BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 3. Kazakhstan's
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has appointed Asel Zhanassova
Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Transport, according to a
presidential decree.
Earlier, Tokayev relieved Nurlan Sauranbayev of his post as
Minister of Transport.
Zhanassova, an expert in cybersecurity and digital governance,
moves into the dual leadership post following senior executive
roles across Kazakhstan’s public sector and international IT
domains.
She was born in Almaty in 1987. In 2010, she graduated from the
University of Cambridge with a degree in computer science under the
Bolashak international scholarship program. In 2014, Zhanassova
completed a master's program in Executive Management at the
University of Cambridge and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
From 2010 to 2014, she worked in London at an international
company, holding positions as an IT specialist, manager of the
Information Technology Department, and director of the
Cybersecurity Department.
From 2014 to 2016, Zhanassova served as Deputy Director of the
Digital Technologies Department at the National Bank of
Kazakhstan.
In 2016-2017, she was Chairwoman of the Management Board of the
National Managing Holding Zerde JSC. From 2017 to 2018, she served
as an adviser to the managing director of the Astana International
Financial Centre, and from 2018 to 2020, as its Managing Director
for Digital Technologies.
From 2020 to 2022, Zhanassova was Vice Minister of Trade and
Integration of Kazakhstan. In 2022-2025, she served as Chairwoman
of the Management Board of Kazpost JSC.
On June 8, 2025, she was appointed Adviser to the President of
Kazakhstan. On December 10, 2025, she was appointed Deputy Head of
the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.
