Kairat Kelimbetov

Head of the Presidential Administration of KazakhstanIn office
23 January 2008 – 13 October 2008PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPreceded byAdilbek DzhaksybekovSucceeded byAslan MusinDeputy Prime Minister of KazakhstanIn office
20 January 2012 – 1 October 2013PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPrime MinisterSerik AkhmetovMinister of Economic Development and TradeIn office
11 April 2011 – 20 January 2012PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPrime MinisterKarim MassimovPreceded byZhanar AitzhanovaSucceeded byBakhytzhan SagintayevMinister of Economy and Budget PlanningIn office
28 August 2002 – 18 April 2006PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPrime MinisterImangali Tasmagambetov
(2002–2003)
Daniyal Akhmetov
(2003–2006)Preceded byMajit Esenbaev (Economy and Trade)Succeeded byKarim MassimovChairman of the National Bank of KazakhstanIn office
1 October 2013 – 2 November 2015PresidentNursultan NazarbayevPreceded byGrigory MarchenkoSucceeded byDaniyar Akishev Personal detailsBorn (1969-01-28) 28 January 1969 (age 55)
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet UnionPolitical partyNur OtanSpouseFatima KelimbetovaChildren3Alma materMoscow State University

Kairat Kelimbetov (Kazakh: Qairat Nematūly Kelımbetov, Қайрат Нематұлы Келімбетов; born 28 January 1969) is a Kazakh politician, from 2015 to 2022, he held the position of the Governor of the Astana International Financial Centre.^[1] He served as a Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan from October 1 of 2013 until November 2 of 2015.^[2] He served as a Vice-Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from January 20 of 2012 till October 1 of 2013. He also served as the CEO of Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund and as the Minister of Economy and Budget Planning in the Government of Kazakhstan.^[3] In late July 2005, Minister Kelimbetov announced that Kazakhstan's GDP grew by 9.1% in the previous year.^[4]

Mr. Kelimbetov was instrumental in developing numerous reforms and economic policies. As the Chief Executive of Samruk-Kazyna SWF he was responsible for the anti-crisis program launched in 2008, as well as the development programs of major state owned enterprises. As a deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, he represented the country during the creation of Eurasian Economic Union and oversaw macroeconomic policy of the government. Under his management, the National Bank of Kazakhstan adopted a new monetary policy regime.^[5]

He is a graduate of Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program, 1999), the Kazakh State Academy of Economics (management, 1996), and Lomonosov Moscow State University (Mathematics, 1993).^[6]

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