EDUCATION:
1978 - 1983: S.M. Kirov Kazakh State University
1987 - 1991: Postgraduate studies at the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR
1993: Candidate of Legal Sciences (PhD in Law)
2001 - 2004: Doctoral studies at the Kazakh State Law Academy
2010: Defended doctoral dissertation. Doctor of Legal Sciences