BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 5. Askar Biakhmetov has been appointed Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of National Economy, according to the press service of the government.
The appointment was made by an order of Kazakhstan’s Minister of National Economy.
Biakhmetov was born in 1975 in the Aktobe region. He graduated from the Kazakh State Academy of Management, Kazakh State Law Academy and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan.
"From 1993 to 2004, he worked in the regional financial department, the Profilaktorium recreation center, the Tax Committee, the city akimat, and also in leadership positions in the treasury and finance departments of the Aktobe region," the statement of the government says.
From 2004 to 2009, Biakhmetov served as head of the Treasury Department in the Akmola region.
Between 2009 and 2014, he worked as head of a department at the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan.
In 2014–2015, he was Director of the Department for Development of the Public Administration System at the Ministry of National Economy.
From 2015 to 2018, Biakhmetov served as Deputy Akim (Governor) of the Aktobe region.
In 2019–2020, he worked as an adviser to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. From 2020 to 2023, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Prime Minister’s Office.
In 2023–2024, Biakhmetov served as Deputy Head of the Government Office, and from 2024 to 2025 as Vice Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population.
Since November 2025, he had worked as an adviser to the Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan.
