Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov (, Baqytjan Tūrsynūly Jūmağūlov; born 18 August 1953) is a Kazakh politician who was Chairman of Otan and after renamed Nur Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan.Kazakh President Appoints New Transportation Minister RadioFreeEurope/RadioFreeLiberty and acting chairman of Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan.
Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in Astana on 25 September 2006 that Otan and Asar political parties officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."
Since 4 July 2007, Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.President Nursultan Nazarbayev is the head of the Nur Otan party
From 2010 to 2013, he held the post of Minister of Education and Science.
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