From 1987 to 1990, Ahmetbekov worked as an instructor in the ideological department of the Kurgaldzhinsky District Committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.

From April 1990 to April 1992, he worked in an elected position as the First Secretary of the Kurgaldzhin District Committee of the Lenin Communist Youth Union of Kazakhstan and was a member of the bureau of the Kurgaldzhin district committee of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.

In 1994, Ahmetbekov graduated from KIMEP University, during that time, he was the head of the Culture Department of the Tengiz District Administration of the Karaganda Region.

He expressed confidence of securing victory in the race by knowing the "aspirations of the people" better than others and would actively use social media to promote his ideas and gain support as well.

[5] On 26 April 2019, Ahmetbekov was nominated by the QKHP at the party's 14th Extraordinary Congress as candidate for the 2019 Kazakh presidential election.

[8] In an interview to Vlast.kz, Ahmetbekov proposed for Kazakhstan to have its own Facebook to prevent outside world influence from "fugitive oligarchs", in which he referred to exiled Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, whom he blamed for "processing" people's brains.

Ahmetbekov congratulated President-elect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for his win, responding to his loss that "an optimistic attitude will always lead the party in order to continue its work.