ABOUT KAZINFORM
“Kazinform” News Agency is the leading news agency, the first news agency in Kazakhstan to gain international status.
Over the past 100 years Kazinform News Agency has proved to be a reliable and real-time source of information about the politics, economy, education, healthcare, sports, culture and other key areas of life in Kazakhstan and its society.
Kazinform is also the official source of information about the day-to-day functioning of the President’s Executive Office, Parliament, Government, regional authorities, state financial and industrial structures.
Kazinform covers news in Kazakh, Russian, English, Chinese and Uzbek. It also uses the Latin-based Kazakh alphabet and the Arabic alphabet to provide news to our compatriots residing abroad.
The headquarters of Kazinform News Agency is located in the heart of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Its correspondent network spans 17 regions of the country. Kazinform News Agency has branches in Russia, China, Türkiye, Europe, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Jordan enable sure the Agency to timely cover everything that is happening in Kazakhstan and beyond its borders. Kazinform’s users and readers reside in all countries of the world.
History
The first Kazakh news agency is established as the Orenburg-Turgay branch of ROST on August 13, 1920.
1925 – the agency is renamed into KazROST agency.
1937 – the agency is transferred to the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR under the KazTAG name.
1992 – KazTAG is reorganized from the news agency under the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR into the Kazakh State News Agency and keeps its name.
1997 – KazTAG is abolished on September 10 by the decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 3629 «On the Kazakh State News Agency (KazTAG). On October 30, the Government decrees to establish the Republican state-run enterprise “Kazakh News Agency” (KNA), later renamed into Kazak akparat agentigi (KazAAG).
2002 – JSC “National Company “Kazakh News Agency” – JSC “NC “Kazinform” is established on the basis of KazAAG by the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 1186 on November 8.
2004 – The name of the agency in Kazakh KazAkparat comes into use.
2008 – By the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan as of July 3, 2008 № 668 JSC “National Company “Kazakh News Agency” joins JSC “National Information Holding “Arna Media”.
2010 – The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan decrees to liquidate JSC “National Information Holding “Arna Media” on May 5. All companies of the holding, including Kazinform, are transferred to the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2012 – The Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan is dissolved. By the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan as of August 1, 2011 № 887 JSC “National Company “Kazakh News Agency” is reorganized by joining JSC “Republican Television and Radio Corporation “Kazakhstan”.
2013 – The agency is reorganized into “Kazinform” International News Agency LLP.
2019 – By the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan as of August 27, 2019 “On some issues of state ownership” “Kazinform” International News Agency LLP is reorganized into JSC “Kazinform” International News Agency. JSC “Kazcontent” becomes part of the company.
2022 – JSC “Kazinform” International News Agency is reorganized by joining Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company “Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
2023 – Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company “Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” is reorganized into the Republican State Enterprise on the Right of Economic Management “Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan” with “Qazaqparat” – “Kazinform” International News Agency being part of its media family.
Former heads of Kazinform News Agency
KazTAG
Arkady Vyatich-Kirillov (1937—1938) (subjected to repressions, executed by shooting in 1938)
Konstantin Nefyodov (1939—1940)
Jusip Altaibayev (1953—1958)
Kenesbay Ussebayev (1959—1960)
Kassym Sharipov (1961—1974)
Kakimzhan Kazybayev (1977—1982)
Zhumagali Ismagulov (1982—1987)
Amangeldy Akhmetalimov (1987—1997)
KNA/KazAAGMurat Arenov (1997—2002)
Kazinform/QazAqparat
Gadilbek Shalakhmetov (2003—2004)
Janai Omarov (2004—2006)
Dauren Diyarov (2007—2016)
Assel Tulegenova (2016—2017)
Askar Umarov (2017—2021)
Eldos Nashirali (2021—2022)
NJSC “Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan”Director General Raushan Kazhibayeva (since April 1, 2022)
RSE on the REM “Television and Radio Complex of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan”
Director General Raushan Kazhibayeva (since September 1, 2023)