Smailov Alikhan Askhanovich

Smailov Alikhan Askhanovich

Education

In 1994 he graduated from the Kazakhstan State National University named after al-Farabi with a degree in applied mathematics.

In 1996, he graduated from the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Forecasting under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, receiving a master's degree in public administration.

Career

1993-1998

• Employee of the Investment and Privatization Fund "A-Invest" (1993 - 1995);
• Chief Specialist of the Trade and Industry Department of the Almaty City Administration (1995 - 1996);
• Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Statistics and Analysis of the Agency for Statistical Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan (03.1998-04.1998);

1999-2018

• State Inspector of the Organizational Control Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (08-11.1999);
• Chairman of the Agency for Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (11.1999-02.2003);
• Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (02.2003-2003);
• Chairman of the Board of the State Insurance Company for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (2003 - 2006);
• Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (02.2006-01.2007);
• President of Kazagro National Holding JSC (01.2007-11.2008);
• Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (21.11.2008-10.2009);
• Chairman of the Agency for Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (27.10.2009-13.08.2014);
• Chairman of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan (08.2014-12.2015);
• Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (11.12.2015-18.09.2018);
• Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (since 18.09.2018).

2022: Appointment of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

On January 11, 2022, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokaev appointed Alikhan Smailov, who served as head of government since January 5, as the new prime minister of the country.

In early January 2022, Tokaev accepted the resignation of the Kazakh government on the third day of the protests that began in the country, which subsequently turned into riots.^[1]

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