predecessor successor president party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
akezhan kazhegeldin kassym-jomart tokayev nursultan nazarbayev people 's union of kazakhstan unity 3rd prime minister of kazakhstan 20 november 1947 10 october 1997 nurlan balgimbayev
 1 october 1999 nurlan balgimbayev
nurlan balgimbayev

nurlan utebovich balgimbayev -lrb- ; born 20 november 1947 -rrb- served as the prime minister of kazakhstan from 10 october 1997 to 1 october 1999 .
he has been the president of the kazakhstan oil investment company since february 2002 .
prior to serving as prime minister he served as minister of oil and gas , and later as president of kazakhoil .
after his tenure as prime minister he continued his career as president at state-owned kazakhoil .
lyazzat kiyinov replaced him after the merger between kazakhoil and transport nefti i gaza companies into the new kazmunaygas .
