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|name           = Adilbek Zhaksybekov<br><small>Әділбек Рыскелдіұлы Жақсыбеков</small><br><small>Ädilbek Rıskeldiulı Jaqsıbekov</small>
|image          = Chuck_Hagel_and_Adilbek_Dzhaksybekov_at_the_Pentagon_November_13,_2013_(2).jpg
|caption = 
|office        = [[Astana|Mayor of Astana]]
|term_start    = 22 October 2014 
|term_end      = 21 June 2016 
|predecessor   = [[Imangali Tasmagambetov]]
|successor     = [[Asset Issekeshev]] 
|term_start1    = 10 December 1997
|term_end1      = June 2003
|predecessor1   = ''office established''
|successor1     = [[Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov]]
|office2        = [[Defence Minister of Kazakhstan|Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan]]
|president2 = [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
|primeminister2 = [[Karim Massimov]]<br>[[Serik Akhmetov]]<br>[[Karim Massimov]] 
|term_start2     = 24 June 2009
|term_end2       = 3 April 2014 
|predecessor2    = [[Daniyal Akhmetov]]
|successor2      = [[Serik Akhmetov]] 
|office3        = Minister of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan 
|primeminister3 = [[Daniyal Akhmetov]]
|term_start3    = June 2003
|term_end3      = December 2004
|predecessor3   = [[Mazhit Yesenbayev]]
|successor3     = [[Sauat Mynbayev]]
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1954|7|26|df=y}}
|birth_place    = Burli, [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]]<br><small>(now [[Kazakhstan]])</small> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://biografia.kz/famous/660 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-03-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229070411/http://www.biografia.kz:80/famous/660 |archivedate=2011-12-29 |df= }}</ref>
|death_date     = 
|death_place    = 
|party          = [[Nur Otan]] 
|otherparty     =
| spouse = Lazzat Ibragimova <ref>Қазақстан Республикасында Кімнің Кім екені - 2011. 2 томдық анықтамалық. Алматы, 2011 ІSВN 978-601-278-473-2</ref>
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'''Adilbek Ryskeldiuly Zhaqsybekov''' ({{lang-kk|Әділбек Рыскелдіұлы Жақсыбеков}}, ''Ädilbek Rıskeldiulı Jaqsıbekov'') (born on 26 July 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kazembassy.ru/ambassador/biography/|script-title=ru:Посол - Биография|publisher=[[Embassy of Kazakhstan in Moscow]]|accessdate=2009-06-12|language=ru}}</ref> is current Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He served as the minister of defence from June 2009 to April 2014. He was the head of [[Kazakh President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]'s administration.<ref name=APPOINTMENT>[http://www.allbusiness.com/asia/276013-1.html New Kazakh Presidential Administration Chief Appointed] All Business</ref> He served as the Mayor of [[Astana]] from 1997 to 2003<ref name=MOSCOW>[http://newsfromrussia.com/culture/2002/05/16/28824.html Moscow Mayor meets his Astana counterpart] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051218093131/http://newsfromrussia.com/culture/2002/05/16/28824.html |date=December 18, 2005 }} Pravda</ref> and from 2014 to 2016. Chairman of Governors of the [[Islamic Development Bank]] in 2003,<ref name=CIDB>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=31288&d=3&m=9&y=2003&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom IDB Annual Meet Opens in Almaty] Arab News</ref> and the Minister of Industry and Trade from 2003 to 2004.<ref name=MIT>[http://www.kazakhembus.com/markyourcalendars.html Kazakhstan, Industrial and Innovation Strategy: New Business Opportunities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031173950/http://www.kazakhembus.com/markyourcalendars.html |date=October 31, 2006 }} Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada</ref>

While Information Minister, Zhaksybekov participated in a meeting held in [[Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] in 2004 in which a [[Common Economic Area]] was proposed for Kazakhstan, Ukraine, [[Belarus]], and [[Russia]].

On 4 April 2004, he gave a speech entitled "The Industrial Innovation Development Strategy of Kazakhstan, 2003-2015" in [[Washington, DC]].<ref name=SPEECH>[http://www.iticnet.org/calendar/KazConfProgram27April.pdf Kazakhstan, Industrial and Innovation Strategy: New Business Opportunities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621134056/http://www.iticnet.org/calendar/KazConfProgram27April.pdf |date=June 21, 2006 }} International Tax and Investment Center</ref>

==Kazakhstan and the World Trade Organization==
[[Supachai Panitchpakdi]], the Director-General of the [[World Trade Organization]], met with Zhaksybekov and a government delegation in [[Geneva]] on [[9 July|9]]-15 July to discuss Kazakh admission into the [[World Trade Organization]]. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry issued a press release about the talks on 17 July. ''[[Radio Free Europe]]'' reported that a WTO Secretariat offered to "provide technical and organizational help to prepare Kazakhstan for membership" as both Panitchpakdi and Zhaksybekov agreed that Kazakhstan "needs to make its economy more competitive before joining." The WTO credited the government for liberalizing its policy on foreign-trade and conforming to WTO accounting policies. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry was positive about Kazakhstan's prospects of becoming the second [[Central Asia]]n state with membership in the WTO.<ref name=WTO>[http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/07/2-TCA/tca-180703.asp Kazakh Delegation Discusses WTO Membership] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref>

==Cultural exchange with Russia==
Zhaksybekov, who served as the mayor of [[Astana]], met with Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor of [[Moscow]], during the "Days of culture," held from [[14 May|14]]-16 May, in 2002. The local government in [[Moscow]] sponsored ten events, including the presentation of a stone sculpture entitled "A Symbol of Friendship of Moscow and Astana."<ref name=MOSCOW/>

==Trade agreements==

===Agreement with Pakistan===
Zhaksybekov and [[Abdul Hafeez Sheikh]], the [[Pakistan]]i Minister for Investment and Privatization, signed a trade agreement on 8 December 2003. According to ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'', the agreement would "promote and protect bilateral trade and investment and enhance economic, scientific and technical cooperation" by creating "favourable conditions for investment by each others' investors for reciprocal promotion and protection of [[investment]]s." The agreement prevented [[double taxation]], and forbid "expropriat[ion], nationaliz[ation]," and "requisitioning" of each other's investments in their respective countries.<ref name=PAKISTAN>[http://www.dawn.com/2003/12/09/ebr8.htm Pakistan, Kazakhstan sign trade accord] Dawn</ref>

===Agreement with Afghanistan===
[[Sayeed Moustafa Khazi]], Afghan's Trade Minister, and Zhaksybekov signed an Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation on 15 April 2004. President Nazarbayev and [[Afghan President]] [[Khamid Karzai]] signed an agreement on Treaty on Foundations of Relations and Cooperation earlier that day in [[Astana]]. The meeting was Karzai's first official visit to Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev told a news conference in Astana, "Kazakhstan is absolutely interested in developing trade, economic and political relations with Afghanistan, as well as in our [[War on Terrorism|joint fight against terrorism]] and [[drug trafficking]]." He continued by saying the entire world was eager to see peace and economic restoration in Afghanistan, and "we are in [[Coalition of the Willing|this coalition]]. We are grateful to President Karzai for inviting Kazakh bankers and businesspeople to come and work in Afghanistan. Today's visit of the Afghan President is historic, because we meet here for the first time since the statehood of Afghanistan has been restored and the documents we signed are a good foundation for further cooperation." The President continued by offering to provide Kazakh experts "ready to work in Afghanistan in geology, building roads and installations, helping with medical professional, and continue to assist in any way we can, because we are interested in stability in Afghanistan. We want to trade and to use Afghan territory to build links to the south." Karzai said, "I believe Kazakhstan is an example of a country that was given an opportunity and used it. We intend to continue working with Kazakhstan to develop transit potential and bilateral trade."<ref name=AFGHANISTAN>[http://www.homestead.com/prosites-kazakhembus/041604.html Kazakh, Afghan Presidents Sign Cooperation Agreement During "Historic" Visit, Seek Closer Cooperation in Fighting Drugs] Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada</ref>

==Information technology==
On 26 March 2004, Zhaksybekov met with Information Minister Birzhan Kaneshev and Jean-Philippe Courtois, the [[Microsoft]] [[CEO]] for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in Astana. They signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] outlining the development of [[information technology]] in Kazakhstan. Microsoft agreed to help the government create an internal network, an information technology sector, and Microsoft Office software in [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]. Courtois noted Microsoft and the government agreed to exchange information security knowledge. Zhaksybekov said the MOU would lead to future deals with other companies "involving big money."<ref name=MICROSOFT>[http://www.kazakhembus.com/040104.html Microsoft to help set up government network, adapt office software to Kazakh language] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061031181242/http://www.kazakhembus.com/040104.html |date=October 31, 2006 }} Embassy of Kazakhstan to the USA and Canada</ref>

==Islamic Development Bank==
The [[Islamic Development Bank]], which Zhaksybekov chaired in 2003, agreed to lend the Kazakh government an additional USD $32 million in a meeting in September 2003. ''[[IRIN]]'' reported the money was lent for "upgrading water and postal systems and establishing a 'legal and humanitarian' university."<ref name=LOAN>[http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=36368&SelectRegion=Central_Asia Kazakhstan: Islamic Development Bank seeks closer ties] IRIN</ref>

==Prime minister==
[[Prime Minister of Kazakhstan|Prime Minister]] [[Daniyal Akhmetov]] resigned on 8 January 2007. President Nazarbayev nominated Deputy Prime Minister [[Karim Masimov]], Akhmetov's political rival, to succeed Akhmetov, on 9 January 2007. [[Nur-Otan]], Nazarbayev's political party, endorsed Masimov, but some analysts in Kazakhstan consider Zhaksybekov a candidate. The [[Parliament of Kazakhstan|Parliament]] will convene on 10 January to deliberate the nomination.<ref name=PM>[http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11140831&PageNum=0 Kazakh legislators examining candidacy for country’s premiership] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201149/http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11140831&PageNum=0 |date=September 30, 2007 }} ITAR-TASS</ref>

==Football official==
He was the head of the Football Federation of [[Astana]] city from 2000, until being elected the president of the [[Football Federation of Kazakhstan]] on August 28, 2007 <ref>[http://www.fsk.kz/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1188295043&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& Dzhaksybekov is the new President of FFK] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930205222/http://www.fsk.kz/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1188295043&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& |date=September 30, 2007 }} Football Federation of Kazakhstan</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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