Overview
Erbolat Asqarbekūly Dossaev (, ; born 21 May 1970) is a Kazakh politician serving as an äkım of Almaty since 31 January 2022. Prior to that, he was a National Bank of Kazakhstan chairman from 25 February 2019 and served as a Deputy Prime Minister from 29 August 2017 to 25 February 2019. He served as the Minister of Finance from 16 June 2003 to 5 April 2005, headed the Agency for Regulating Natural Monopolies, and later as the Health Minister from 5 April 2004 to 20 September 2006. In January 2013, Dossaev was appointed head of a reorganized Minister of National Economy.
Early life and education
Dossaev graduated from both the Almaty Energy Institute and Moscow State Technical University.
Political career
In the late 1990's, Dossaev served as First Deputy Minister of Energy, Industry and Trade. In 1998, Dossaev worked as an advisor to the prime minister. As of 2000, Dossaev was serving as deputy finance minister. In 2001, Dossaev became chairman of the board of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan. As of November 2002, Dossaev served as chairman of Kazakhstan's anti-trust agency.
In November 2012, Dossaev joined the ruling Nur Otan party, upon which his membership card was presented by his Economic Development and Trade Minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev.
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