Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov was Chairman of Otan, the largest political party in Kazakhstan.[1] and acting chairman of Nur Otan party, created by merging a number of other parties into Otan.
Zhumagulov told reporters in a news conference in Astana on 25 September 2006 that Otan and Asar political parties officially merged. "In all, the merged Otan party has a membership of 700,000, which makes it the country's largest political party."[1]
Since 2007 Nur Otan has been headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[2]