Sat Tokpakbayev

Sat Besimbayevich Tokpakbayev (Kazakh: Сәт Бесімбайұлы Тоқпақбаев; September 17, 1939) is a Kazakh military officer and politician who served in various positions in the Kazakh government including Deputy of the Mäjilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2007-2016), Chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan (1993-1995), Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan (1999-2001), Advisor to the President of Kazakhstan (12.2001-2002). People's Hero of Kazakhstan (2024). He holds the rank of Colonel general since 2001.

Sat Tokpakbayev
Сәт Тоқпақбаев
Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan
In office 13 October 1999 – 8 December 2001
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Mukhtar Altynbayev
Succeeded by	Mukhtar Altynbayev
Commander of the Republican Guard
In office 1995–1999
Preceded by	Tulegen Umbetbaev
Succeeded by	Bulat Iskakov
Chairman of the National Security Committee
In office 27 Decemver 1993 – 8 November 1995
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded by	Bulat Baekenov
Succeeded by	Dzhenisbek Dzhumanbekov
Member of the Mäjilis
In office 2007–2016
Personal details
Born	(1939-09-17) 17 September 1939 (age 86) Karaganda, Kazakh SSR
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Nur Otan
Alma mater	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Soviet MFA Diplomatic Academy
Military service
Branch/service	Kazakh Armed Forces (1991-) Soviet Armed Forces 1969-1991
Rank	Colonel general
Commands	Republican Guard

Biography

In 1963, he graduated from the Law Faculty of the Kirov Kazakh State University, in 1971 from the Higher Diplomatic School of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He speaks Chinese and English.

He began his career in July 1956 as a collective farmer at the Komsomol collective farm in the Ile District of the Alma-Ata Region, from August 1957 he worked as a wagon driver at the Burundai brick factory in the Alma-Ata Region and from September 1958 he was a student at the Kazakh State University.

From July 1963 he served as investigator of the Alma-Ata regional prosecutor's office.

In 1964, he graduated from the Higher Courses School of the KGB in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR.

A career officer of the State Security Committee of the USSR. He went from being an operative to the head of the department, a member of the board of the KGB of the Kazakh SSR.

Since November 1991 he served as Head of the KGB Department of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Almaty and Almaty Region.

Since June 1993 he served as First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan. Since December 1993 he served as Chairman of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[1]

Since November 1995 he served as Head of the Security Service of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Commander of the Republican Guard.

From 1999 to 2001 he served as Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

For several years he was a Member of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[2]

Since December 2001 he became Advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chairman of the Commission on Citizenship Issues under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well as Chairman of the Commission on Combating Corruption and Compliance with Official Ethics by Civil Servants of the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[2]

Since September 2002 he served Chairman of the Board of Directors of the airline OJSC Euro-Asia-Air International.

Since September 2, 2007 he was elected Deputy of the Majlis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security.

September 16, 2024 he was awarded the Gold Star and the Order of "Otan".^[3]

Awards

• People's Hero of Kazakhstan (2024)
• Order of Fatherland (2024)
• Order of Glory, 1st degree (1997);
• Order of the Leopard, 3rd degree (2008);
• Order of the Leopard, 1st degree (2019);
• Winner of the Altyn Adam Festival-Competition in the Military of the Year nomination (2000, 2001);
• Astana Medal (1998);
• Medal of 10 Years of Independence of Kazakhstan [ru] (2001);
• Medal of 10 Years of the Constitution of Kazakhstan [ru] (2005);
• Medal of 10 Years of Astana (2008);
• Medal "20 Years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" (2011);
• Medal "For Contribution to National Security";
• Medal "Veteran of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan" [ru];
• 25 medals, including the USSR, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic;
• Honorary Citizen of Almaty (2019).