Kairat Kelimbetov

• Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

1993, graduate, Moscow State University; studies at Market Institute, Kazakh Management Academy and National School of Public Administration, Kazakhstan; 1999, Pew Economic Freedom Fellows Program, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. 1998-2002, Head, Social and Economic Department, Administration for President, Kazakhstan; Chairman, Agency for Strategic Planning; First Vice-Minister of Finance, Kazakhstan; 2002-06, Minister of Economy and Budget Planning; 2006, Chief Executive Officer, Kazyna Sustainable Development Fund; 2008, Head, Administration for President, Kazakhstan; Chief Executive Officer, Samruk-Kazyna, Sovereign Wealth Fund, following breakout of global financial crisis in October 2008; since April 2011, current position. 2009, Honorary Doctorate in International Relations, Geneva School of Diplomacy.