New Vice Minister of Agriculture named

 Azat Sultanov has been appointed as the Vice Minister of Agriculture in accordance with the decree of the Kazakh Government, Kazinform Agency cites primeminsiter.kz. 

Born in 1984 in Almaty city Azat Sultanov is a graduate of the Kazakh State Legal Academy, Kazakh University of Law and Humanities, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University.

He started his professional career in 2006 as a lawyer in private company. In 2007 he joined the Ministry of Finance as a leading specialist of the State-Owned Property and Privatization Committee.

Between 2010 and 2012 he served as the assistant to the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Afterwards, he held numerous posts at the ministry rising through the ranks to become the head of the Farming Department.