Syrym Sharipkhanov

Syrym Düisenğazyuly Şäriphanov (; born 1 May 1967) is a Kazakh politician, major general, and Doctor of Technical Sciences who served as Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 10 June 2023 to 6 February 2024. He is vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences and a leading specialist in civil protection and emergency management.

Biography

Early life and education Şäriphanov was born in Alma-Ata (now Almaty) . He received his military and academic education at several institutions, graduating from the Kazan Higher Military Command and Engineering School in 1991. He later studied at the Academy of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, completing his program in 2002 and then postgraduate studies in 2005. He continued his professional development at the Kokshe Academy, where he graduated in 2015, and subsequently at the Academy of the State Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in 2018.

Career Şäriphanov began his service between 1991 and 1993 as a senior operator of the launch battery in the missile division of the 44th Missile Brigade of the 40th Army of the Turkestan Military District. From 1993 to 1996 he worked as deputy head of the civil defense courses of the Dzhambul regional headquarters. Between 1996 and 1999 he headed the training and education centre of the Jambyl Region Emergency Ddepartment. In 1999 and 2000 he served as deputy head of the Republican Advanced Training Courses for Managers in Emergency Situations and Civil Defense in Almaty. He served in the ministerial post until 6 February 2024.