Kazakh political figure
Serikbek Zhusupbekovich Daukeev (Kazakh: Серікбек Жүсіпбекұлы Дәукеев, Serıkbek Jüsıpbekūly Däukeev) is a Kazakh politician and geologist,[1][2] who held various ministerial and äkimship positions and was the President of the Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences.[3][4]
Biography
After graduation from Kazakh Polytechnic Institute named after Lenin (currently – Satbayev University) in Alma-Ata in 1972 with a degree in Mining Engineering and Geophysics,[5] he joined a land seismic seismic crew. By 1983, he had already become the Chief Engineer of Kazgeofizika (Alma-Ata Geophysical Exploration Company).[6] In 1986 Serikbek Daukeev came to the helm of Alma-Ata Geophysical Exploration Company after completing a program in Setting Up Industrial Production under the aegis of the Ministry of Geology of the USSR.[7] The company was tasked with implementing new geophysical technologies in Kazakhstan under the guidance of the Minister of Geology of the USSR.[6]
In 1992, Serikbek Daukeev spearheaded a reform of the whole system of subsoil resource use in his capacity as the First Deputy Minister of Geology,[8] then Minister of Geology (between 1993 and 2000),[9] and Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection after the governmental reform.[10]
Serikbek Daukeev successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on Geology and Mineralogy in 1996.[11]
From 2000 to 2002, he held the post of akim in Atyrau Region.[12] During his tenure as akim, he initiated a number of construction projects to change the urban landscape into a more modern style.[13] At the same time he served on the boards of KazakhOil National Oil Company and Development Bank of Kazakhstan.[14]
In April 2002, Serikbek Daukeev chaired Satbayev University of Geological Sciences[15] and was elected the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan (pursuant to presidential decree No. 849 dd. April 15, 2002).[16][17]
He has authored over 150 scientific publications, including 7 monographs,[18] and received a prestigious award named after Kanysh Satbayev.[6]
Publications
Books co-authored:
- Kontinentalnye vpadiny Zentralnoy i Vostochnoy Azii (Continental Basins of Central and Eastern Asia) (1988);[19]
- Metodika i tehnologiya vibroseismicheskih rabot s elementami vysokogo razresheniya (Methods and Technologies of Partial High-Resolution Vibroseis Acquisition) (1989).[20]
- Konzepziya regulirovaniya i upravleniya sistem nedropolzovaniya v usloviyah rynochnoy ekonomiki (Concepts of Regulation and Management of Subsoil Resource Use in a Market Economy) (1993).[5]
Family
Awards
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