Daulet Bolatuly Turlykhanov

Activity

Mazhilis (eighth convocation): AMANAT faction. Committee on International Affairs, Defence and Security.

Birth date and place

Born on 18 November 1963 in Kalbatau, Zharma district, East Kazakhstan region.

Education

• 1988 – Kazakh Institute of Physical Culture.
• 1999 – Kazakh State Academy of Sports and Tourism.
• 2005 – Al-Farabi Kazakh State University.
• 2010 – Zhetysu State University named after I. Zhansugurov.

Biography

Daulet Turlykhanov is a Greco-Roman wrestler, coach and sports administrator. He won Olympic silver in 1988, Olympic bronze in 1992 and the world title in 1989, as recorded by United World Wrestling (UWW).

During the 1990s he led the Daulet sports club and Kazakhstan’s national Greco-Roman team and served in the Supreme Council and Mazhilis. He headed the Tourism and Sports Agency in 2000–2004 and the Sports Affairs Committee in 2004–2006.

He later held leadership positions at DANAKE, SemAZ and the Samruk-Kazyna-Astana foundation. In 2017 he was elected president of UWW’s Asian council.

His archived profile for the eighth convocation of the Mazhilis lists him as an AMANAT deputy and a member of the Committee on International Affairs, Defence and Security.

Career from source

• 1986–1991 – Physical education instructor of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, Almaty.
• 1992–1994 – President of the professional sports club “Daulet”, Almaty.
• 1994 – Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Legal Reform, Law and Order, Almaty.
• 1994–1995 – Deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Relations with Public Associations and the Press of the Committee on Legal Reform, Law and Order, Almaty.
• 1995–1996 – Head coach of the national Greco-Roman wrestling team of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.
• 1995–1999 – Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the first convocation, member of the Standing Committee on Ecology and Nature Management, Almaty.
• 1999–2000 – Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the second convocation, Chairman of the Committee on Ecology and Environmental Management, Astana.
• 2000–2004 – Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Tourism and Sports, Astana.
• 2004–2006 – Chairman of the Sports Affairs Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana.
• 2006–2010 – President of DANAKE Corporation LLP, Almaty.
• 2006–2023 – Chairman of the Board of Directors of SemAZ LLP.
• 2010–2012 – General Director of the corporate fund “Samruk Kazyna-Astana”, Astana.
• 2012–2023 – President of DANAKE Corporation LLP, Almaty.
• 2017 – elected president of UWW’s Asian council.

Awards from source

• 1992 – Certificate of Honor of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 1993 – “Ерен еңбегі үшін” medal.
• 1998 – Astana.
• 2000 – Honorary title “Honored Worker of Kazakhstan”.
• 2001 – “10 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
• 2006 – “10 years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan”.
• 2009 – The Order “Kurmet”.
• 2016 – Order “Parasat”.
• 2022 – Order of Barys, Class III.