Berik Asılov
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Berik Asılov | |
|---|---|
Берік Асылов | |
_(cropped_1).jpg) Asılov in 2026 | |
| Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan | |
| Assumed office 3 March 2022 | |
| President | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Preceded by | Ğïzat Nurdäwletov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 February 1964 |
| Alma mater | Kazakh State University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Berik Noğayulı Asılov[a] (Kazakh: Берік Ноғайұлы Асылов, born 28 February 1964) is a Kazakh lawyer and statesman who currently serves as the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan since 2022.
Asılov was born on 28 February 1964 in the village Birlik, Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan.
In 1981, he graduated from Sergei Kirov Secondary School. In 1984, he was drafted into the Soviet Air Defense Forces in Kaunas, Lithuania, serving until 1986, after which he enrolled at Kazakh State University and earned a law degree in 1991.[1]
Political career
Upon graduation, he immediately in 1991, joined the Alatau District Prosecutor's Office in Almaty as an intern, advancing to senior investigator, investigator, and senior investigator for particularly important cases at the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan; until 2001, he served as Deputy Almaty Aviation Transport Prosecutor and headed the department overseeing the legality of operational-search activities.[2]
From 2001 to 2006, he held positions as deputy prosecutor of South Kazakhstan Region, first deputy prosecutor of South Kazakhstan Region, and prosecutor of Shymkent, before being appointed West Kazakhstan Transport Prosecutor in 2006.[1]
On 11 March 2008, he was relieved of his duties and appointed prosecutor of Aktobe Region.[3]
On 28 June 2010, by decree of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan.[3]
On 2 September 2011, he was relieved of his position by presidential decree, and on 3 September, by order of Prosecutor General Asqat Dauylbaev, appointed Prosecutor of Almaty.[2]
On 16 February 2017, by order of Prosecutor General Jaqyp Asanov he was appointed Prosecutor of North Kazakhstan Region.[4]
On 28 March 2019, President Tokayev, appointed Asılov First Deputy Prosecutor General to Ğïzat Nurdäwletov.[5] In this position, on 18 September 2021, by Tokayev's decree No. 662, he became a member of the Human Rights Commission under the President of Kazakhstan.[6]
On 3 March 2022 in Senate President Tokayev proposed Asylov for the post of Prosecutor General. Senators voted for Asylov's candidacy, and Asylov was appointed to the post by presidential decree No. 823.[7][8]
Other positions
On 23 April 2025 at the General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, Asılov was elected President of the Kazakhstan Shooting Federation.[9][10]