Shalbay Kulmakhanov

Shalbay Kulmakhanuly Kulmakhanov (Шалбай Құлмаханұлы Құлмаханов, Şalbai Qūlmahanūly Qūlmahanov; born January 20, 1946) served as the mayor of Almaty in Kazakhstan and Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan until the political shakeup of 2007 when Viktor Khrapunov replaced him.