Tamara Duissenova keeps her post of Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister

Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has reappointed Tamara Duissenova as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazinform News Agency cites the Akorda press service.

Tamara Duissenova is a graduate of the Tashkent Institute of National Economy.

She first joined the Kazakh Government as the Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population in 2002, serving for four years in the post. After that she was designated as the deputy akim (governor) of South Kazakhstan region.

Between 2013 and 2014 she was named the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. In 2014 she changed the jobs to head the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development. In 2017 she returned to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

In 2018 she was appointed as the Secretary of the Nur Otan Party and a year later she became an advisor to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

On April 11, 2022 she was reappointed as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population. Duissenova was designated as the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population on June 8, 2023.

On September 2, 2023, the President decreed to name Tamara Duissenova as the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.