Vladimir Bozhko
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PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Serik Akhmetov
Serik Akhmetov
Preceded byViktor Khrapunov
Succeeded byYuri Ilyin (2020)
Vladimir Bozhko | |
|---|---|
Владимир Божко | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Emergency Situations | |
| In office 13 November 2007 – 6 August 2014 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Karim Massimov Serik Akhmetov |
| Preceded by | Viktor Khrapunov |
| Succeeded by | Yuri Ilyin (2020) |
| Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis | |
| In office 25 March 2016 – 30 December 2020 | |
| Chair | Baktykozha Izmukhambetov Nurlan Nigmatulin |
| Preceded by | Abai Tasbolatov |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Kazantsev |
| Member of the Mazhilis | |
| In office 20 March 2016 – 30 December 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1949 |
| Spouse | Tatiyana Bozhko |
Vladimir Karpovich Bozhko (Russian: Владимир Карпович Божко; born 16 May 1949) is a Kazakh lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis from 2016 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan.
While Bozhko was a lieutenant general, he also graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute with a PhD in law. After graduating, he worked at the Almaty electrotechnical plant. From 1976, Bozhko served in national security bodies, where he ascended from a detective to the first vice head of the National Security Committee. Before being appointed Emergency Minister in November 2007, he served as Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee.
