Arman Kyrykbayev appointed Minister of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan

Arman Kyrykbayev has been appointed Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan. His candidacy had previously been approved by the Kurultai Committee on Social and Cultural Development.

Prior to his appointment, Arman Kyrykbayev served as Assistant to the President of Kazakhstan for domestic policy and communications. Since March 2024, he had also headed the Communications Department of the Presidential Administration.

Arman Kyrykbayev was born in 1976 in Astana. He graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management with a degree in economics and later from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He began his career within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Over the years, he worked in business and local executive bodies, served as Deputy Akim of Almaty’s Medeu District, Director of the Almaty State Fund for Youth Policy Development, and Director of the Department for Socio-Political Affairs and Public Relations at the Ministry of Culture and Information.

He also headed the Ministry’s Committee for Culture, served as Deputy Akim of the Karaganda Region, Vice Minister of Culture and Information, adviser to the First Deputy Chairman of the Nur Otan party, Deputy Akim of Almaty, and Secretary of the Nur Otan party.