Bolat Kabdylkhamituly Nurgaliyev (Kazakh: Болат Қабдылхамитұлы Нұрғалиев, Bolat Qabdylhamitūly Nūrğaliev; born July 25, 1951) is a Kazakh diplomat and the current Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protracted conflicts.
Nurgaliyev studied foreign languages at the Tselinograd State Pedagogical Institute.
He joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry, and served from 1980 to 1992 throughout South Asia.
He served as Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009.
Shortly after taking office, Nurgaliyev commented that "The most important task for the SCO now is to further crackdown on terrorism, separatism and extremism".