Aset Armanūly Irgaliyev (; born 18 June 1986) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat, and the chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan.

Biography

Early life and education

Irgaliyev was born on 18 June 1986 in the city of

Kostanay Kostanay or Qostanai (, , rus, Костанай, p=kəstɐˈnaj) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of the Kostanay Region. As of 24 March 2022, the city's governor is Marat Zhundubay ...

. He is married and has two children. In 2008 Irgaliyev graduated from

KIMEP University KIMEP University (formerly: Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Forecasting) is a private university founded in 1992 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. History KIMEP was founded in 1992 under the instructions of then-President Nursultan Naza ...

with a bachelor's degree in Economics of Public Policy. In the same year, under the international exchange program, he graduated from the

Jönköping International Business School Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), is a business school located in Jönköping in south central Sweden. It opened in 1994 and has focused on entrepreneurship, ownership and renewal. 30% of the faculty and 45% of the students at JIB ...

in Sweden with a bachelor's degree in Science in International Economics. In 2009, he obtained a master's degree of Science in Economics from the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

in England. In 2010, Irgaliyev graduated from the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

, with a master's degree in Philosophy of Economics.
Aset was awarded the medal «Eren Enbegi Ushin».

Career

* From September 2010 to January 2013 - Aset served as a Regional Analyst for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus at the Economic Department of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, UK. * From January 2013 to June 2016 - Vice President, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, First Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Chairman of the Board of the «Economic Research Institute» JSC of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From October to December 2016 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of JSC «NMH Baiterek». * From December 2016 to August 2017 - Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From August 2017 to September 2018 - Head of the Project Management Center of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From September 2018 to March 2019 - Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From March to August 2019 - Deputy Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From August 2019 to January 2021 - The First Vice Minister of the National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From January 2021 to January 2022 - Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. * From January 2022 to September 2023 - The Chairman of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan.

Honours

References

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