BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 3. President of
Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has issued an official decree
appointing Yerzhan Zhienbayev as the new Deputy Head of the
Presidential Administration, releasing him from his previous post
as Assistant to the President for Legal Affairs, Trend reports via the press
service of the Kazakh president.
The administrative appointment marks Zhienbayev's return to the
executive leadership structure, where he previously served in the
exact same capacity from October 2019 until September 2023.
Zhienbayev, born in 1981 in Almaty, has built an extensive
career within the state legal and financial apparatus. He graduated
with a degree in law from Turan University in 2002 and earned an
Executive MBA from the Russian Presidential Academy of National
Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) in 2018. His
professional trajectory began within the system of the Ministry of
Finance from 2002 to 2005, followed by a fourteen-year tenure
within the Prime Minister's Office. During his time in the
government apparatus, he held successive positions as senior
expert, chief consultant, head of section, and ultimately Head of
the Legal Department before being elevated to Deputy Head of the
Prime Minister's Office in 2019.
Prior to this latest appointment, Zhienbayev served as Assistant
to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Legal Affairs, a
position he occupied following a major structural reorganization of
the state apparatus on September 1, 2023. His civil service record
includes high-level state decorations, notably the Order of Kurmet
in 2016 and the Order of Parasat in 2021.
