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News 2023

KMG

Magzum Mirzagaliyev has been named the new Chairman of the Management Board of KazMunayGas.

Born in 1978 in Almaty city, Mirzagaliyev is a graduate of Turan University, the Diplomatic Academy of the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, and the Yessenov Caspian State University of Technology and Engineering.

He worked for a number of oil and gas companies, including MIDrillingFluidsInternational and KazMunayGas. Between 2010 and 2012 he was a managing director at NC KazMunayGas JSC.

Much later in 2019 he was appointed the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

He became the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in September 2021.

Prior to the recent appointment he served as the Presidential Aide starting from January 2022.