Alihan Smaiylov

Älihan Asqanūly Smaiylov (Kazakh: Әлихан Асқанұлы Смайылов, [ælɪjχɑn ɑsχɑno̙ɫɯ smajɯləf]; born 18 December 1972) is a Kazakh politician. He was the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2022 until 2024.

Alihan Smaiylov
Әлихан Смайылов
Smaiylov in 2022
11th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 11 January 2022 – 5 February 2024 Acting: 5 – 11 January 2022
President	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
First Deputy	Roman Sklyar
Preceded by	Askar Mamin
Succeeded by	Oljas Bektenov
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
In office 25 February 2019 – 11 January 2022
Prime Minister	Askar Mamin
Preceded by	Askar Mamin
Succeeded by	Roman Sklyar
Minister of Finance
In office 18 September 2018 – 18 May 2020
President	Nursultan Nazarbayev Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Askar Mamin
Preceded by	Bakhyt Sultanov
Succeeded by	Erulan Jamaubaev
Personal details
Born	(1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Political party	Nur Otan
Children	2
Alma mater	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University KIMEP University

He was the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan during the Askar Mamin government from 2019 until 2022. Аt the same time he was the Minister of Finance from September 2018 until May 2020.

Biography

Smaiylov was born in the city of Alma-Ata (now Almaty) in the Kazakh SSR. In 1994 he graduated in applied mathematics from the Kazakh National University Al-Farabi and then in 1996 from the KIMEP University where he obtained a master's degree in public administration.