Bakytzhan Sagintaev appointed EEC Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy

01.06.2022

Bakytzhan Sagintaev appointed EEC Minister in charge of Economy and Financial Policy

By the Decision of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, since June 1 Bakytzhan Sagintaev was appointed new Member of the Board — Minister of the Eurasian Economic Commission on behalf of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He will be in charge of business development, financial policy, labor migration, and social protection issues in the Eurasian Economic Union.

The new EEC Minister has considerable governance experience in public authorities of Kazakhstan.

Earlier, he held the positions of Deputy Akim of the Zhambyl Region, Chairman of the Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akim of the Pavlodar Region, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan, First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan People's Democratic Party, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Akim of the city of Almaty.