Kairbek Suleimenov (Kazakh: Қайырбек Шошанұлы Сүлейменов, Qaiyrbek Şoşanūly Süleimenov; Russian: Каирбек Шошанович Сулейменов; born 12 May 1949) is a Kazakhstani politician and a public figure.
He has held positions of the Minister of Internal Affairs,[1] Secretary of the Security Council,[2] Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kairbek Suleimenov was born in the outskirts of Novosibirsk in May 1949 in the family of rich Kazakhs who moved from northern Kazakhstan to Siberia during collectivization reforms.
For his contribution to solving a serious robbery case, Suleimenov was extolled in an article published in an influential Moscow newspaper, and the prosecutor of Alma-Ata invited him to work in Kazakhstan.
[7] Kairbek Suleimenov was appointed Minister in 1995 and during his two terms (1995 – 2000 and 2002 – 2003) left a major mark as he oversaw reforms of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and interior troops; he also dispensed with the Soviet name of the police force (militia).