# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kalmukhanbet-kassymov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:07:18.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kalmukhanbet-kassymov"
name: "Kalmukhanbet Kassymov"
slug: "kalmukhanbet-kassymov"
description: "Kalmukhambet Nurmukhanbetuly Kassymov (Kazakh: Қалмұханбет Нұрмұханбетұлы Қасымов, Qalmūhanbet Nūrmūhanbetūly Qasymov; born 18 May 1957) is a Kazakh politician who served as the head of the State Security Service from January 2020 until his dismissal in July 2021, likely due to the scandals revolving the Pegasus Project. Prior to that, Kassymov was the secretary of Security Council of Kazakhstan from February 2019 to January 2020 and the Minister of Internal Affairs from 2011 to 2019."
tagline: "Kazakh politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalmukhambet_Kassymov_(24599)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.128834355828222
  historical:           7.228872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Qalmuchanbet Qassymow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kalmukhanbet Kassymov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Қалмұханбет Нұрмұханбетұлы Қасымов"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Касымов, Калмуханбет Нурмуханбетович"
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    title: "Kalmuhanbet Kasımov"
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    title: "Касимов Калмуханбет Нурмуханбетович"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump