Mukhtar Altynbayev

Mukhtar Qapashuly Altynbayev served as the Minister of Defense and General of the Army of Kazakhstan twice, most recently from December 2001 to 10 January 2007. Prime Minister Karim Massimov replaced him with former Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov in a political shakeup.

10 December 1945

Born on the same birth day (10 December): Agnes Nixon • Carolyn Kizer • Cornelia Funke • Dick Bavetta • Emily Dickinson • Emmanuelle Chriqui • Greg Laurie • Isaac Beeckman • Jaromil Jireš • Jessica Cleaves • John Boozman • Ken Campbell • Kevin Ash • Marion Maréchal • Michael Jopling • Stef Blok • Stephanie Morgenstern • Tom Sexton (rugby union)

Born in the same month (December 1945): Alan Thomson (cricketer) • Connie Willis • David Mallet (director) • December 30 • Diane Sawyer • Ivor Crewe • John Banville • Lloyd Kaufman • Moshe Katsav • Noel Redding • Peter Criss • Sam Newman • Steve Smith (comedian) • Tony Williams (drummer)