Erlan Sağadiev

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Erlan Sağadiev
Ерлан Сағадиев
Minister of Education and Science
In office
10 February 2016 – 25 February 2019
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Prime MinisterKarim Massimov
Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
Askar Mamin (Acting)
Preceded byAslan Särınjıpov
Succeeded byKulash Shamshidinova
Personal details
Born (1966-09-29) 29 September 1966 (age 55)
Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityKazakh
Alma materAl-Farabi Kazakh National University
University of Minnesota

Erlan Kenjeğaliūly Sağadiev (Kazakh: Ерлан Кенжеғалиұлы Сағадиев, Erlan Kenjeğaliūly Sağadiev; born 29 September 1966) is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as a Minister of Education and Science from 10 February 2016 to 25 February 2019. Prior to that, he was the president of the University of International Business and the International University of Information Technology and worked in several business organization.

Biography[]

Early life and education[]

Born in 1966, Sağadiev graduated from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in 1990 with a degree in economics then in 1993 from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis earning masters in science.[1] When serving as Education and Science Minister, Sağadiev did admit that he was a C-grade student at school.[2]

Business career[]

Sağadiev began his career in 1990 as a second secretary for the Development of International Economic Relations of the Department of Applied Economics under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1992, he began working in Washington, D.C. as an analysis of the state of agriculture at the Department of the World Bank, curator of the countries of Eastern Europe and CIS. From 1993 to 1994, he led a technological marketing project at the Developed Technology Resources in Minneapolis.[1]

From 1995 to 2004, he worked in several business such as a general director of FoodMaster Company LLP as well as consultant of FoodMaster-Aseptic Company LLP. In 2003, Sağadiev became the chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC New Technologies Kazakhstan where he was the general director until 2009. From 2004, Sağadiev was the president of the in Almaty. While working there, he served as an independent director of Investment Fund JSC in 2008–2009. In 2009, he was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of Frontier Mining Ltd while being as president of the . From 2010 to 2011, Sağadiev was the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Academy of the Almaty City Regional Financial Center and then the chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazakhstan Real Estate JSC.[1]

Political career[]

From 2012 to 2013, Sağadiev was the advisor to the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. On 7 February 2014, he was appointed as a Vice Minister of Industry and New Technologies where he served the post until 13 August 2014, when Sağadiev was transferred the post of Vice Minister for Investments and Development continuing to work in the government until being dismissed on 10 July 2015.[3][4][5][6]

Sağadiev returned to work on 10 February 2016, when by the Decree of President Nursultan Nazarbayev, he was appointed as Minister of Education and Science.[7][8]

In May 2016, it became known that Sağadiev, since 2009, has been using the services of Mossack Fonseca to open offshore accounts.[9] Sagadiev himself stated that he had been a businessman for a long time and did not see anything sensational in having his own name in Panama offshores.

"I, as a businessman, who for 25 years has been building, developing, buying and selling businesses in more than 10 countries around the world, of course, I was a shareholder of many international consortia. It's another matter that today there is no money, no other assets, no companies belonging to me abroad. Today, everything can be legalized for free. I have not been involved in business since joining the civil service. And the names of associated companies that have long ceased to exist, of course, will appear for a long time. This is normal international practice, there is nothing sensational about it."[9]

On 25 February 2019, Sağadiev was removed from the post as Education and Science Minister along with the entire cabinet following resignation of Prime Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev on 21 February.[10] He was succeeded that day by Kulash Shamshidinova.[11] Just weeks after stepping down from the Ministry, Sağadiev on 4 March 2019 expressed his interest to emigrate from Kazakhstan in the near future.[12]

Awards[]

  • Order of Kurmet (2017)
  • Anniversary medal "20 years of City of Astana" (2018)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Сагадиев Ерлан Кенжегалиевич ▷ биография, фото, должность". Kapital.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Сагадиев признался, что был троечником | NUR.KZ". www.nur.kz (in Russian). 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "Назначен вице-министр индустрии и новых технологий РК". Kapital.kz (in Russian). 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ tengrinews.kz (2014-08-13). "Назначены вице-министры в правительстве Казахстана". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ АКАНОВ, АРСЛАН (2015-07-10). "Ерлан Сагадиев покинул пост вице-министра по инвестициям и развитию - Аналитический интернет-журнал Vласть". vlast.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ INFORM.KZ (2015-07-10). "Вице-министр по инвестициям и развитию Ерлан Сагадиев покинул пост". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  7. ^ Forbes.kz (2016-02-10). "Ерлан Сагадиев назначен министром образования и науки РК". www.forbes.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Ерлан Сагадиев стал министром образования и науки РК". Kapital.kz (in Russian). 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b Каипова, Айнур (2016-05-10). "Имя министра образования Ерлана Сагадиева всплыло в панамских офшорах". informburo.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Putz, Catherine (2019-02-22). "Nazarbayev Fired the Kazakh Government". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Куляш Шамшидинова назначена главой МОН РК". Курсив (in Russian). 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ tengrinews.kz (2019-03-04). "Гарвард и домашние дела - Ерлан Сагадиев о планах". Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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