Kuantyrov Alibek

Date of birth:14.11.1983

Place of birth: KazSSR; Guryev city (Atyrau)

Education, specialty (qualification), licenses

• Tomsk State University (2006)
  Specialty "Finance and Credit", "Linguistics and intercultural Communication";
• University of Michigan on the Bolashak Scholarship (2010)
  Master of Applied Economics;
• Member of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve 1.0.

• Leading specialist of the Department of Internal Administration, Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan (09.2005 - 02.2006);
• Expert, Chief Expert of the Investment Policy and Planning Department of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan (02.2006 - 10.2010);
• Head of the Strategic Development Department of the Strategic Planning and Analysis Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan (10.2010);
• Deputy Director of the Department of Budget Policy and Planning and the Department of Budget Planning and Forecasting of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (10.2010 - 02.2013);
• Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Geology and Subsoil Use of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan (02.2013 - 06.2013);
• Deputy Head of the Center for Strategic Research and Analysis, Deputy Head of the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (06.2013 - 04.2019);
• Deputy Head of the Department of the Office of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (04.2019 - 02.2021);
• Vice-Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2021 - 11.01.2022);
• Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan (11.01.2022, re-appointed 04.04.2023-06.02.2024);
• General Director of the KAZENERGY Association (04.2024 - 30.07.2024);
• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (30.07.2024 - 03.09.2026);
• Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (since 03.09.2026).

Other positions:

• Member of the Board of Directors of JSC "National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" (11.01.2022-06.02.2024);
• Member of the Board of Directors of Baiterek National Managing HoldingJSC» (04.02.2022-06.02.2024);
• Member of the Governing Council of the Astana International Financial Center (11.01.2022-06.02.2024);
• Member of the Board of Directorsof KAZAKH INVEST National Company JSC INVEST» (11.01.2022-06.02.2024);
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Institute of Economic Research" (11.01.2022-06.02.2024);
• Independent member of the Board of DirectorsTeniz of Teniz Capital Investment Banking JSC (05.2024-30.07.2024);
• Member of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund (KIDF) (13.09.2024 - 03.09.2026).

He speaks English, Spanish and German.