Alihan Smaiylov

Alihan Smaiylov
Әлихан Смайылов
190px Smaiylov in 2019
Acting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 January 2022
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Preceded by	Askar Mamin
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 25 February 2019 – 5 January 2022
Prime Minister	Askar Mamin
Preceded by	Askar Mamin
Minister of Finance
In office 18 September 2018 – 18 May 2020
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Askar Mamin
Preceded by	Bakhyt Sultanov
Succeeded by	Erulan Jamaubaev
Personal details
Born	(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Nur Otan
Children	2
Alma mater	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University KIMEP University

Alihan Ashanuly Smaiylov (Kazakh: Әлихан Асқанұлы Смайылов; born 18 December 1972) is a Kazakh politician who is serving as acting Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. Previously, he served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan under Askar Mamin. He at the same time served as the Minister of Finance from September 2018 until May 2020.

Biography

Early life and education

Smaiylov was born in the city of Alma-Ata (now Almaty) in the Kazakh SSR. In 1994, he graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in applied mathematics and then in 1996, from the KIMEP University where he earned master's degree in public administration.

Career

In 1993, he became an employee of the A-Invest Investment and Privatization Fund. From 1995, Smaiylov was the chief specialist of the Trade and Industry Department of the Almaty City Administration. In 1996, he served as the trainee of the Supreme Economic Council under the President of Kazakhstan. From August 1996 to February 1998, Smaiylov was the deputy head and then the head of Department of the National Statistical Agency of Kazakhstan.

In 1998, he was the deputy chairman of the Committee on Statistics and Analysis of the Agency for Statistical Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan. From 1998 to 1999, Smaiylov served as the chief expert, head of the sector of the department, state inspector of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan. From August to November 1999, Smaiylov was the state inspector of the Organizational and Control Department of the Presidential Administration. That same year, he became the chairman of the Agency of Kazakhstan on Statistics.

In 2003, Smaiylov was appointed as the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs until he became the chairman of the Board of the Joint Stock Company State Insurance Company for Insurance of Export Credits and Investments. In February 2006, he was appointed as the Vice Minister of Finance until January 2007, when he became the president of JSC National Holding Kazagro. On 21 November 2008, Smaiylov was reappointed as the Vice Minister of Finance. From 27 October 2009, Smaiylov served the chairman of the Agency of Kazakhstan on Statistics again until August 2014, when he became the chairman of the Committee on Statistics.

On 11 December 2015, Smaiylov was appointed as the Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan. He served that position until 18 September 2018, when he became the Minister of Finance.

On 25 February 2019, he became the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in Mamin's government. At the same time, Smaiylov served as the Minister of Finance until 18 May 2020, when he was replaced by Erulan Jamaubaev. From 27 May 2020, Smaiylov is the representative of Kazakhstan in the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Smaiylov was appointed acting prime minister on 5 January 2022 following the resignation of the Mamin Cabinet during the ongoing violent 2022 Kazakh protests.