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Grigory Marchenko

Financier and banker. Twice headed Kazakhstan’s central bank and formerly chaired Halyk Bank’s management board.

Archival source 20.10.2026

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Birth date and place

Born on 26 December 1959 in Alma-Ata, now Almaty.

Biography

Grigory Marchenko is a Kazakh financier and banker. He headed the National Bank of Kazakhstan twice, in 1999–2004 and 2009–2013, and chaired Halyk Bank’s management board in 2005–2009.

He also served as a presidential adviser and aide, and as First Deputy Prime Minister. He worked as an independent expert from October 2013.

On 13 October 2020, the Eurasian Development Bank announced his appointment as an adviser to its management board chairman.

Career from source

  • 1999–2004 – Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
  • 2005–2009 – Chairman of Halyk Bank’s management board.
  • 2009–2013 – Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
  • From October 2013 – independent expert.
  • 13 October 2020 – EDB announced his appointment as an adviser to its management board chairman.

Awards from source

  • Order of Parasat – 2001.
  • Order of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 2008.
  • Spanish Order of Civil Merit – 2009.
  • Euromoney Central Bank Governor of the Year – 2003.

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encyclopedic source titleМарченко, Григорий Александрович