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Kumar Aksakalov

Kazakh politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ31194738 ↗
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Qumar Irgebaiūly Aqsaqalov (Kazakh: Құмар Іргебайұлы Ақсақалов; born 24 August 1965) is a Kazakh politician serving as the akim of Kostanay Region since 2022. He previously served as the akim of North Kazakhstan Region from 2017 to 2022.

Early life and education

Kumar Irgebaiuly Aksakalov was born on August 24, 1965, in Leninskoe, a village in Lenin District (now Uzunkol, Uzunkol District), Kostanay Region, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan).

In 1987, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Agricultural Engineers (now Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy) with a degree in engineering. In 2000 he successfully defended his Candidate of Sciences (PhD-equivalent) dissertation on “The Effectiveness of Agrotechnical Services in Maintaining Machinery Operational Condition (a Case Study of Farms in Kostanay Region).”

Early career

In 1987, after graduating from an institute in Moscow, he returned to Kostanay Region and spent two years working as chief engineer at the Krylov State Farm in Uritsky District (now Sarykol District). In 1989 he was appointed first secretary of the district committee of the Lenin Communist Youth Union of Kazakhstan (LKSM).

In 1992, he resumed work in agriculture, joining the “Mayak” State Farm. After a year there he became director of the small state enterprise “Novoselovka” in Kostanay District. From 1994 to 1996 he served as deputy general director of the “Kustanayskoye” Scientific and Production Association in the same district.

In 1996 he was named president of AOOT “Sever”.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kumar Aksakalov” as kazakh politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 2022, 2017, 1987—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-08-24. The account is most persuasive where Kumar, Aksakalov and Kazakh can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as kazakh politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q31194738. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965, 2022, 2017 and 1987.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kumar Aksakalov” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.