Nadezhda Davydovna Tokayeva ( he, נאדז'דה טוקאיבה; kk, Надежда Давыдқызы Токаева, Nadejda Davydqyzy Tokaeva; born 27 September 1957) is a Kazakh public figure, who was the
First Lady of Kazakhstan
The First Lady of the Republic of Kazakhstan , also known as First Lady of Kazakhstan ( kz, Қазақстанның бірінші ханымы, Qаzаqstаnnyñ bırınşı hаnymy, ) is the unofficial ''de facto'' title usually attributed to t ...
from 2019 to 2020, as the former wife of
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev ( kk, Қасым-Жомарт Кемелұлы Тоқаев, Qasym-Jomart Kemelūly Toqaev ; born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who is currently serving as the President of Kazakhstan since 12 J ...
.
Early life and education
Her father and mother are from an
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
family (of
Soviet-Jewish descent). An ethnic
Ashkenazi Jew
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
, Tokayeva was born in
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population:
History
The prehistor ...
in Russia's
Sverdlovsk Oblast
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.
She graduated from the
Moscow State Institute for History and Archives
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.
Career
From 2011 to 2012 she was the honorary president of the United Nations Women's Guild in Geneva.
In March 2019, she assumed the role of first lady when her husband’s predecessor,
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 ...
, resigned after 29 years in power.
Personal life
Tokayeva is divorced from Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Together with her husband, she has a son, Timur (born 15 February 1984) and Manira (born 7 October 1987).
In 1998, she and her son Timur opened a
Credit Suisse
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bank account, even though she qualified as a
politically exposed person
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, which at its height in 2005 contained 1.5 million US$. After her husband became director-general of the United Nations’ Geneva office, the account was closed in 2012, and the family opened offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands, with $5 million in assets plus properties in Geneva and Moscow at $7.7 million.
See also
*
Suisse secrets
Suisse secrets was a February 2022 leak of details of more than CHF 100 billion (roughly US$108.5bn, €95.5bn or £80bn) held in nominee accounts linked to over 30,000 clients of Credit Suisse, the largest ever leak from a major Swiss bank.
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References
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1957 births
Living people
First ladies of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani people of Russian descent
Kazakhstani people of Jewish descent
People from Nizhny Tagil
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