First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасы Премьер-Министрінің бірінші орынбасары
Incumbent Roman Sklyar since 11 January 2022
Residence	Astana
Appointer	President of Kazakhstan
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Yevgeny Yozhikov-Babakhanov
Formation	16 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-16)

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Премьер-Министрінің бірінші орынбасары; Russian: Первый заместитель Премьер-Министра Республики Казахстан) is a member of the Government of Kazakhstan.Similar to the Deputy Prime Minister, the First Deputy is responsible for implementing policies established by the Prime Minister. However, the First Deputy holds a higher-ranking position and assumes a more prominent role, particularly in the event that the Prime Minister is unable to perform their duties. The post is appointed by the President of Kazakhstan.^[1]

List[edit]

No.	First Deputy PM		Term of Office		Prime Minister
1		Yevgeny Ezhikov-Babakhanov (1942–2023)	16 December 1991	6 February 1992	Sergey Tereshchenko
2		Daulet Sembaev (1935–2021)	6 February 1992	17 December 1993
3		Oleg Soskovets (born 1949)	6 February 1992	5 November 1992
4		Akezhan Kazhegeldin (born 1952)	18 December 1993	12 October 1994
5		Nygmetjan Esengarin (born 1941)	12 October 1994	24 July 1997	Akezhan Kazhegeldin
6		Vitaly Mette (1947–2003)	13 March 1995	14 March 1996
7		Akhmetzhan Yessimov (born 1950)	24 October 1996	20 February 1998	Nurlan Balgimbayev
8		Oraz Jandosov (born 1961)	20 February 1998	22 January 1999
Vacant (Jan. 1999–Oct. 1999)
10		Aleksandr Pavlov (born 1953)	12 October 1999	23 November 2000
					Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
11		Daniyal Akhmetov (born 1954)	21 December 2000	21 November 2001
12		Aleksandr Pavlov (born 1953)	28 August 2002	6 January 2004	Imangali Tasmangambetov
					Daniyal Akhmetov
13		Grigori Marchenko (born 1959)	6 January 2004	14 April 2004
	Vacant (2004–2009)
					Karim Massimov
14		Umirzak Shukeyev (born 1964)	3 March 2009	27 December 2011
15		Serik Akhmetov (born 1962)	20 January 2012	24 September 2012
16		Krymbek Kusherbayev (born 1955)	26 September 2012	16 January 2013	Serik Akhmetov
17		Bakhytzhan Sagintayev (born 1963)	16 January 2013	8 September 2016
					Karim Massimov
18		Askar Mamin (born 1965)	8 September 2016	21 February 2019	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
19		Alihan Smaiylov (born 1972)	25 February 2019	5 January 2021	Asqar Mamin
20		Roman Sklyar (born 1971)	11 January 2022	Incumbent	Älihan Smaiylov
					Oljas Bektenov

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

primeminister.kz
online.zakon.kz