Patokh Chodiev
Patokh Chodiev (Cyrillic Патох Каюмович Шодиев , transcribed Patoch Kajumowitsch Schodijew ; born April 15, 1953 in Jisak , Uzbek SSR ) is a Belgian - Kazakh entrepreneur .
Life
Together with his business partners Alijan Ibragimov and Alexander Maschkewitsch , he founded the mining company Eurasian Natural Resources . He is close to the Kazakh dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev . According to the US Forbes Magazine , Chodiev is one of the richest Belgians. In 1997 Chodiev received Belgian citizenship. Chodiev is married and has three children.
Kazakhgate scandal
As part of a military deal between France and Kazakhstan , then French President Nicolas Sarkozy asked the then President of the Belgian Senate Armand De Decker for help to acquit Chodiev and his two business friends of allegations of forgery , money laundering and formation of a criminal organization through a new law - this was a precondition for Nazarbayev. For this he received 700,000 euros and exercised political influence on the then Belgian Minister of Justice Stefaan De Clerck to introduce a "transaction law" to exonerate criminal law against payment of a sum of money. The law was passed on April 14, 2011, and on June 17, 2011 Chodiev was acquitted on payment of 23 million euros. Just ten days later, French Prime Minister François Fillon signed the contract for the delivery of military helicopters to Kazakhstan. In Belgium, a parliamentary committee of inquiry was set up to investigate what was going on and the link between legal work and political influence, which led to the resignation of Armand De Decker as Mayor of Uccle on June 17, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forbes Magazine: Patokh Chodiev
- ↑ DH.be: Milliardaire belge inculpé , March 21, 2007
- ↑ J. Bes: Uccle: Armand De Decker démissionne de son poste de bourgmestre La Libre Belgique , June 17, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chodiev, Patokh |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shodiyev, Fattox Qayumovich; Patoch Kajumowitsch Schodijew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-Kazakh entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Djisak , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union |