Aliya Nazarbayeva

Aliya Nursultanovna Nazarbaeva (Kazakh: Álıya Nursultanqyzy Nazarbaeva (Әлия Нұрсұлтанқызы Назарбаева), born 3 February 1980) is a businesswoman[1] who is the youngest daughter of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the first President of Kazakhstan.

Aliya Nazarbayeva
Born
Älia Nūrsūltanqyzy Nazarbaeva (Әлия Нұрсұлтанқызы Назарбаева)

(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
EducationUniversity of Richmond
George Washington University
Kazakh State Law Academy
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Occupation
  • public person
  • film producer
Spouse(s)Aidar Akayev
Dimash Dosanov
Children4
Parent(s)Nursultan Nazarbayev
Sara Nazarbayeva
AwardsLaureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Biography

Graduated from the K. Baiseitova National Musical School in Almaty. Nazarbayeva studied at the International Relations Faculty of the Richmond University in London, UK, as well as at the International Relations Faculty of the George Washington University in Washington D.C.

In 2001 she graduated from the Law Faculty of the Kazakh State Law Academy with a degree in Legal Science. In 2016 by the decision of the State Attestation Commission of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University the MBA degree was conferred on her in specialty “Economics. Innovation Economics & Management”.

Career

Nazarbayeva heads a number of companies in Kazakhstan. She has come under criticism of being on the receiving end of nepotism through her father. It is alleged that her natural gas company receives preferential treatment in Kazakhstan.[1] In 2005, police in Almaty confiscated the newspaper Svoboda Slova which carried "an article on allegedly aggressive business dealings by Aliya Nazarbayeva" through her construction company Elitstroi.[2] In 2018, residents in Temirtau collected petitions regarding the polluted black snow to send Nazarbayeva. They were addressed to her due to her role as head of the Association of Ecological Organisations of Kazakhstan.[3][4]

She is the producer of several documentary series.[5][6] She produced The Road to Mother, 2016. The film received awards at six international film festivals, including the main prize of the international festival in Croatia and Grand Prix at the International Film Festival “Eurasian Bridge” and others.[7]

Personal life

She is married to Dimash Dosanov, the former general director of KazTransOil, the largest oil pipeline company in Kazakhstan[8][9] and they have 4 children, daughters Tiara (born 2007) and Alsara (born 2011), son Aldiyar (born 2016) as well as another daughter named Alana (born 2018).

She had previously been married to Aidar Akayev, the eldest son of former Kyrgyz president Askar Akayev.[1] According to the BBC the marriage was "seen by many people as a return to the old Central Asian tradition of cementing political ties with family ones."[10]

References
  1. Kramer, Andrew E. (2005-12-23). "Amid Growing Wealth, Nepotism and Nationalism in Kazakhstan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  2. Avenue, Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th; York, 11th Floor New; Ny 10001 (16 February 2006). "Attacks on the Press 2005: Kazakhstan". cpj.org. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  3. Abdurasulov, Abdujalil (2018-01-11). "Black snow blankets central Kazakh city". Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  4. "Black Snow Is Falling Down In Siberia". IFLScience. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  5. 250 учеников Актобе поддержали Эко-мост проекта «Жандану»
  6. При поддержке Алии Назарбаевой в Астане откроется Школа гуманной педагогики
  7. Нурсултан Назарбаев лично вручил госпремию Алие Назарбаевой
  8. "KazTransOil begins pumping Russian oil to Uzbekistan". The Astana Times. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. "Two Of Nazarbaev's Sons-In-Law Pushed Out Of Key Energy Posts In Wake of Kazakh Unrest". RFE/RL's Kazakh Service. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  10. "Central Asia's 'perfect couple' wed". BBC. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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