Ekaterina Vasilyevna Smyshlyaeva

Birth date and place

Born on 8 February 1982 in Kostanay.

Education

Graduated in Chemistry from A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University in 2003 and obtained a master’s degree in Chemistry there in 2005. Received a Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree at N. Nekrasov Kostroma State University in 2009. Completed a master’s programme in International Law at MGIMO in 2025, specialising in the legal regulation of digital development.

Career from source

• Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Chemistry Department of A. Baitursynov Kostanay State University in 2003–2006, and Deputy Director of its Agrarian and Biological Institute for Educational Work and Public Accord in 2004–2006.
• Worked as a Leading and Chief Specialist in the regional Internal Policy Department’s youth unit in 2006.
• Programme Head and Chair of the Rovesnik Kostanay Regional Pedagogical Unit in 2006–2008, and Chair of the regional Zhas Otan youth wing in 2008–2013.
• Deputy Chief Physician for HR at Kostanay Perinatal Centre in 2013–2015 and Chair of the regional Trade Union Centre in 2015–2021.
• Deputy of the seventh Mazhilis and a member of its Committee on Economic Reform and Regional Development in 2021–2023.
• Secretary of that committee in the eighth Mazhilis.
• Registered as a deputy of the first Kurultai on 27 August 2026.
• The archived Mazhilis profile lists membership of the AMANAT party faction.

Awards from source

Awarded Kazakhstan’s Certificate of Honour in 2020 and the Kurmet Order in 2025.