Birth date and place
Born on 6 June 1975 in Almaty.
PERSON
Rustam Akhatkhanuly Bayaliyev
Rustam Bayaliyev worked in tax and finance agencies, the Presidential Affairs Department and the Presidential Administration. The July 2026 party list identified him as an ambassador-at-large at Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry.
Archival source 24.10.2026
Biography from sources
Education
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – International Journalism.
- State Academy of Management – Bachelor of Economics.
Biography
Rustam Bayaliyev studied International Journalism at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and earned a Bachelor of Economics at the State Academy of Management. He began his career in 1997 as a first-category specialist in the Finance Ministry’s State Tax Committee.
He then advised a deputy akim and served as an assistant to the akim of Karaganda Region. From 1999, he held Finance Ministry posts including assistant to the minister, head of the secretariat, deputy head of an office and deputy director of a department.
He later worked in the Industry and Trade Ministry and headed the Akmola Region akim’s office. The Kazakh biography published by the Presidential Affairs Department also records his leadership of Astanaenergoservice’s management board and the Almaty Region Equestrian Federation.
On 3 January 2024, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Presidential Affairs Department. On 13 February 2025, he was appointed Head of the Presidential Administration’s Regional Development Monitoring Department and relieved of his previous post.
The Adilet party list published on 22 July 2026 identified him as an ambassador-at-large at Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry and a resident of Astana.
Career from source
- 1997 – First-category specialist, Finance Ministry’s State Tax Committee.
- Subsequently – Adviser to a deputy akim and assistant to the akim of Karaganda Region.
- From 1999 – Assistant to the minister, head of the secretariat, deputy head of an office and deputy director of a department in the Finance Ministry.
- Later – Director of the department for trade regulation, export controls and WTO accession.
- Deputy Chair of the Small Business Support Committee in the Industry and Trade Ministry.
- Head of the Akmola Region akim’s office.
- Chair of Astanaenergoservice’s management board.
- Head of the Almaty Region Equestrian Federation.
- 3 January 2024 – Appointed Deputy Head of the Presidential Affairs Department.
- 13 February 2025 – Appointed Head of the Presidential Administration’s Regional Development Monitoring Department and relieved of his previous post.
- As recorded on 22 July 2026 – Ambassador-at-large at Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry in the published party list.