New Vice Minister of Science, Higher Education named

Dinara Shcheglova has been appointed as the Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education by the decree of the Kazakh Government, Kazinform News Agency cites its press service.

Hailing from Semey in East Kazakhstan region, Dinara Shcheglova is a graduate of the Gumilyov Eurasian National University, the Ryskulov Kazakh Economic University and the Kazakh University of Economy, Finance and International Trade.

Throughout her career, Ms Shcheglova worked for the Kazakh Agency for Informatization and Communications as well as JSC “Zerde” National Information and Communications Holding”.

Between 2018 and 2019 she was the Vice Minister of Information and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Afterwards she was an advisor to the Kazakh Prime Minister for two years.

Prior to the recent appointment, she has served as the Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 2020.