Darhan Amanuly Kaletaev (born 14 October 1972) is a Kazakh politician who serves as the Kazakh Ambassador to Ukraine. Since October 12, 2020 to 30 March 2022, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Moldova concurrently.
Biography
Early life and education
Kaletaev was born in the village of
Priozyornoe (now Tugyl). In 1994, graduated from the
Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University
The Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University () is a leading multidisciplinary higher educational institution in Oskemen.
History
In 1952, according to the order of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Ust-Kamenogorsk Pedagogical In ...
with a degree in history and attended the
Academy of Public Administration from 1996 to 1997.
Career
From 1995 to 1997, he was a 1st category specialist, leading specialist of the Language Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, leading, chief specialist of the State Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan on national policy, deputy head of the department of coordination of language policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Kazakhstan. In 2001, Kaletaev became the head of the Youth Policy Department of the Internal Policy Department of the Ministry of Information and Public Accord From 2002 to 2004, he served as the head of the sector, head of the internal policy department of the Presidential Administration. In 2004, Kaletaev became the head of the socio-political department of the Office of Internal Policy of the Administration of the President. From 2005 to 2006, he was the head of the socio-political department of the Presidential Administration.
In 2006, he became the Head of the Department of State Control and Organizational Work of the Administration. On 12 January 2007, Kaletaev was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration until 13 October 2008 when he became the First Deputy Chairman of
Nur Otan
Amanat (), previously known as Nur Otan () until 2022, is a big tent political party in Kazakhstan. Being the largest to date, it has been the ruling party of the country from 1999, with a membership claiming to be of over 762,000 people in 2007. ...
. From November 2009 to October 2016, Kaletaev served as the Managing Director of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna.
On 4 April 2018, Kaletaev was appointed as the Minister for Religious Affairs and Civil Society, until it was reorganized on 29 June 2018 to Ministry of Social Development. Shortly after that, Kaletaev became its minister on 3 July 2018.
On 1 March 2019, he was appointed as the head of the Office of the Prime`Minister of Kazakhstan until 25 March 2019, when Kaletaev became the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.
On 22 February 2020, Kaletaev became the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ukraine.
References
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Ambassadors of Kazakhstan to Ukraine
Nur Otan politicians
1972 births
Living people
People from East Kazakhstan Region