Älibek Quantyrov
Älibek Säkenuly Quantyrov is a Kazakh politician and economist who is serving as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan since 30 July 2024. He was CEO of the Kazenergy Association from 1 April to 30 July 2024 and Minister of National Economy from 11 January 2022 to 6 February 2024.
Biography
Education and personal life
Born in Guryev, Quantyrov graduated from Tomsk State University in 2006 with degrees in Finance and Credit, and in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication. In 2010, he received an M.A. in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan under the Bolashak international scholarship. He is a member of the Presidential Youth Personnel Reserve 1.0 and speaks Kazakh, English, Spanish, German, and Russian.Career
From September 2005 to February 2006, he worked as a leading specialist in the Department of Internal Administration and the Department of International Relations of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning. In 2007, he completed a two-month internship and policy seminar at the Ministry of Finance of Japan in Tokyo.Between February 2006 and October 2010, he was an expert and chief expert in the Department of Investment Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning and later the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. In November 2010, he became head of the Strategic Research Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
From 2010 to 2013, he served as deputy director of the Department of Budget Policy and Planning and the Department of Budget Planning and Forecasting at the Ministry of Finance. In 2013, he worked as deputy chairman of the Committee for Geology and Subsoil Use of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
From June 2013 to April 2019, Quantyrov held posts in the Administration of the President as deputy head of the Center for Strategic Research and Analysis and Deputy Head of the Department of Socio-Economic Monitoring. Between April 2019 and February 2021, he was deputy head of the Office of the First President – Elbasy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From 25 February 2021, he served as Vice Minister of National Economy.
Quantyrov was appointed Minister of National Economy on 11 January 2022 by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, during which he outlined the government's anti-inflation plan to the Mäjilis, reporting that utility tariff hikes had been frozen, exports of key goods restricted, six-month fuel caps and export bans introduced, and proposing further steps such as boosting spring sowing financing, expanding import-substitution projects, tightening market and price monitoring, reducing intermediaries in fuel markets, and revising the agro-industrial subsidy system. Quantyrov was later reappointed on 4 April 2023, serving in this post until 6 February 2024, when he was replaced by Nurlan Baibazarov following the resignation of Älihan Smaiylov's government.
On 1 April 2024, he became CEO of the Kazenergy Association.
On 30 July 2024, Quantyrov was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by presidential decree.