Svetlana Jaqypova

Svetlana Qabykenqyzy Jaqypova (; born 16 January 1968) is a Kazakh politician, who's been serving as Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Kazakhstan since September 2023.

Early life and education Svetlana Jaqypova was born on 16 January 1968, in the Karaganda Region. She graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Tselinograd State Pedagogical Institute (1991) and the Almaty Academy of Economics and Statistics (2006).

Career From 1984 to 1986, Svetlana Jaqypova worked as an extended day group educator and an elementary school teacher at the Karoi Primary School.

From 1991 to 1995, she began her professional career as a mathematics teacher at secondary schools No. 16 and No. 36. Following that, from 1997 to 1998, she transitioned into public service, working as a senior specialist and chief specialist in the operational accounting department of the Akmola city branch of the State Center for Pension Payments (RGKP). Her responsibilities grew between 1998 and 2001 when she advanced to chief specialist, head of the department of economic analysis, and eventually deputy director of the Akmola city branch of the State Center for Pension Payments.

From 2001 to 2008, Jaqypova served as the director of the Akmola regional branch of the State Center for Pension Payments. Shortly thereafter, Jaqypova became Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a position she held from August 13, 2014, to January 2017.

In January 2017, she returned to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population as Vice Minister, a position she held until September 2019. In 2020, she joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a senior expert, where she worked until 2023.

Svetlana Jaqypova is a member of the People's Democratic Patriotic Party "Auyl" and has been a member of the Political Council since September 9, 2020. and the "For Contribution to the Development of the Eurasian Economic Union" medal (May 29, 2019).