Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva ( kk, Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, ', , russian: Сара Алпысовна Назарбаева, née Konakayeva (Qonaqaeva, Қонақаева); born 12 February 1941) served as 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 ...

and is the wife of

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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 married Nursultan in 1962 after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga,

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and

Aliya Aliya ( ar, عَلِيَّة‎ ), Aaliyah, Alia, or Aliyah is an Arabic feminine given name. It is the feminine of the name Ali, meaning "exalted". People * Aliya bint Ali (1911–1950), Queen of Iraq * ''Aliyah bint Abdallah al-Mansur'', was th ...

— and six grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Nazarbayeva is the President of , an international children's foundation, which she founded in 1992. For her work with children she was awarded the

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by the World Health Organization in 1997 and the International Unity Prize.https://iwpr.net/ru/global-voices/первая-леди-казахстана-«взялась»-за

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