Bauyrjan Baibek

Bauyrjan Qydyrgaliuly Baibek (born 19 March 1974) is a Kazakh politician who served as the äkim of Almaty from 9 August 2015 to 28 June 2019.

Along party lines.

Baibek was born in the city of Alma-Ata (present-day Almaty) in 1974.

After graduating from the Kulyash Bayseitova Musical School in Almaty with honors in piano, he entered the Kurmangazy Conservatory in 1992.

From 1994 to 1998, he studied in Germany under the Bolashak Scholarship.

In 1995, Baibek earned a degree in German Language from the Goethe-Institut’s annual program in Bremen.

He then graduated from the Lübeck Academy of Music with a specialty as a teacher in 1998.

From 1999 to 2002, Baibek worked as a referent, attaché of the Consulate General of Kazakhstan in Frankfurt and the third secretary of Economic missions of Kazakhstan in Germany in the city of Berlin.

In 2002, Baibek graduated in absentee from the Central Asian University (now closed) in Almaty with a degree in international economics.

From 2002 to 2003, he served as an expert in the Central Systems Research of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.

From 2004 to 2006, Baibek was the chief inspector of the Protocol of the President of Kazakhstan.

In 2006, he became the chief of the Protocol of the President and worked in this position until August 2009, when he became the deputy head of the Presidential Administration.

In 2010, he defended his thesis on "The institutionalization of the state protocol of the Republic of Kazakhstan", earning doctoral degree in political science.

On 17 January 2013, Baibek was appointed as the First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan.

In 2014, under Baibek, an anti-corruption program of the Nur Otan was developed and adopted for 2015 to 2025.

In 2014, there were 20 facts of the derailment of cars.

In March 2015, the party initiated a number of projects dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.

In the framework of the project “Ардагерлерді ардақтайық” (“Taking Care of the Older Generation”), a complete data was restored on 531 Heroes of the Soviet Union and more than 124 full cavaliers of the Order of Glory.

With the assistance of the Nur Otan, the cycle “Қазақстандық қаһармандар” (“Heroic annals of Kazakhstanis”) started.

Hundred videos in Kazakh and Russian languages about Kazakh World War II veterans were shown on the Astana channel.

On 31 October 2015, tram traffic was closed in Almaty due to the results of the inspection, which revealed numerous irregularities and inconsistencies: there were gaps of up to 50 mm at all assembly joints, rail wear was up to 2–2.5 cm, wooden sleepers were rotten.

Due to the condition of the tram tracks, wheel sets of wagons were heavily worn out.

Up until September 2015, there were 43 derailments.

On 11 January 2016, the public transport system "Onai" was introduced, which was non-cash fare system.

The system deduced unaccounted cash from the shadow turnover.

In September 2016, the cash payment of Almaty residents for a month amounted to 256 million tenge, with cards to only 0.8 billion tenge.

In January 2016, 70% of the state-owned company “Almatyelektrotrans” was transferred to a private investor Green Bus Company LLP for 5 years in trust without the right to subsequent redemption.

In 2017, the dismantling of tram tracks began.

In September 2017, the monthly cash income was 91 million tenge, and through the Onai card, 1.5 billion tenge.

800 million tenge were withdrawn from the shadow turnover in one month.

Under the leadership of Baibek, public transport was updated by 80%, almost 1300 new buses were purchased.

In September 2018, the first BRT line in the country was launched on Timiryazev Street, at peak hours, the speed of buses along the line was 3 times higher than cars.

Already in the first 10 days of operation, passenger flow increased by 40% from 100,000 to 140,000 people.

After speed reduction on Al-Farabi Avenue from 80 to 60 km, the number of accidents decreased by 2.7 times.

Baibek was the First Deputy Chairman of Nur Otan from 29 June 2019 to 2 February 2022 and previously from 17 January 2013 to 8 August 2015.

On 28 June 2019, Baibek was reappointed again as the First Deputy Chairman.

He served the post until 2 February 2022 when he stepped down shortly after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev became the new party leader.

In his Facebook page, Baibek cited the reason for his resignation was due to the Nur Otan requiring "new tasks that require fresh approaches and views."

In his statement, he gave remarks about his work in the party which were contributing to strengthening Kazakhstan's independence, thanking former President and party leader Nazarbayev and incumbent President Tokayev for trust and support, as well as the party's apparatus staff and members.

Following Baibek's dismissal, the post of the First Deputy Chairman was abolished and replaced by the executive secretary for the party, who became Ashat Oralov.