Imangali Nurgaliuly Tasmagambetov (born 9 December 1956) is the current mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of Astana

Astana

Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

. From December 2004-April 2008 he served as the mayor of Almaty

Almaty

Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

. Before that he served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

-Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars:*Viktor Radus-Zenkovich *Mukhamedkhafiy Murzagaliyev *Saken Seyfullin *Nygmet Nurmakov...

 from 28 January 2002 to 11 June 2003.

Tasmaghambetov said he resigned after finding out about the falsification of a positive vote of confidence in his administration, taken on 19 May 2003. His resignation resulted in the dismissal of all members of his cabinet as instructed in the Constitution of Kazakhstan

Constitution of Kazakhstan

The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the highest law of Kazakhstan, as stated in Article 4. The Constitution was approved by referendum on 30 August 1995.-Preamble:...

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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Nazarbayev

Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...

 replaced Tasmaghambetov with Pavlodar Oblast Governor Daniyal Akhmetov

Daniyal Akhmetov

Daniyal Kenzhetayuly Akhmetov has served as the Minister of Defense and Gm/fr/neeneral of the Army of Kazakhstan since Prime Minister Karim Massimov appointed him on 10 January 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister from 13 June 2003 to 9 January 2007...

on 13 June 2003. Akhmetov pledged to maintain many of Tasmaghambetov's policies.