Nursultan Şoqanov
Kazakh politician (born 1986)
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Nūrsūltan Nūrlanūly Şoqanov[a] (Kazakh Cyrillic: Нұрсұлтан Нұрланұлы Шоқанов; born 20 January 1986) is a Kazakh politician and financier who serves as the Chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan since June 2026.
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Nūrsūltan Şoqanov | |
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Нұрсұлтан Шоқанов | |
Şoqanov in 2025 | |
| Chairman of the People's Party of Kazakhstan | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Ermukhamet Ertisbaev |
| Head of the People's Party of Kazakhstan branches in Almaty and Almaty Region | |
| In office 20 December 2022 – 27 June 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Tamerlan Sultanğaliev |
| Succeeded by | Beibit Qusaiynov |
| Member of the Almaty City Mäslihat | |
| In office 14 January 2021 – 30 September 2025 | |
| Party List | QHP |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1986 |
| Party | QHP |
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Early life and education
Şoqanov was born on 20 January 1986 in Almaty.[1]
He studied finance at the KIMEP University. He later received an Executive MBA from Switzerland's IMD Business School.[2]
Business career
Since 2009, Şoqanov does business.[3] He began his career at the professional services company Ernst & Young.[2] His other employers included the Sandrilling JSC and the Atameken Chamber.[3]
Political career
From 2021 to 2025, Şoqanov served as deputy of the Almaty City Mäslihat of the 7th and 8th convocations.[4][1] Since 2022, he was also the regional branch head of the People's Party of Kazakhstan (QHP) in Almaty.[1]
On the extraordinary congress of the People's Party of 27 June 2026, Chairman Ermukhamet Ertisbaev resigns and Şoqanov is elected to be his successor.[2] During the following 2026 Kazakh legislative election, the QHP loses its parliamentary representation, gaining just 3.19% of the vote.[5]
Personal life
Since 2023, he hass been the President of the Federation of Mountaineering and Sport Rock Climbing.[3]
Notes
- Often transliterated as Nursultan Nurlanovich Shokanov through a Russified Romanization of Нурсултан Нурланович Шоканов.