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): Ada Lovelace • Clive Anderson • César Franck • Edith González • Jan van Dijk (footballer) • John Birt, Baron Birt • Jules Ladoumègue • Kahlil Bell • Kang Daniel • Ken Albers • Mel Rojas • Paul Varul • Pierre Louÿs • Stef Blok • Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Born in the same month (December 1945): Alan Thomson (cricketer) • Birendra of Nepal • December 30 • Diane Sawyer • Doug Walters • Ernie Hudson • Frances Lannon • Geoffrey Wheatcroft • Ivor Crewe • John Banville • John McEuen • Max Hastings • Michael Nouri • Moshe Katsav • Noel Redding • Peter Criss • Rick Berman • Roberta Bondar • Sam Newman • Serge Chapleau • Shekhar Kapur • Sivakant Tiwari • Tony Williams (drummer)