Almasadam Sätqaliev

Almasadam Maidanūly Sätqaliev (Алмасадам Майданұлы Сәтқалиев, Алмасадам Майданович Саткалиев; born 31 October 1970) is a Kazakh politician, who's serving as the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan since April 2023. Previously, he served as the chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna from 2021 to 2023.

Biography
Sätqaliev was born in the city of Almaty to Valentina and Maidan Sätqaliev in 1970. He's married to Marfuga Sätqalieva, and has five children (4 sons, 1 daughter).

Sätqaliev is a 1992 graduate of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in Mathematical Mechanics, as well as the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration in 2013, Nazarbayev University in 2015, and Stanford University in 2016.

Сareer
Sätqaliev career began in 1992 when he founded and led a private company called TOO TaSSaT.

In 1997, he entered the public sector as he joined KazTransOil, national oil transportation company, first as a manager, then as a department head, managing director and VP for Economics.

Between 2001 and 2011, Sätqaliev went from strength to strength as he led AO KEGOC first as CFO and then as president.

From 2012 to 2023, he continued his public service at AO Samruk-Kazyna where he became chairman of the board. Sätqaliev's first political experience dates back to 2007 when he served as Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2023, he was appointed Kazakhstan's Minister of Energy.