Early life and career Born in 1958 in the village of
Qainar, Tüimebaev graduated from the
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 1980 with a degree in philology. In 2000, he specialized in law after studying at the
Russian State Social University in
Moscow. From 1980 to 1993, Tüimebaev worked as an assistant, senior lecturer, and as associate professor of the
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. In 1993, he was appointed as first secretary, head of the Department of Management of the Middle and Middle East and Africa of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 1994, Tüimebaev served as second then first secretary of the Kazakh Embassy in
Turkey before his appointment as a consultant of the Protocol Service of the
President of Kazakhstan while working as consul general of Kazakhstan in
Istanbul. In 1999, Tüimebaev became the Chief of Protocol of the President of Kazakhstan and from March 2004, he served as an advisor to President
Nursultan Nazarbayev. Tüimebaev served as an Education and Science Minister until being eventually dismissed on 22 September 2010 and replaced by
Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov. Following his dismissal, Tüimebaev was appointed as the
Kazakh Ambassador to Turkey on 7 October 2010, and from 3 March 2011, he became the ambassador to
Albania concurrently. Following the renaming of the region to which Tüimebaev was the äkim of to
Turkistan Region on 19 June 2018, he was reappointed to the post the following day on 20 June. During his tenure, a number of Turkish investors were attracted to the region, which contributed the development of small and medium-sized businesses. In an attempt to attract young skilled workers, two-story residential complexes were built and urban development in the city of
Shymkent before it became its own autonomy such as the improvement of the Koshkarata River as well as its banks. A list of historical monuments and holy places of the city and region was compiled, which were converted into tourist sites and more than 10 large industrial production facilities and workplaces were opened. On 26 February 2019, he was relieved from the post and succeeded by Agriculture Minister
Umirzak Shukeyev following cabinet reshuffle in the
government. Days later on 28 February, Tüimebaev was appointed as a deputy chairman of
Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (QHA). On 5 February 2021, it was revealed that Tüimebaev was chosen to be the rector of
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. As a result, he was relieved from the post on 10 February as QHA deputy chairman by President
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. ==References==