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Rakhat Aliyev

Kazakh official and diplomat; first deputy foreign minister (2005–2007) and ambassador to Austria.

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Dates
1962 – 24 Feb 2015
Place
Kazakhstan
Also known as
Rakhat Aliev
Family ties
Legal records
  1. 15 Jan 2008 Convicted by Almaty district court: kidnapping, organizing a criminal group, extortion, robbery 123Tried in absentia and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was living in Austria, which had refused to extradite him.
  1. Dec 2014 Charged by Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office: double murder 245He called the charges politically motivated. He was found dead in his cell in Vienna on 24 February 2015, before his trial, which was set for April.

A charge is an accusation, not a finding of guilt.

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former husband of

  • Dariga Nazarbayeva Primary record 67

    Married on 7 October 1983; the marriage was dissolved on 6 June 2007.

relative of

charged by

  • Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office Dec 2014 double murder Scholarship & press 245

    He called the charges politically motivated. He was found dead in his cell in Vienna on 24 February 2015, before his trial, which was set for April.

convicted by

  • Almaty district court 15 Jan 2008 kidnapping, organizing a criminal group, extortion, robbery Scholarship & press 123

    Tried in absentia and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was living in Austria, which had refused to extradite him.

Timeline 3 dates
  1. 1962 – 24 Feb 2015 Rakhat Aliyev
  2. 15 Jan 2008 Rakhat Aliyev convicted by Almaty district court
  3. Dec 2014 Rakhat Aliyev charged by Vienna Public Prosecutor's Office
Proof 8 sources
  1. Kazakhstan: President's Former Son-In-Law Sentenced To 20 Years In Jail, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 16 Jan 2008. Scholarship & press
    Almaty court ruling late on January 15
    kidnapping, organizing a criminal group, extortion, robbery
    Aliev was tried in absentia since he lives in Austria.
  2. Kazakh ex-Ambassador charged with murder, The Local Austria, 30 Dec 2014. Scholarship & press
    The Almaty district court sentenced Aliyev in absentia to 20 years in a high-security prison
    the former Kazakh Ambassador to the OSCE in Austria Rakhat Aliyev has now been charged with double murder
  3. Newsline - March 27, 2008, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 27 Mar 2008. Scholarship & press
    remains in self-imposed exile there after an Austrian court rejected a Kazakh extradition request
  4. Rakhat Aliev, Kazakh President's Former Son-In-Law, Found Dead In Austrian Jail, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 24 Feb 2015. Scholarship & press
    charged him with the murders in December 2014
    An Austrian court spokeswoman said on February 24 that Aliev, who was being held on murder charges he dismissed as politically motivated,
  5. Kazakh ex-diplomat found dead in Vienna jail, The Local Austria, 24 Feb 2015. Scholarship & press
    was due to go on trial in April
  6. National Crime Agency v Baker & Ors [2020] EWHC 822 (Admin), High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (The National Archives, Find Case Law), 8 Apr 2020. Primary record
    Rakhat Aliyev’s marriage to Dariga Nazarbayeva was dissolved
    the UBO of Property 1 and Property 3 is Mrs Dariga Nazarbayeva (“DN”), the ex-wife of RA. The UBO of Property 2 is their son, Nurali Aliyev (“NA”).
  7. Kazakhstan: Rakhatgate Saga Over as Former Son-in-Law Found Hanged, Eurasianet, 24 Feb 2015. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    his ex-wife Dariga Nazarbayeva (the eldest daughter of President Nursultan Nazarbayev)
  8. Former Kazakh president's grandson wins 'McMafia' case in London High Court, Eastern Eye, 9 Apr 2020. Scholarship & press
    Rakhat Aliyev - Nurali Aliyev's father and the former president's son-in-law
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