Vladimir Bozhko
Native nameВладимир Божко
OfficeMinister of Emergency Situations
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime ministerKarim Massimov
Serik Akhmetov
Term start13 November 2007
Term end6 August 2014
PredecessorViktor Khrapunov
SuccessorYuri Ilyin (2020)
Office 2Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis
1blankname 2Chair
1namedata 2Baktykozha Izmukhambetov
Nurlan Nigmatulin
Term start 225 March 2016
Term end 230 December 2020
Predecessor 2Abai Tasbolatov
Successor 2Pavel Kazantsev
Office 3Member of the Mazhilis
Term start 320 March 2016
Term end 330 December 2020
Birth date16 May 1949 (age 77)
Birth placeAlma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
SpouseTatiyana Bozhko

Vladimir Karpovich Bozhko (Russian: Владимир Карпович Божко; born 16 May 1949) is a Kazakh lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy Chair of the Mazhilis from 2016 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan.

While Bozhko was a lieutenant general, he also graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute with a PhD in law. After graduating, he worked at the Almaty electrotechnical plant. From 1976, Bozhko served in national security bodies, where he ascended from a detective to the first vice head of the National Security Committee. Before being appointed Emergency Minister in November 2007, he served as Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee.

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