Dinara Nursultanqyzy Nazarbayeva ( kk, Dınаrа Nursultаnqyzy Nаzаrbаеvа, born 19 August 1967) is a Kazakh billionaire heiress, businesswoman and the middle daughter of former

Kazakh President The President of Kazakhstan is the head of state elected by popular vote to serve a five-year-term. The president appoints the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (head of government) and first deputy prime minister. Leaders of the Kazakh Khanate (Kha ...

Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( kk, Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев, Nūrsūltan Äbişūlı Nazarbaev, ; born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician and military officer who served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in off ...

. She is married to

Timur Kulibayev Timur Askaruly Kulibayev ( kk, Тимур Асқарұлы Құлыбаев, ''Timur Asqarūly Qūlybaev'', born 10 September 1966) is a Kazakh business oligarch and son-in-law of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kulibayev has hel ...

, a Kazakh oligarch. She is the second richest person in

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, with a fortune estimated to be around $3.8 billion. During 2022 Kazakh protests she lost $200 million in fortune according to ''Forbes''.

Biography

Nazarbayeva was born in

Temirtau Temirtau ( kz, Теміртау, translit=Temırtau; russian: Темиртау) is a city in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan. The population was 170,481 in the 1999 census, rising to 210,590 in 2015. The city is located on the Nura River (the ...

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

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. Comes from the Shaprashta clan of the

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. In 1989, she graduated from the

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. In 1998, she received her MBA from KIMEP University. In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on "Methodological foundations of the management of the educational system of international schools." In 2009, she heads the National Education Fund named after Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Personal life

She is married to

in 1990 and the couple have three children: a son and two daughters. Her husband is a prominent businessman in Kazakhstan, being the third-richest man in Kazakhstan and the 973rd-richest in the world.

Awards and honors

Order of the Leopard, 3rd class (Kazakhstan) * OrdenParasat

Order of Parasat The Order of Parasat ( kk, Парасат ордені, ''Parasat ordeni''; the Order of Nobility) is an order awarded by the government of Kazakhstan. It was established in 1993. The order is awarded to notable figures in the fields of science, ...

(Kazakhstan) * Palmes_academiques_Chevalier_ribbon

Knight of the

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(

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) *Academician of the

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences (official name National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan) is the highest scientific organization of the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan. The Academy of Sciences was founded on 1 June 1946 on the b ...

(2017)

References

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