Baurzhan Mukhamejanov (, Bauyrjan Älımūly Mūhamedjanov; born 26 November 1960) is a Kazakh politician and Doctor of Law who served as Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Georgia from May 30, 2018 to December 9, 2022. Prior to that, Mukhamejanov was the ambassador to Lithuania and Latvia, äkim of Mangystau Region from 22 December 2011 to 18 January 2013, Minister of Internal Affairs from 14 October 2005 to 2 April 2009, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 29 January 2002 to 13 June 2003, and Minister of Justice from 13 October 1997 to 13 September 2000. Biography Early life and education Baurzhan Mukhamejanov was born to a Muslim family in the Kazakh village of Merki. He is the son of Alim Mukhamedjanov. In 1983, he graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in law. In 1990, he defended his candidate thesis on the theme "Ecological Function of the Soviet State" and in 2008, the doctoral thesis on the theme "Form of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Constitutional Model and Government Control Practice" in the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Career Mukhamejanov started his career in 1983 as a research assistant, teacher of the State and Law Theory and History Division of the Law Department in the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. From 1990 to 1994, he was a senior consultant, head of the Sector, deputy head of the Department, head of the Secretariat of the Chairman and the Legislation and Legal Due Diligence Department of the Supreme Soviet of Kazakhstan. From February to April 1994, Mukhamejanov took the position of Deputy Head, then Head of the Legislative Initiatives Department of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan. In February 1994, Mukhamejanov became the Head of the Legislation and Legal Due Diligence Department of the Administration. From December 1996, he served as the Head of the Department for Legislation, Judicial and Legal System until becoming the Secretary of the Supreme Court Council of Kazakhstan. While serving as a Secretary, Mukhamejanov was appointed as a Minister of Justice on 13 October 1997. From September 2000, he was the Head of the State and Legal Department and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. While serving the post, Mukhamejanov became the Chairman of the Permanently Functioning Meeting on the issues of democratization in Kazakhstan in 2001. On 29 January 2002, he was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. From 2003, Mukhamejanov