Serik Baimaganbetov | |
Office: | Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan |
Term Start: | April 2, 2009 |
Term End: | April 11, 2011 |
Office1: | Chairman of the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance |
Term Start1: | May 2011 |
Term End1: | February 2, 2012 |
Office2: | Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan |
Nationality: | Kazakhstani |
Serik Baimaganbetov is a Kazakh politician[1] who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan from April 2, 2009, to April 11, 2011. He was the Chairman of the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance (Kazakhstan) from May 2011 until February 2, 2012. He also served as Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister and head of the presidential administration's law enforcement division.
He was detained in February 2012 on charges of accepting bribes of $50,000.[2] [3] In January 2013, he was convicted of large-scale bribery and abuse of office and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.[4]