Adil Shayakhmetuly Shayakhmetov (Kazakh: Әділ Шаяхметұлы Шаяхметов, Ädıl Şaiahmetūly Şaiahmetov; born 20 January 1956) was the head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (NSC) from December 2009 to August 2010.
[1][2][3] Shayakhmetov was born in the village of Kaganovich in Zhambyl District, Almaty Province.
[2] Shayakhmetov began his intelligence career in the KGB's Jezkazgan branch in 1982.
[4] Shayakhmetov himself was removed from his post in August 2010 in the aftermath of the arrest of Prosecutor-General's Office official Murat Musabekov, who was fingered as allegedly plotting a coup in an anonymous letter allegedly circulated by NSC officers.
He was replaced by Nursultan Nazarbaev loyalist and political heavyweight Nurtai Abykayev.