Nurlan Utebovich Balgimbayev (Kazakh: Нұрлан Өтепұлы Балғымбаев; born 20 November 1947) served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 10 October 1997 to 1 October 1999. He has been the President of the Kazakhstan Oil Investment Company since February 2002.Prior to serving as Prime Minister he served as Minister of Oil and Gas, and later as President of KazakhOil. After his tenure as Prime Minister he continued his career as President at state-owned KazakhOil.