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'''Moukhtar Dzhakishev''' ({{lang-kk|Мұхтар Жәкiшев}}; {{lang-ru|Мухтар Джакишев}}) is a notable [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] businessman and the former head of [[Kazatomprom]].

Dzhakishev graduated from the [[Moscow Engineering Physics Institute]] in 1986, majoring in the Physics of Solid Bodies.<ref>[http://www.touchbriefings.com/pdf/2402/mirshanov.pdf Kazakhstan – Set to Become the World’s Number One Uranium Producer] Touch Briefings</ref> He remained there until 1990 to complete post-graduate work. From 1992 to 1997 he served as the head of Butya, then as the head of Alautransgaz from 1997 to 1998. He became the head of [[Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan's]] National Atomic Company (Kazatomprom), the position he held until 2001, when he became the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. In 2002 he once again became the head of Kazatomprom.<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear.org/sym/2004/dzhakishevbio.htm Biography - Moukhtar Dzhakishev] World Nuclear Association</ref>

In late May 2009, he was removed from his position and arrested on charges of embezzling funds from the country's uranium industry.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gizitdinov|first=Nariman|author2=Carli Lourens|title=Ex-Kazatomprom Head Accused of Uranium Asset Theft|publisher=Bloomberg|date=May 27, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a.TbDoI9pWAQ&refer=canada}}</ref> According to the country's [[National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan|National Security Committee]], Dzhakishev allegedly appropriated 60% of Kazakhstan's uranium deposits as his personal property, which would amount to tens of billions of dollars.<ref name=lillis>{{cite news|last=Lillis|first=Joanna|author2=Carli Lourens|title=Business Climate Grows Gloomy Amid Arbitrary Arrest Controversy|publisher=EurasiaNet|date=June 10, 2009|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav061009.shtml}}</ref> Several notable Kazakh entrepreneurs have criticized the arrest as politically motivated, and 22 executives signed an open letter criticizing the arrest's effects on the business environment in the country.<ref name=lillis/> In March 2010, he was sentenced to 14 years in a high security penitentiary. Despite Kazatomprom achieved the world leadership in uranium production in 2009 [http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html] Dzhakishev has also been deprived of the right to occupy government positions for the following seven years, and was stripped of the [[Order of Kurmet]], the Kazakh state award.<ref name=wnn150310>
{{cite news
 | url = http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/IT-Prison_sentence_for_former_KazAtomProm_head-1503104.html
 | publisher=World Nuclear News
 | date=2010-03-15
 | title= Prison sentence for former KazAtomProm head
 | accessdate=2010-03-15}}
</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ru icon}} [https://www.youtube.com/user/1568854322#p/u Video clips] of Dzhakishev discussing his vision for Kazatomprom following his arrest

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[[Category:Energy in Kazakhstan]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Kurmet]]


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