Yevgeny Yozhikov-Babakhanov

Yozhikov-Babakhanov was born in Saratov in present-day Russia. In 1965, he graduated from the Lviv Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical engineering, later in 1978, from the All-Union Civil Engineering Institute of Distance Learning with a degree in engineer-economist and Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in 1981.[1]

In 1965, Yozhikov-Babakhanov became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1969, he worked in the party and Soviet bodies of the Kazakh SSR. In 1980, Yozhikov-Babakhanov was elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR of the 10th convocation. In 1985, he became a Minister of Installation and Special Construction Works of the Kazakh SSR and from 1988, Yozhikov-Babakhanov served as a First Secretary of the Dzhezkazgan Regional Committee of the CPSU.[1] He was elected in the 1989 Soviet Union legislative election as a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union until being appointed the State Counselor of Kazakh SSR on Construction, Science and Regional Development on 24 December 1990, then as First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakh SSR on 25 June 1991.[2]

On December 16, 1991, he became the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

On 6 February 1992, Yozhikov-Babakhanov was relieved of his post as the First Deputy and became the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.[3] He served that position until he was appointed the chairman of the Main Control Inspectorate under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 18 January 1993. He was relieved of that post on 24 November 1993.[4]

As of 2020 Yozhikov-Babakhanov resided in Almaty and served as the chairman of the board of directors and President of CJSC Montazhspetsstroy.[5] He died on 12 August 2023, at the age of 81.[6]