title: Alexander Savchenko
text: # Alexander Savchenko
  
  Alexander Georgievich Savchenko (Kazakh: Александр Георгиевич Савченко; 30 March 1951 – 18 February 2022) was a Kazakh politician. A member of the Nur Otan party, he served in the Senate of Kazakhstan from 2008 to 2014. He died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 70.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Born on March 30, 1951, in the city of Dzhambul.
  
  In 1977 he graduated from the Jambul technological Institute of Light and Food Industry in the specialty "Mechanical Engineer".
  
  In 1991 he graduated from the Almaty Institute of Political Science and Department in the specialty "Lecturer of socio-political disciplines in higher and secondary educational institutions".
  
  ## Awards and titles
  
  * Order Curmet (2003)
  * Order Dostyk II degree (2011)
  * Medal “For the difference in the prevention and elimination of emergency situations”.
  * Jubilee medal "20 years Astana" (2018)
  