Vitaly Mette

Vitaly Leonidovich Mette (Russian: Виталий Леонидович Метте; 5 January 1947 – 4 July 2003) was a Kazakhstani politician and scientist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from October 1994 to March 1995, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from March 1995 to March 1997, akim of the Semey Region from March to April 1997, and akim of East Kazakhstan Region from April 1997 to February 1993. Mette was also a faculty member of the International Academy of Mineral Resources and the Academy of Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the president of the Board of Directors of JSC National Company Kazakhstan Engineering.

Vitaly Mette
Виталий Метте
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
13 March 1995 – 14 March 1996
Serving with Nygmetjan Esengarin
Prime MinisterAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Preceded byNygmetjan Esengarin
Succeeded byNygmetjan Esengarin
Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office
12 October 1994 – 13 March 1995
Prime MinisterAkezhan Kazhegeldin
Akim of East Kazakhstan Region
In office
17 April 1997 – 26 February 2003
Preceded byQajymurat Nagymanov
Succeeded byTalgatbek Abaidildin
Akim of Semey Region
In office
10 March 1997 – 17 April 1997
Preceded byGalymzhan Zhakiyanov
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1947-01-05)January 5, 1947
Kozlushka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died4 July 2003(2003-07-04) (aged 56)
Astana, Kazakhstan
NationalityKazakhstani
Spouse(s)Evgenia Nikitina
Elena Dezortseva
Children2
Alma materNakhimov Naval Academy

Biography

Early life and education

Mette was born in 1947 in the village of Kozlushka of the East Kazakhstan Region. His father was a mechanic and his grandfather immigrated from France to Russia in 1900.[1] In 1970, he graduated from the Nakhimov Naval Academy in Sevastopol where he earned a diploma in mechanical engineering.

Career

From June 1970, he was the commander of a group of military unit No. 31217-2 of the Pacific Fleet, operator of a nuclear reactor on a submarine, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-2. In July 1974, Mette became the assistant at the Department of Descriptive Geometry of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Road Construction Institute. From November 1974, he was an instrumentalist, shift foreman, senior process engineer of workshop No. 8, head of workshop No. 10, and the director of the Ulba Metallurgical Plant of the East Kazakhstan Region.

In January 1989, Mette became the director of the production association Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Oskemen and from August 1990, he served as a general director of the Ulba Metallurgical Plant Production Association.

From March 1994, Mette was a member of the East Kazakhstan Maslihat from the Central District No. 4 of Oskemen where he from April served as a chairman of the Permanent Commission of the Regional Maslihat on Budget and Economic Reform.

In September 1994, Mette became the president of the Ulba State Holding Company.

On 12 October 1994, he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the same time from December 1994, Mette was the deputy chairman of the Supreme Advisory Council for Science and Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan.[2] On 13 March 1995, he became the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and while serving that position, he was the president of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan.[3]

On 14 March 1996, Mette became the Vice President of Ivedon International Ltd and served that position until he was appointed as the akim of Semey Region on 10 March 1997.[4] On 17 April 1997, Mette became the akim of East Kazakhstan Region until he was replaced by Abaidildin Talgatbek on 26 February 2003.[5][6]

A month later on 13 March 2003, Mette was appointed as the president of domestic military industrial holding Kazakhstan Engineering until his death.

Death and legacy

On the night of 3–4 July 2003, Mette unexpectedly died from a serious illness. He was buried in Oskemen.[7] Mette is survived by his two daughters and one grandson.[1]

In March 2004, a memorial plaque was installed in the building of the uranium production at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant, where Mette worked for 20 years.[8]

References
  1. "МЕТТЕ Виталий Леонидович | ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1994–1995 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2011. p. 111. ISBN 978-601-7259-62-4.
  3. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1994–1995 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2011. p. 174. ISBN 978-601-7259-62-4.
  4. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1996–1997 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2010. pp. 44, 184. ISBN 978-601-7259-21-1.
  5. Первый Президент Республики Казахстан Нурсултан Назарбаев. Хроника деятельности. 1996–1997 годы (PDF). Astana: Деловой Мир Астана. 2010. p. 196. ISBN 978-601-7259-21-1.
  6. "Head of Kazakhstan has replaced akim of East-Kazakhstan oblast - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE)". kase.kz. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. "Виталий Метте ушел навсегда… | Номад | 05.07.2003". nomad.su (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  8. "Метте В. Л." imena.pushkinlibrary.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-02.
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