{"id":3353,"date":"2021-09-05T19:23:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T17:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/?page_id=3353"},"modified":"2021-09-05T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T18:15:04","slug":"activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3353\" class=\"elementor elementor-3353 elementor-3312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7086e35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7086e35\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3837a88\" data-id=\"3837a88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66abd45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66abd45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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His professional conduct during the fifteen years of his employment at a thermal power station under the Soviet regime brought him not only the recognition of his fellows, but also to the attention of the party, which appointed him to roles of political responsibility. With the proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 1991, Khrapunov\u2019s political commitment intensified to the extent that he was instrumental in the introduction of a number of important reforms. He occupied a series of crucial posts: First Deputy Mayor of Almaty; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/activity\/minister-of-energy\/\">Energy Minister for Kazakhstan<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/activity\/mayor-of-almaty\/\">Mayor of Almaty<\/a> (originally the country\u2019s political capital, still its chief cultural and economic centre). Nour-Otan, the party of the republic\u2019s president, then appointed him successively to the functions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/activity\/east-kazakhstan\/\">Governor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/activity\/ministry-of-emergency-situations\/\">Minister<\/a> away from the city. Khrapunov retired from politics in 2007 for health reasons. He now lives in Switzerland, from where he continues his commitment to his homeland by encouraging dialogue and democracy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0210f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0210f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c1f96b\" data-id=\"9c1f96b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2d046 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7a2d046\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D. in economics, political scientist, electrical engineer, honorary citizen of Almaty and of the Province of Eastern Kazakhstan Viktor Khrapunov played an energetic role in his country\u2019s renaissance.<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3353"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3464,"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3353\/revisions\/3464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viktorkhrapunov.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}