Roman Vasilievich Sklyar (; , ; born 8 May 1971) is a Kazakh politician and economist who's currently serving as the First Deputy Prime Minister from January 2022. During his tenure, he was briefly the Acting

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in February 2024. Sklyar was the deputy akim of

Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...

from 2005 to 2006, deputy and first deputy akim of

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from 2008 to 2011, Vice Minister of Transport and Communications from 2011 to 2013, member of the

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and Vice Minister of National Economy in 2016, Vice and First Vice Minister for Investment and Development from 2016 to 2019, and Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development in 2019.

Biography

Early life and education

Sklyar was born in the city of

. He graduated from the Pavlodar State University with a degree in Civil Engineering, Moscow Institute of Modern Business with a degree in Economics and the Kazakh Institute of Law and International Relations.

Career

He began his career in 1989 as a fitter and installer at the Ekibastuzugleavtomatika MNU, and later worked as a safety engineer at Vakhinvest JV and in various commercial structures. From 2005 to 2006, Sklyar held the posts of chief of staff, deputy akim of Pavlodar. From 2006 to 2007 he worked as head of the infrastructure development department of the apparatus of the akim of

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. From 2007, he worked as the Director of the Department of Energy and Public Utilities of the city of Astana. From 2008 to 2011, he held the posts of deputy and first deputy akim of

. In May 2011, Sklyar became the Vice Minister of Transport and Communications. From 2014 to 2016 he worked as vice president of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC. In 20 March 2016 elections, Sklyar was elected to the

from the

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party list where he served as Chairman of the Committee on Economic Reform and Regional Development. From May to December 2016 he worked as Vice Minister of the National Economy. On 23 December 2016, Sklyar became the Vice Minister for Investment and Development. He was then the First Vice Minister from 18 January 2018. After the government of

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was dismissed on 21 February 2019, Sklyar became the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development on 25 February under Prime minister

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. On 18 September 2019, he was appointed as the

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. On 5 February 2024, the

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completely resigned. President

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appointed Sklyar as acting

. He was replaced the next day by his duly-nominated successor,

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References

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