He was born on December 9, 1956 in Novobogat village of Makhmabet area of Guriyev region. Kazakh.Father - Tasmagambetov Nurgali (1926 – 1997).Mother - Kokanova Dilda Matayevna (1930), pensioner.He graduated from the Uralsk Pedagogical Institute named after Pushkin (1979), natural – geographical faculty, teacher of geography, biology.
Since 1983, he was the first secretary of Guriyev city committee of LKSM of Kazakhstan.Since 1985, he served as a head of organization division of Guriyev city committee of Communist Party of Kazakhstan. Since 1986 he was the first secretary of Guriyev regional committee of LKSM of Kazakhstan.Since 1988, he has appointed as a head of department of work youth, department of social and economic problems of youth of Central Committee of LKSM of Kazakhstan, secretary of Central Committee of LKSM of Kazakhstan.Since 1989, he served as the first secretary of Central Committee LKSM of Kazakhstan.Since 1991- Chairman of the State committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on youth affairs. Since 1993 –assistant of the President of Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 1995 – Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 1997 – Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.Since 1997 , he worked as Deputy Head of Administration of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Head of Organization – Control Department of Administration of President of Kazakhstan. Since 1999 – Mayor of Atyrau region. Since December of 2000 – Deputy Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 2002, he served as Prime-Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since 2003 - theState Secretary of the Republic Kazakhstan. In 2004, he has been appointed Head of Administration of President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, since December of 2004 till April of 2008 –Mayor of Almaty city. Since April of 2008 –Mayor of Astana city.
