Education:

  • Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov, political economy, 1974
  • Doctor of Economic Sciences

Professional experience:

  • President of the Higher Education Institutions Association, Republic of Kazakhstan (2002 – until present time)
  • Rector of "Turan" non-state university (1992 – until present time)
  • Rector of the Republican Institute for Advanced Studies of Cultural Workers (1988-1992)
  • Dean of the Philosophy and Economics School, Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov (1984 - 1988)

Achievements and publications:

  • President of the International Public Academy of Tourism, Vice-President of the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Islamic Countries (FEIIC), 2015, Vice-President of the National Engineering Academy, Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty city), Academician of the International Engineering Academies, Academy of Natural Sciences, Eurasian Economic Academy
  • Panel Member at the Ministry of Education and Science, Republican Councils and Commissions for Youth and Tourism Affairs under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Expert Council under the Innovation Fund, Chair of the Dissertation Council of the "Turan" University on PhD theses defense
  • President of the Academy of Economic Sciences of Kazakhstan, member of the Council of Economic Consultants under the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Deputy of the V and VI convocations of the Almaty city Maslikhat, member of the Political Council Bureau at the Almaty city branch of the Nur Otan party, chair of the NDP Nur Otan Public Council on the fight against corruption in the city of Almaty (since 2011)