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'''Adil Shayakhmetuly Shayakhmetov''' ({{lang-kz|Әділ Шаяхметұлы Шаяхметов}}; born 20 January 1956) was the head of [[Kazakhstan]]'s [[National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan|National Security Committee]] (NSC) from December 2009 to August 2010.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.knb.kz/page.php?page_id=84&lang=3&article_id=4280&fontsize=12&fontfamily=Times%20New%20Roman&page=1|title=Басшылық|publisher=National Security Committee|publication-place=Kazakhstan|accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref name="DigestGazeta">{{citation|url=http://digest.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=140892|periodical=Gazeta.kz|title=
Адиль Шаяхметов утвержден на должность главы КНБ|date=2009-12-09|accessdate=2010-02-22}}</ref><ref name="AbykayevSecondTerm">{{citation|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/62106|title=Kazakhstan: Coup Rumor a Sign of Factional Infighting in Astana|last=Lillis|first=Joanna|date=2010-10-07|accessdate=2010-12-13|periodical=Eurasianet}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shayakhmetov was born in the village of Kaganovich in [[Zhambyl District, Almaty Province|Zhambyl District]], [[Almaty Province]]. He graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute named for V. I. Lenin (now [[Kazakh National Technical University]]) in 1978.<ref name="DigestGazeta"/> He is married, and has a son and two daughters.<ref name="DigestGazeta"/>

==Career==
Shayakhmetov began his intelligence career in the [[KGB]]'s [[Jezkazgan]] branch in 1982.<ref name="DigestGazeta"/> He was promoted from NSC deputy chairman to full chairman in December 2009 as a replacement for [[Amangeldy Shabdarbayev]], who was removed from his post for unclear reasons.<ref name="Shayakhmetov">{{citation|periodical=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|title=Kazakhstan Approves New National Security Committee Chief|date=2009-12-09|accessdate=2010-01-27|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakhstan_Approves_New_National_Security_Committee_Chief/1899272.html}}</ref> Shayakhmetov himself was removed from his post in August 2010 in the aftermath of the arrest of Prosecutor-General's Office official [[Murat Musabekov]], who was fingered as allegedly plotting a coup in an anonymous letter allegedly circulated by NSC officers. He was replaced by [[Nursultan Nazarbaev]] loyalist and political heavyweight [[Nurtai Abykayev]].<ref name="AbykayevSecondTerm"/>

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