predecessor successor birth_place president party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
serik akhmetov daniyal akhmetov aslan musin serik akhmetov nurlan nigmatulin tselinograd -rrb- , soviet union -lrb- now astana , kazakhstan nursultan nazarbayev nursultan nazarbayev nursultan nazarbayev nur otan prime of the president minister of kazakhstan head of the executive office 15 june 1965 2 april 2014 10 january 2007 24 september 2012 karim massimov february 2015.jpg karim massimov
 24 september 2012 2 april 2014 karim massimov Кәрім Мәсімов peoples ' friendship university
karim massimov

karim qajymqanuly massimov -lrb- ; ; born 15 june 1965 -rrb- is a kazakh politician who has served as prime minister of kazakhstan since 2 april 2014 .
he previously held the same post from 10 january 2007 to 24 september 2012 .
massimov served as deputy prime minister from 19 january 2006 to 9 january 2007 and as minister of economy and budget planning , minister of transport and communications in 2001 .
president nazarbayev nominated massimov to succeed daniyal akhmetov as prime minister on 9 january 2007 .
the nur otan party endorsed massimov 's candidacy and parliament confirmed the nomination on 10 january .
on 24 september 2012 , massimov 's premiership ended when president nazarbayev moved him to the position of chief of staff of the presidential office ; according to reuters , the move was designed to readjust the power balance between various factions within the government .
