Sara Nazarbayeva

former First Lady of Kazakhstan, wife of Nursultan Nazarbayev

Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva (Kazakh: Сара Алпысқызы Назарбаева, Sara Аlpysqyzy Nazarbaeva, [ˈsɑɾɑ ɑlpəsqəˈzə nɑzɑɾˈbɑjɪvɑ], Russian: Сара Алпысовна Назарбаева, née Konakayeva (Qonaqaeva, Конакаева); born 12 February 1941) served as the First Lady of Kazakhstan and is the wife of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Sara Nazarbayeva
Сара Назарбаева
Nazarbayeva in 2000
1st First Lady of Kazakhstan
In role
16 December 1991 – 20 March 2019
PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byNadezhda Tokayeva
Personal details
Born
Sara Alpysovna Konakaeva

(1941-02-12) 12 February 1941 (age 83)
Kzyl-Zhar, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
(now Kazakhstan)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1962)
ChildrenDariga, Dinara and Aliya

She married Nursultan in 1962, after her graduation. They have three daughters — Dariga, Dinara and Aliya — and six grandchildren and a great granddaughter.[1][2]

Career

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Nazarbayeva is the President of Bobek [kk; ru], an international children's foundation. She founded this in 1992. For her work with children she was awarded the Ihsan Dogramaci Family Health Foundation Prize by the World Health Organization in 1997[3] and the International Unity Prize.[4]

References

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  1. Биография на сайте centrasia.org
  2. "Биография на сайте wok.kz". Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  3. Previous winners
  4. https://iwpr.net/ru/global-voices/первая-леди-казахстана-«взялась»-за[permanent dead link]