The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a structural subdivision of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Main directions of its activity include:
1. documentation, organizational-technical and informational-analytical provision of the activity of the President and senior staff of the Executive Office;
2. provision of the activity of the Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on State Decorations;
3. financial and material-technical provision of the activity of the Executive Office;
4. organization and coordination of activities related to the assessment of activity’s effectiveness of the Executive Office’s structural subdivisions and staff.
Execution of other tasks determined by the President and senior staff of the Executive Office.
Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Bakytzhan Sh. SARIYEV
Born on December 24, 1971 in Almaty.
Education: the Kazakh State Academy of Architecture and Construction in Almaty; Karaganda Economic University of Kazpotrebsoyuz, with degree in engineering and law.
Career positions:
1996-1997 – Specialist, Senior specialist of the Document Support Division of the Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1997-1999 – Administrative assistant, Senior administrative assistant of the Document Support Division of the Prime Minister’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since 1999 – March 2019 held different positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
1999-2002 – Head of the Control Division of Human Resources and Control Office of the Administrative Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2002-2003 – Head of the Human Recourses Office of the Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2003-2007 – Head of the Administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2007-2019 – Head of the Chancellery of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Since February 2016 – October 2017, he also held the position of the Ethics Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In March 2019, he was appointed as Deputy Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In July 2019, by the Presidential Order appointed as the Head of Civil Service and Personnel Policy Department of the Presidential Executive Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Awards: «Eren enbegi ushin» (for distinguished labor) medal and «Qurmet» (honour) order, 9 anniversary medals, «Distinguished civil servant» special honor (2017), «Nazir Torekulov» medal for the contribution to the foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
He holds the diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the I Class.
Married, has three children.