Dinara Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Dinara Nūrsūltаnqyzy Nаzаrbаеvа; born 19 August 1968)[1] is a Kazakh billionaire heiress, businesswoman and the middle daughter of former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. She is married to Timur Kulibayev, a Kazakh oligarch.[2]
Dinara Kulibaeva | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazakh-British Technical University | |
| Assumed office since 2004 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Member of the Board of Directors of Kazakh Ablai Khan University | |
| Assumed office since 2001 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Director of Nursultan Nazarbayev Education Fund (NNEF) | |
| Assumed office since 1998 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Prime Minister | |
| Head of Bobek Foundation | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| President | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Prime Minister | Akejan Kajegeldin Nurlan Balgimbayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dinara Nazarbayeva August 19, 1968 Temirtau, Kazakhstan |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Altay (b. 1990) Deniza (b. 2005) Nabi (b. 2008) Alisya (b. 2010) |
| Parents |
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| Education | Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (1989) KIMEP (1998) University of Canterbury |
| Occupation | Economist |
She is the second richest person in Kazakhstan, with a fortune estimated to be around $3.8 billion.[3] During the 2022 Kazakh protests, she lost $200 million in fortune according to Forbes.[4]
Biography
Nazarbayeva was born in Temirtau, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union.[1] Comes from the Shaprashta clan of the Senior Zhuz.
In 1989, she graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.
In 1998, she received her MBA from KIMEP University.
In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Methodological foundations of the management of the educational system of international schools."
In 2009, she heads the National Education Fund named after Nursultan Nazarbayev.[5]
Personal life
She married Timur Kulibayev[2] in 1990 and the couple have four children.[6] Her husband is a prominent businessman in Kazakhstan, being the third-richest man in Kazakhstan and the 973rd-richest in the world.[7]
Awards and honors
Order of the Leopard, 3rd class (Kazakhstan)
Order of Parasat (Kazakhstan)[8]
Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (France)- Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2017)
References
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