Bakhyt Sultanov

Bakhyt Turlykhanuly Sultanov (, Baqyt Tūrlyhanūly Sūltanov; born 29 November 1971) is a Kazakh politician and financier serving as Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission since 2022. Previously, from 2019 to 2022 he was a Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan and from 2018 to 2019 Äkim of Nur-Sultan. From 2013 to 2018, he served as Minister of Finance of Kazakhstan.

Biography

Early life and education Sultanov was born in Alma Ata (now Almaty). In 1988, he graduated from the Republican Physics and Mathematics Boarding School, in 1994 from the Sätbaev University with a degree in electrical engineering and in 1995, from the Narkhoz University with a degree in economics.

Career Sultanov began his career in 1994 as a leading economist in the corporation and licensing department of the Financial Market Securities Department at the Ministry of Finance where he progressed from senior economist to being director of the department.

On 13 March 2010, by a presidential decree, Sultanov was appointed as assistant to the President of Kazakhstan.

From 21 January 2012, he served as a deputy head of the Presidential Administration.

On 6 November 2013, Sultanov was appointed as a Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and Minister of Finance.

He served the post until becoming the mayor of Astana on 11 September 2018.

Since 17 June 2019, Sultanov has been serving as Minister of Trade and Integration.

From January 11, 2022 - August 15, 2022 - appointed Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Since October 6, 2022 — Member of the Board for Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Awards Country Date Award 2001 Letter of thanks from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2005 Letter of thanks from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2006 Knight of the Order of Kurmet 2012 Knight of the Order of Parasat 2008 Medal "10 years of Astana" 2006 Medal "10 years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan" 2011 Medal "20 years of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan" 2015 Medal "20 years of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan" 2018 Jubilee medal "20 years of Astana" 2014 Excellent student of financial service