidate on 6 May 2019.

Raqymbekov campaigned mainly for development of agriculture which in his opinion would happen only when farmers and scientists actively use innovative technologies and empathized the need for Kazakhstan to become an agricultural state and be one of the world market's leader in ecologically clean products. He also ran in the issues of preserving spiritual and national values, improving education, health care and in social development.

Post-election career On 17 July 2019, Raqymbekov was appointed as member of the National Council of Public Trust under the President of Kazakhstan. Since 4 February 2020, he's a member of the Center for Analysis of Monitoring of Socio-Economic Reforms under the President.