Omurbek Toktogulovich Babanov (Kyrgyz: Өмүрбек Токтогулович Бабанов; born 15 January 1970) is a Kyrgyz politician who has served as Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan since 1 December 2011. Before his appointment as Prime Minister, he was Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Almazbek Atambayev. He was also acting Prime Minister from 23 September 2011 until 14 November 2011, as the Prime Minister Atambayev was a candidate in the presidential election. He again became acting Prime Minister on 1 December 2011 when Atambayev took office as President. He was confirmed by Parliament on 23 December 2011.

Karim Qajymqanuly Massimov (Kazakh: Кәрім Қажымқанұлы Мәсімов IPA: [kærɪm qɑʒməqan'ʊlɯ mæsɪmov]), (Russian: Карим Кажимканович Масимов), born 15 June 1965) has served as Prime Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan since 10 January 2007.

Massimov is fluent in Kazakh, Russian, Chinese, English, and Arabic. He studied in China and worked in Hong Kong where he headed Kazakhstan's trading operations. At the same time, he is thought to be well connected within the Kremlin. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 19 January 2006 to 9 January 2007 and as Minister of Economy and Budget Planning, Minister of Transport and Communications in 2001. According to Pravda, the public perceives Massimov as "one of the most influential figures in the president's inner circle."^{[not in citation given][dead link]}

President Nazarbayev nominated Massimov to succeed Daniyal Akhmetov as Prime Minister on 9 January 2007. The Nur Otan party endorsed Massimov's candidacy and Parliament confirmed the nomination on 10 January.