death_date children nationality ethnicity education term_end country death_place other_names notable_works term_start spouse image occupation death_cause caption known_for ambassador_from article_title birth_name
24 february 2015 three b. 1985 -rrb- aisultan rakhatovich -lrb- b. 1990 -rrb- venera children rakhatovna -lrb- b. 2000 -rrb- -lrb- with nazarbayeva -rrb- nurali rakhatovich -lrb- kazakhstan kazakh law degree , 1997 ; ph.d economics , 2005 july 2005 26 may 2007 austria , macedonia , serbia , slovenia austria vienna , austria rakhat shoraz '' godfather-in-law '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- 21 june 2002 9 february 2007 dariga m. 2007 -rrb- nazarbayeva -lrb- d. 2007 -rrb- elnara shorazova -lrb- rakhat aliyev.jpg diplomat , politician , businessman hanging aliyev in april 2007 arrests for murder , kidnapping , money laundering kazakhstan kazakhstan rakhat aliyev
 rakhat mukhtaruly aliyev
rakhat aliyev

rakhat mukhtaruly aliyev -lrb- ; 10 december 1962 -- 24 february 2015 -rrb- was a senior official of the government of kazakhstan who died in an austrian prison awaiting trial on charges of murder .
his trial was planned to start in vienna in first half of year 2015 .
austrian legal circles were giving much attention to this high-profile criminal case in which one former diplomat is facing murder charges .
he was chief of kazakhstan 's tax police , deputy chief of the knb state security service -lrb- kazakhstan 's successor to the soviet kgb -rrb- , ambassador to austria , and first vice foreign minister .
while serving in those government posts , aliyev amassed a fortune in the banking , oil refining , news media , telecommunications , and agricultural commodities sectors .
he was born in almaty .
in february 2007 , he was appointed to his second tour as kazakhstan 's ambassador to austria and to the organization for security and cooperation in europe , before being relieved of his post and losing his diplomatic immunity .
until june 2007 , aliyev was married to dariga nazarbayeva , the eldest daughter of kazakh president nursultan nazarbayev .
after hiding in malta to avoid an interpol warrant for his arrest , and attempting to gain cypriot citizenship , aliyev was taken into custody in june 2014 by austrian authorities on charges that include kidnapping and murder .
he was jailed at the josefstadt prison pending trial , and was placed under watch as a suicide risk .
aliyev , who portrayed himself as a dissident after falling out with kazakhstan 's leadership , said that he was not guilty and the charges against him were politically motivated .
